mark.freedman@canremote.uucp (MARK FREEDMAN) (02/17/90)
fm>Hello Netters: I am interested in collecting your thoughts and
fm>comments on the Trackstar board by Diamond Computers. This board goes
I recall seeing a review of the Trackstar in the February 1990
issue of Computer Shopper. You might want to look at it.
(no, I don't have that issue).
btw I thought that Apple II floppy drives use GCR rather than MFM,
and that the IBM controller / drives aren't capable of dealing
with this form of data encoding.
mark.freedman@canremote.uucp - Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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in article <90030820223156@masnet.uucp>, mark.freedman@canremote.uucp (MARK FREEDMAN) says: > > fm>Hello Netters: I am interested in collecting your thoughts and > fm>comments on the Trackstar board by Diamond Computers. This board goes > > I recall seeing a review of the Trackstar in the February 1990 > issue of Computer Shopper. You might want to look at it. It was a favorable review. > btw I thought that Apple II floppy drives use GCR rather than MFM, > and that the IBM controller / drives aren't capable of dealing > with this form of data encoding. > mark.freedman@canremote.uucp - Toronto, Ontario, Canada Their are restraints as to which brands of IBM floppy drives can be used. And they are only given a 75% compatibility rating. The ideal setup is to use an external Apple floppy drive off the Trackstar board. I did an article search on Compu$erve and came up with four extracts. If you would like to see these or get more info, send me Email. I use and sell Trackstar boards and they work great! Especially being able to setup a Prodos hard disk on your MS DOS hard disk. -- -- fordke@ingr.com \ Micro Magic BBS [205-830-2362] offers: -- ...!uunet!ingr!fordke \ choice DOS utils (IMHO), Trackstar info, -- 205-730-8614 Keith Ford \ IBM educational software, Apple2 areas. -- "...and the Trees are all kept equal by hatchet, axe, and saw." -Rush