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From: ugthomas@sunybcs.UUCP ( Timothy Thomas)
Newsgroups: net.micro.atari
Subject: Re: Re: Unprotected cartridges
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Date: Fri, 15-Mar-85 19:36:08 EST
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> There is NO protection; you could conceivably wreck a cart. I guess atari 
> thought it was dispensable, it certainly wasn't essential, and besides it
> made it somewhat easier to copy cartridges onto diskfiles.. I'd say you'd
> better tell the kids that their favourite games may get wrecked..


When atari first put the XL's out, they claimed that removing and inserting
cartridges while having the power on would not do any damage to either
the computer or the cartridge.  I have never tested this out (i have an
old atari 800), but I know some people who do (and have removed carts before)
and never had any problems.


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...Tim Thomas

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