Turning an IBM PC into an Apple II Computer! Diamond Trackstar Oddware
Exploring the Diamond Trackstar cards on LGR Oddware! Effectively Apple 2 computers on an 8-bit ISA card, bringing near perfect compatibility to DOS PCs by slapping a whole computer inside of another computer. The fact that these were out during the heyday of each platform is wild, so let’s test the 1984 Trackstar and 1989 Trackstar Plus in an IBM PC XT and PS/2 Model 30!
● LGR links:
● Check out Brandon’s Trackstar archive here:
● The reverse engineered Quapple project:
● All background music licensed from:
00:00 An Oddware Introduction
00:34 The Diamond Trackstar
02:15 QuadRAM Quadlink
02:44 Diamond Computers / Multimedia
03:56 The 1984 Trackstar
05:15 Trackstar Version 2
05:50 Trackstar 128
06:38 Dirty yet fascinating Tandy 1000 SX
06:50 LAUSD, Model Technology Schools
07:42 Trackstar E
08:13 Trackstar Plus
09:08 Unboxing an OG Trackstar
10:17 Hardware installation
12:27 Testing the Trackstar
14:55 Running The Oregon Trail
16:20 Composite or RGB
17:15 MS-DOS and Apple II modes
19:53 File transfer utility program
21:47 Moon Patrol with Gravis Gamepad
23:31 Floppy Emu and CP/M 2.2
25:04 Apple floppy on an IBM drive
26:38 Installing the Plus card in a PS/2
27:33 Trackstar Plus usage
28:47 TrackStore floppy disk images
30:36 King’s Quest III, double speed test
32:38 Trackstar Plus setup utility
34:07 Apple ProDOS hard disk volumes
35:54 so yeah this thing is awesome
#LGR #retro #apple #computer
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