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From: rjung@nunki.usc.edu (Robert Jung)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject: Re: Some XE software runs on XL
Message-ID: <729@nunki.usc.edu>
Date: 17 Apr 88 18:39:25 GMT
References: <2491@c3engr.UUCP>
Reply-To: rjung@nunki.usc.edu (Robert Jung)
Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Lines: 31
Summary: Bad packaging

In article <2491@c3engr.UUCP> charles@c3engr.UUCP (Charles Green) writes:
>While browsing in the Commodore section of Babbage's recently,...
>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...
>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?

  All we're talking here is a problem in packaging. Epyx probably put "XE"
on the box because that's the only 8-bit Atari they know of. Besides, there
*is* the 64K 65XE (which is an 800XL in a new case  B-).

  Usually, if a program requires all 128K of the 130XE, it will specifically
say so on the back of the box. Most programs, however, are written to see
how much RAM you have, and configure itself accordingly (Typesetter, for
instance, comes with a 64K version and a 128K version)...If it just writes
"For the Atari XE", that's equvalent to saying "*NOT* for the ST line".


  Don't panic, somebody in packaging just screwed up a tad.


						--R.J.
						B-)

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