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This article is from the Apple ][ Emulator Resources Guide, by Alex Maddison with numerous contributions by others.

2.9.11 TrackStar/TrackStar Plus

AVAILABILITY: Commercial product, no longer in production.

AUTHOR: Diamond Computer Systems, Inc.

           470 Lakeside Drive
           Sunnyvale, California 94086.
           (408)736-2000 Telephone
           (408)730-5750 FAX

STATUS: Development ceased.

SHORT DESCRIPTION: The TrackStar Plus is an 8-bit ISA card for the PC AT, emulating a a 128K //e. Standard features include a 65C02 microprocessor, with 128K main memory, 40 and 80 column text, and LoRes, HiRes and Double HiRes graphic modes. Four disk-drives and a hard-drive are supported, along with local area networks, and standard serial and parallel ports. The TrackStar can access up to 10Mb of the PC hard-drive, allows the attachment of an Apple floppy drive for complete compatibility with protected software, and has joystick support.

ROMS: N/A.

DISK-IMAGE FORMAT: "TrackStore" (40/80 track images capable of duplicating protected software, file extension *.APP) and virtual hard-disk support (10Mb of the PC hard-drive). The card actually runs original software on 5.25" diskette, although it can be used to create disk-images for use with other emulators.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS: 80286 CPU with CGA graphics.

FURTHER REFERENCES: N/A.

(The preceding information on the TrackStar was obtained from information sent by Tony Ramos <ramos.15@osu.edu>).

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