> First, it is a full-length ISA card, meaning you need a PC that has
> ISA slots. Good luck with that. Basically, this means you need an old
> PC to run it, and if you're going to have an old PC just to run an
> Apple II Hardware Emulator, you might as well just run a real Apple
> II.
I do both (run DOS and Apple II systems) and enjoy it!
> Second, its software runs in DOS, with all the fun that entails.
yes
> Third, you still need to plug in Apple II 5.25" disk drives into the
> card in order to read and write disks - you can't use a PC's own 5.25"
> drives. Can't use 3.5" disk drives either.
I actually have several DOS machines that I use to read/write various
physical disks and disk images, though at this point it is all pretty
much DOS/CPM oriented since I'm running MFM disk driver/controllers
but I'd like to add GCR ability as well.
> And if you have a real Apple II you can easily transfer disk images
> over with a serial cable, ethernet cable with Uthernet network card,
> or even via Compact Flash card with the CFFA project or a Microdrive
> card.
Yes - and I do have all three of those options currently available.
>
> So with that all said, do you still really want a trackstar? If so,
> why?
>
Yes again, mostly because I'm really attracted to oddball hybrid stuff
that attempts to straddle the gap across different platforms/operating
systems/technologies. You know, the dead-end branches on the family
tree, etc. If I wanted "easy" I wouldn't be messing around with
obsolete 8-bit micros!
Jack
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