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From: gdtltr@vax1.acs.udel.EDU (DUZAN)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject: Re: Info-Atari8 Digest
Message-ID: <543@udccvax1.acs.udel.EDU>
Date: 8 Jan 88 22:18:58 GMT
References: <880108-115926-1984@Xerox>
Reply-To: gdtltr@vax1.acs.udel.EDU (Gary D Duzan)
Organization: University of Delaware
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Summary: Answers to all your questions

In article <880108-115926-1984@Xerox> "Michael_A_Parisi.HENR801G"@XEROX.COM writes:
>Is there any way the Atari game cartridges for the video game systems (like
>2600) can be modified to run on the 8 bit machines?

   Reasonably speaking, I believe not. As I understand it, the 2600 uses a
completely different processor (not 6502) than the computers. I'm not certain
of this, but if so, you would have to convert the machine code. You may as
well rewrite the program.

>
>Also is there any way of converting the cassette based games I have to disk
>format?


   Possible. I have seen utilities that convert cassette boot programs into
disk boot programs, but I'm not sure where you would get one. As you know,
cassettes are not used a whole lot anymore. Good luck.

					    Gary Duzan
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                                        Third Regeneration
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