Re: TrackStar 128E

[mjmahon@aol.com (Michael J. Mahon)]

Bill Garber wrote:

>"Michael Maginnis" <michaelmaginnis@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>news:4069b2f4$0$50510$45beb828@newscene.com...
>: Exegete wrote:
>:
>: --<snip>--
>:
>: Hmmm.  Emerald City Sales (http://www.ahhz.com -
>: listed in the FAQ) seems to have disappeared, at
>: least from the 'net.  Anyone know another source
>: for these things?
>
>If you mean a source for the TrackStar itself,
>I think you can give up now. Unless someone who
>has one is willing to part with it, there ain't
>any.  Heh Heh!

Yes, it is an interesting card.

One piece of software that is missing that would make the
TrakStar much more useful is a program to convert between
TrackStar disk images and "conventional" disk images.

They took a very wierd and proprietary approach to encoding
Apple II disk images.

-michael

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