Re: ANNOUNCE - TrackSTAR PLUS write-up

["Bryan Villados" <news002@macgeek.org>]

Y'know what? Right after sending my last e-mail, I looked around the
motherboard a lot more, and by cross referencing some of the FRU numbers
from the parts, it looks like the machine is actually a type 8530 and not a
8550 like it says on the chassis. So someone actually did a swap of guts at
some point in this machine's past. I'll make the corrections!

--- Bryan

"Jason Whorton" <jason at microxl.com> wrote in message
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> 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
> > >
> >
> >
>
>