Re: Apple // workstation card

[who@where.what (Bart)]

>
>I own a copy of AppleShare, and I hope by this weekend to try it out on 
>an old PS/1 486 with the Sitka Flashcard. If I have an extra slot free, 
>I'll also install my TrackStar E. It was supposed to be able to use 
>Novell networks, I wonder if it can use AppleTalk?
>
>Roy
>
I got a Trackstar on a PC (clone 386 I built, running DR DOS 5.0 and Windows 
3.0 with IPXODI networking on a ancient 3COM card) working.  IIRC there are 3 
Trackstars, 1 works on Microchannel, the other 2 on ISA. I have a  ISA one that 
came in a box marked "Tandy"  with the "e" software and the little board that 
hooks up between the Trancstar and the PC floppy controller you can get it to 
see a floppy formated on a II running PCTransporter and a 5.25 Transdrive 360k 
formated PRODOS disk.  Why you would want to I do not know, but it works ;)

As to networking, I tried to get a TOPS card to work on that PC across my 
Localtalk net but I never got all the interrupts, memory locations and proper 
coffers of fruit to the gods of networking worked out.  I now have a Appletalk 
card. One day when I get that bench location cleared off again I will set it up 
again and try that.  Right now there is a different project taking its place. 
My net is always in flux ;)

-Bart
Keeper of the Network from Heck