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From: rzimbins@umn-d-ub.D.UMN.EDU (robert zimbinski)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject: 2600 games on the 8bit?
Message-ID: <330@umn-d-ub.D.UMN.EDU>
Date: 17 May 88 07:55:00 GMT
Reply-To: rzimbins@ub.UUCP (robert zimbinski)
Organization: University of Minnesota, Duluth
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    Is it possible to convert an Atari 2600 game cartidge to work on an 8bit
    machine (specifically an 800)?  I've tried taking apart the 2600 cartridge,
    removing the IC, and reseating it inside the 8bit cartridge (Space Invaders
    with its IC removed).
    This doesn't work, but it feels like it ALMOST works.  For a fraction of a
    second after I turn on my computer, I can see the playfield of the 2600 
    game, then there is nothing but a
    dull green screen to look at.
    The game unit and the 8bit computers are the same internally, aren't they?
    If so, it should follow that a chip designed to work with the game should
    also work with the computers, right?
    If I'm way off base, please tell me why.  If I'm just a little off base,
    tell me about that too. Heck, just tell me what you know.

							      -Bob Zimbinski