Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!unix.cis.pitt.edu!gvlf3.gvl.unisys.com!tredysvr!cellar!apc From: apc@cellar.UUCP (Lionel Ginzburg) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit Subject: Re: Need information on Atari 5200 game Message-ID: Date: 23 Jan 91 01:19:02 GMT References: <1991Jan22.004303.9281@rice.edu> Sender: bbs@cellar.UUCP (The Cellar BBS) Organization: The Cellar BBS +1 215 336 9503 Lines: 22 jsd@boreal.rice.edu (Shawn Joel Dube) writes: > In article <1991Jan22.001137.26717@jato.jpl.nasa.gov>, whoffman@jato.jpl.nasa > > [[ Stuff about the chips inside of the 5200. They were POKEY, ANTIC, GTIA, a > and modified 6502 ]] > > So the 5200 was pretty much the same as the 8bit? > Yep, the 5200 is almost exactly the same as an XL. In fact, most cartridges for the 5200 can run on an XL/XE machine (or even a 400 or 800, if there are no funny OS calls) with little or no modification if you have them in a proper format. (I've never seen a 5200 cartridge, so I don't know if they're the same size, but I've seen various binary files that were transferred over by pirates and/or people who wanted to continue to play their favorite games once their 5200 broke down, so I assume it can't be that much of a feat.) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ EMail to: uunet!cellar!apc ------------------------------------------------------------------------------