Re: Diamond TrackStar E

[Dan-Yertzell@worldnet.att.net (Dan Yertzell)]

On 13 Dec 1997 03:08 -0500, spec@vax2.concordia.ca (Mitchell Spector)
wrote:


>    Aside from being able to directly hook up and use Apple 5.25 or
>compatible floppy drives, is there a reason people continue to use
>Apple II hardware emulator cards for the PC? Software emulators such
>as ApplePC and AppleWin do an excellent job, and the former even
>allows works with the IBM's serial ports (I've connected to my shell

I don't see any point in hardware based emulators either.  A GS with a
PC Transporter is a better cross platform solution, for transferring
files, etc.  I have a Trackstar 128 but have never used it, and
wouldn't need to even if it would fit in a 16 bit slot.

When XGS gets finished, I may not even need a real GS anymore!  The
ability to run Windows, TRS80 software and Apple software on the same
machine is a real space saver!

Dan