Re: Diamond Trackstar; Apple2-on-a-board for a PC

[Wayne Stewart <waynes@intergate.bc.ca>]

Bart wrote:

> I have two questions governing the Diamond Trackstar if anyone knows:
> 1. in the FAQ it speaks of a site that at one time had downloads of the 3
> varriants of the Trackstar software. Alos it talks of a fellow who wrote a
> improved version of one utility for it. Are these totally lost or, does anyone
> out there still have a trackstar floppy or other software?

I have the origional Floppy for the Tracksar E  version 1.5

> 2.  on the upper right side of the Trackstar board is a 8 lin in line molex
> connector for the CGA input from the PC ( Looks to me this works similar to
> the color switch board on a PC Transporter and what you need is a wire to
> connect it to the PC EGA out.  I seriously doubt anyone has this wire these
> days and was wondering if anyone knew the pin-outs for the connector so I
> could build my own.

Molex - - db9
1 - - - - - - 1
2 - - - - - - 7
3 - - - - - - 3
4 - - - - - - 4
5 - - - - - - 5
6 - - - - - - 6
7 - - - - - - 8
8 - - - - - - 9
there's also a ground wire that goes to the outside of the db9 plug
pin2 of the db9 has no connection


> ok  a 3rd question:
> the circuit board and ribbion wire thing you plug into the Floppy Controller
> of the PC, then into a 360k floppy and a output connector on the lower left of
> the Trackstar: Anyone know a source for these or again, pin outs and how the
> board works??

I never actually used that cable. I used the Trackstar briefly a couple of years
ago on a borrowed 286. Someone recently gave me a 486 so I've been thinking
of trying it out again assuming the board functions in a 486.

Wayne.