TrackstoreDisks.zip Information



     A "trackstore disk" is a 5.25" virtual disk used by Trackstar cards. (A
Trackstar is an Apple II-on-a-card which plugs into a PC.)

     Two trackstore disks (.app files) are included in TrackstoreDisks.zip. One,
dosutils.app, is a bootable 'DOS 3.3' diskette with several utilities. The other,
pdutils.app, is a bootable ProDOS diskette with DSK2FILE v4.3, Shrinkit v3.4, 
Block Warden, and Copy II Plus. 



     Here are some 'nice to know' things about trackstore "disks": 

o- The terms "disk" and "drive" become a bit mixed up when talking about 
trackstore disks. Actually, Trackstar generally treats a trackstore disk like a
Disk ][ drive which has a 140k diskette inserted-- i.e. a drive + diskette. 

o- You can have any number of trackstore (.app) disk files. These can be created 
using tsutilit.com or you can duplicate an .app file by copying and renaming--
easy on your PC using a utility such as Xtree. 

o- All of the trackstore disks (.app files) which you want to be available for use
should be in the same PC drive and folder as your other Trackstar files. Usually,
this will be a folder named "TS", "TStar", etc. on your PC's C: hard drive. 

o- The Trackstar 'Help' menu accessed by pressing F1 followed by ESC, lets you 
freely swap in whatever trackstore disk you like as the Slot 6, Drive 1 or Slot 6, 
Drive 2 disk so long as the particular Slot 6 drive has already been set up (via 
tsutilit.com)  as a drive which uses trackstore disks. 

o- Tsutilit.com lets you set up your drives so that you can boot from a trackstore
disk. This is very handy for getting a Trackstar system 'up' and going when little
useful software is available on regular Apple II diskette. Trackstore disk files
with good file handling utilities, etc. can be downloaded, unzipped and moved into
your Trackstar stuff folder. These 'disks' can be booted or used to get programs
onto your Trackstar's virtual hard disk (or moved to an actual Apple II diskette). 

o- By default, when you start Trackstar it will try to boot a trackstore disk
(i.e. an .app file) named "startup" something-- e.g. "startup1.app". To have a
choice of trackstore disks to boot from after starting star.com, you can rename .app
files named "startup1", etc.. in your Trackstar stuff folder or move the files to
another folder.


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