Trackstar - Apple II clone on a PC ISA card, new website + game disk images

[DeathAdderSF]

Hey guys,

Just a heads-up to let you know my Trackstar website is up, covering the E, 128 and also Quadram's Quadlink <-- These are all "Apple II on a PC ISA card" Apple II clones. Really cool little devices!
If you own these devices, esp. the Trackstar E or Plus, there's HUNDREDS of disk images in its TrackStore format that I've converted manually.
So you can download and enjoy a HUGE amount of software without needing real Apple II disks.

There's also a working KryoFlux disk image of the Trackstar 128 Utility Program disk, so you can create a disk with the copy protection intact which allows you to actually use your 128. This is perfect for those who -- like me -- bought their 128 without the necessary disk. D'oh!

There ain't a lot of info or resources about the Trackstar cards out there, so I hope mine fills the void.

Enjoy it @
www.diskman.com/presents/trackstar

[CaptainBreakout]

Wow thanks! A resource like this didn't exist when I got my Trackstar IIe... I pretty much gave up since I had no manual or software or anything. Maybe I'll give it another go!

[DeathAdderSF]

I hope you do give it another try. It's a really cool little gizmo. Lots of fun to be had with the Trackstar series.

Edited October 5, 2018 by DeathAdderSF

[DeathAdderSF]

OK, so my Trackstar website was finally redesigned, and updated with lots of new info, scans, and downloads. Come by and have a look!

 

www.diskman.com/presents/trackstar

[TheDevil'sCompass]

This is really cool. I never heard of this back then. When I read Trackstar (I realize now it's spelled differently), I thought of this ad from Computist magazine:

 

 

 

[DeathAdderSF]

1 hour ago, TheDevil'sCompass said:

This is really cool.

 

Indeed. They're fascinating devices; fun to use and experiment with. The Trackstar E and Plus are the best of the lot, as they can load & run floppy disk and HDD images directly off the hard drive. That means no need to bother connecting them to a floppy drive at all.

[DeathAdderSF]

The scans page just had a few nice additions made to it: An article about the Quadlink from the June, 1983 issue of PC Magazine, and four different advertisements for the Quadlink.

 

www.diskman.com/presents/trackstar/scans.htm

[+OLD CS1]

Really cool.  I would have had fun running one of these via a PC bridge board in an Amiga 2000

[DeathAdderSF]

Hey, who wants to pull their old-timey Trackstar v1 (from 1984!) out of mothballs and give it a go? *raises hand* I stumbled upon a complete kit last week, and made great haste in archiving the software and documentation. So! If you've got one of these majestic dinosaurs lying around, but no software to get it up and running... stop reading this and pop on over to the operating software and scans pages of my website!

www.diskman.com/presents/trackstar/software.htm
www.diskman.com/presents/trackstar/scans.htm

Edited March 15 by DeathAdderSF