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From: lhaider@pro-sol.cts.com (Lawrence Haider)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: Trackstar comments wanted?  (//e in IBM PC)
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Date: 24 Feb 90 03:35:21 GMT
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In-Reply-To: message from rs.miller@pro-harvest.cts.com

> In 2 words about the trackstar:  CHUCK IT!!!!  I worked with this dog when
> I worked in tech support over 2 years ago.  It was very picky about what
> drives it would work with.  It was extremely flaky in operation.  In short,
if
> you want Apple // compatibility BUY AN APPLE // OR A LASER 128.
> Randy Miller
 
Same could be said about the PCTransporter.  The TrackStar (to its 
credit) has been improved recently.  I know one of the primary 
developers of the TS, he is a former Apple hacker that switched to 
the IBM Clones for lower cost and more power.  Yet he still likes 
some Apple II programs (like AppleWorks) so he keeps fixing it to 
work with the newer things (not gs yet though).
 
Have you tried to work with a PCT on a BBS?  I can't seem to get the 
darn thing to do a transfer in any protocol except ZModem; and then 
with about 150 errors in a 70K file!  Maybe its my setup, but I 
don't feel you should have to screw with undocumented problems to 
make a card work right.  Anyone do any quick file transfers with a PCT 
yet without running into problems?

                                        Laer
lhaider@pro-sol.cts.com