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From: clf3678@ultb.UUCP (C.L. Freemesser)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject: Re: XEGS carts
Keywords: Atari carts, XEGS
Message-ID: <381@ultb.UUCP>
Date: 24 Feb 89 19:07:45 GMT
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Reply-To: clf3678@ultb.UUCP (C.L. Freemesser (709ITP))
Organization: Rochester Institute of Technology, Information Systems
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Isn't it feasible that Atari has to hike up the prices on some carts
because of the cost of royalties to publish these games?  I mean, games
like Crossbow and other non-Atari created games will cost Atari $$$.
Still, Atari games are the lowest priced carts on the market.  However,
seeing that you can get older 800/XL/XE carts for $3 each from mail
order houses, paying $30 for a carts, no matter how good it is, seems a
waste.

=cf=

BTW, a question for the techies:  I've got a 600xl that I have been
thinking about upgrading to 64k (I only use it to play a few carts right
now).  If I buy the 1064 expansion module, will it give me TOTAL
compatibility with the 800xl?  What I mean is, will the computer act
just like a 600xl, or because the memory is in a "different" place, will
I have problems running >16K programs?