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From: rjung@sal39.usc.edu (Robert Jung)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject: Re: XE Game Cartridges on 400/800
Message-ID: <715@nunki.usc.edu>
Date: 15 Apr 88 16:19:29 GMT
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Keywords: Good news? Bad news?
Summary: Good news! Maybe so...

In article <1010003@hpfcmr.HP.COM> bobm@hpfcmr.HP.COM (Bob Montgomery) writes:
>> >Ok, let's talk about games.  I have lots of games and I want more.  And
>> >some of those new XE games look pretty good.  But I have a 48K 800.  Will
>> >they work, he wonders?

In article <700@nunki.usc.edu>, I wrote
>>   I have it STRAIGHT from two horses' mouthes (and they both sell Atari
>> software/hardware, so it's not gossiping) that the XE Game System cartridges
>> will work with ALL Ataris with 48K. I don't know why you'd had problems with
>> Flight Simulator II, but apparently *all* of them will work on the 800!

In article <2861@ihlpe.ATT.COM> kimes@ihlpe.ATT.COM (Kit Kimes) writes:
>This is news to me.  Have they actually tried them?  The reason I ask is 
>because Atari themselves (in the person of Neil Harris) said that many of
>the new cartridges will not work in the older machines specifically because
>they download 64K of information.  After all, they are supposed to be for
>the XE Game System which has 64K of RAM.


  That is a true point. However, near as I can tell (or remember -- Direct
quoting is not one of my talents B-), the XE Game System cartridges should be
able to work on the older 800 machines. I do know that I haven't heard anyone
confirm any reports of INcompatability...

  But like you said, the 64K cartridges may *not* work, because of insufficient
RAM. Since I am beginning to have doubts myself on this matter, lemme go check
this out again, and get back to you...


						--R.J.,
						feeling embarrassed
						B-)


P.S. I'd like to get _Flight simulator II_ when it comes out by itself, too.
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