Trackstar - Apple II clone on a PC ISA card

[acgs]

Fun [?] fact: It's a clone of my very own Quadlink card, which I'd lent to him.

A small world after all! Please lend him one of your Trackstars. I'd love to have one of those!

 

[DeathAdderSF]

Please lend him one of your Trackstars.

If the opportunity arises, I gladly will.

 

[ajacocks]

Nice work @DeathAdderSF !

- Alex

 

[DeathAdderSF]

LGR upped a neato vid about the Trackstar cards. Check it out if you're interested in seeing everything these babies can do!

 

[mudmin]

I just wanted to say that I appreciate your site so much. I have a trackstar 128 and the info has been amazing.

 

[DeathAdderSF]

I just wanted to say that I appreciate your site so much. I have a trackstar 128 and the info has been amazing.

Thank you! I'm glad you find the website useful.

 

[george]

The web site would have been much more useful had some of these cards been available for purchase but most of them are literally swallowed instantly when they popup by a few collectors and many parasitic resellers and for ridiculous prices. Thus nowadays no further development, support and hacking could be expected. One would prefer to use an ordinary apple2 or a clone instead.

 

[shirsch]

The Quadram Quadlink board was thoroughly reverse-engineered and can be built from scratch nowadays. I put one together last year and it works a treat.

GitHub - schlae/quapple: Quadlink clone turns your ancient IBM PC into an Apple ][

Quadlink clone turns your ancient IBM PC into an Apple ][ - GitHub - schlae/quapple: Quadlink clone turns your ancient IBM PC into an Apple ][

github.com

 

[keenerb]

I do have a PCB file available for the trackstar floppy adapter I designed a few years ago, for people with a card and no floppy interface card. I'll dig it out and upload it in case someone finds it helpful.

 

[acgs]

I'll dig it out and upload it in case someone finds it helpful.

That would be great. Thanks!

 

[keenerb]

I found my project on oshpark but I THINK this has a problem, the trackstar connector had to be populated from the back (or something like that.) Hopefully I have the original project files somewhere.

 

[DeathAdderSF]

Just a heads up y'all, I've listed the bulk of my Trackstar collection on ePay...

Check out Brandon's eBay stuffs!

I'm a "research collector" and "collect to use" kind of guy; everything I listed has outlived its purpose for me, thus it's all better off in someone else's hands. So if you're interested in owning & trying out one of these cool gizmos, here's a fab opportunity - as they don't often pop up for sale, and when they do, the sellers are generally greedy bastards.

 

[shirsch]

Fun to look at, but all the hardware will certainly get bid up past what I'm able to offer. I'll grab some popcorn and watch

 

[Al Kossow]

Psychotic Game Collector $$$ ahead!

 

[DeathAdderSF]

Merry 2024! Today marks the addition of the Quadlink Software Revision 3.0 documentation addendum, found in the manuals of later versions of the product. Thanks to Steve Hutton for the scan!

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

 

[hwarin]

Hi, all - Nearly 2025 - I must have a look at my trackstar board, plugged into the side-car of my A1000.

I don't remember what version it is, but I do have the original disks.

Regards - Hervé (did not went here since 2019 ?!....)

 

[Towmater]

Hi, all - Nearly 2025 - I must have a look at my trackstar board, plugged into the side-car of my A1000.

I don't remember what version it is, but I do have the original disks.

Regards - Hervé (did not went here since 2019 ?!....)

Please, lord almighty in space, upload disk images. The Trackstar Wiki does not have disks for early rev boards.

 

[DeathAdderSF]

The Trackstar Wiki does not have disks for early rev boards.

What wiki?

My Trackstar website offers the operating software for every Trackstar model except the "v2" - but I'm optimistic it will turn up eventually.