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From: gdtltr@vax1.acs.udel.EDU (Gary D Duzan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject: Re: 2600 games on the 8bit?
Message-ID: <1291@udccvax1.acs.udel.EDU>
Date: 17 May 88 16:11:17 GMT
References: <330@umn-d-ub.D.UMN.EDU>
Reply-To: gdtltr@vax1.acs.udel.EDU (Gary D Duzan)
Organization: University of Delaware
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In article <330@umn-d-ub.D.UMN.EDU> rzimbins@ub.UUCP (robert zimbinski) writes:
>
>    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?

   As I understand it, the 2600 has a completely different microprocessor
than the computers (I don't know what it has). While I have not heard that 
the code cannot be converted, I tend to doubt that it can be done easily.

					    Gary Duzan
					    Time  Lord
                                        Third Regeneration
                                     Atari Enthusiast Extreme

p.s. A misconception like this tends to increase the idea that Atari only
     makes game machines.

					   GD,TL,TR,AEE