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From: charles@c3engr.UUCP (Charles Green)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject: Some XE software runs on XL
Keywords: Gateway to Apshai
Message-ID: <2491@c3engr.UUCP>
Date: 16 Apr 88 20:57:42 GMT
Organization: C3 Inc. Engineering, Herndon, VA
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While browsing in the Commodore section of Babbage's recently (their Atari
8-bit section is pretty sparse, and I've noticed several titles packaged for
both C64 and Atari), I noticed "Gateway to Apshai" for only $3.99.  The only
hitch was that it was for the Atari XE, and I have an XL.  But I thought it
would give me an incentive to finally get going on one of those compatible
memory upgrades, so I got it anyway.

When I got home, it occurred to me that if it ran on a 64K Commodore, why
would they need the extra memory of an XE?  To my knowledge, that's the only
fundamental difference between the XL and XE, so I began to wonder how it
would fail to run on my machine.

Anyway, the game seems to run just fine, which leads me to wonder:  a) How
much "XE" software is there that will run on an XL, and: b) Why wouldn't
the manufacturer state "XL/XE" on the package??  Wouldn't that only increase
his sales?

Of course, the bad news is, I just lost my incentive to upgrade...
-- 
Charles Green	{{decvax!decuac,dolqci}!c3pe,netsys!cucstud!c3engr}!charles
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