Re: ANNOUNCE - TrackSTAR PLUS write-up

["Jason Whorton" <jason at microxl.com>]

Hello.  The article mentions you have the card in a 55SX, which is a
Microchannel machine.  Are you sure it's a 55SX?  Did you do something to
the machine? It looks like it has ISA slots.

Thank you,
Jason Whorton


"Bryan Villados" <news002@macgeek.org> wrote in message
news:aQ1B9.799$%k2.364656@twister.socal.rr.com...
> I can almost guarantee that the config file is needed for the MCA version
of
> the card. From my bad experiences with microchannel machines, all the
cards
> I stuck into the thing needed the config file. Unfortunately, that file
> isn't on my TrackSTAR diskette. :(
>
> BTW folks, there are two TrackSTAR E cards for auction on eBay (not by
> me!!!!) Coincidence? Or, did my write-up wake someone up that has these
> cards in stock???? Different card from mine... It's about 20-percent
shorter
> than mine, and I think it's a full-on IIe card.
>
> Thank you very much for the compliment on the site. :)
>
> --- Bryan
>
> "Bart" <who@where.what> wrote in message
> news:48WA9.51$7b3.60009@news.uswest.net...
> > In article <onMA9.299231$U7.80759822@twister.socal.rr.com>,
> news002@macgeek.org
> > says...
> > >
> > >I've posted on my web site a write-up of the TrackSTAR PLUS Apple IIe
> > >emulation card for the IBM PC. Quite a mysterious card, very little is
> known
> > >about it (until now), and very little information about it on the
> Internet.
> > >I hope I've taken care of people's curiosity!
> > >
> > >http://www.macgeek.org/museum/trackstarplus/
> > >
> > >--- Bryan
> > >
> > >
> > Bryan:
> > Thank YOU!  Most impressive write-up; good pictures too.
> > A couple of years ago I tinkered a lot with the Trackstar and recently
got
> a
> > little room on the work bench. I may pull my higly modified 386 running
> DRDOS
> > and Windows 3.0 (and thanks to my Trackstar:  Dos 3.3 and ProDOS ;) out
> and
> > tinker some more. I grabbed those *.app files so now I gotta figure out
> what ya
> > put on'em ;)
> > One point: Does ANYONE out there in the wild world have the Microchannel
> (MCA)
> > version of the card? I am just curious if it, and/or the needed MCA
config
> file
> > still exists?
> >
> > -Bart
> > Keeper of the Network from Heck
> >
>
>