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From: jca@pnet01.cts.com (John C. Archambeau)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject: Re: 810's and 65XE's
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Date: 23 Jun 89 02:16:20 GMT
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I think I have an answer to question #2.  You can't effectively convert a 65XE
to a 130XE.  Why?  Because it doesn't have the FREDDY chip in it.  The FREDDY
chip is the 130XE 'expanded' memory MMU.  You might, however, be able to get a
Rambo XL running in it, but I have never heard of an memory upgrades for a
65XE, of course, I have never (in my 5 years of using an Atari 8-bit) of
anybody using a 65XE.  What you need to do is to find the exact differences
between a 65XE and a 800XL and apply the desired memory upgrade.  Believe me,
you WERE better off with springing for a 130XE.  The 65XE is pretty much
vaporware in comparison to the 800XL and 130XE and what you can slap in it.

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