18 Apr
2011
18 Apr
'11
7:43 a.m.
Yiou only will need the Translator for those games/applications that
were specifically mapped to use illegal OS calls in the Atari 800, even
Atari itself did this. What the Translator essentially does is layer
itself over the XL OS with the older 800OS making it compatible with
certain games/apps that could only run on the original 800. So try
your games/apps first without it and if they don't boot, then try with
the Translator. Also BASIC is enabled by default on the 800XL, and
some games/apps cannot have it resident when it loads and will just stop
during the load up. So before powering up the system, hold the OPTION
key down and this will disable the onboard BASIC and load up your
game/app without.
Curt
Anne Howard wrote:
Can you help me. I have just sorted out my loft and
found my 800xl console with loads of games (on diskette) and a rather sad 1050 diskette
drive. I have got dos diskettes and also translators and emulators. Unfortunately after
25+ years I cannot remember how to load things properly. I have some notes as to when a
program needs translator but not sure the order to load up. I have multiple games on the
diskettes which a friend gave me!!!
So when exactly do I load the translator diskette ? is it right at start up and before
dos (some diskettes have a subset of dos on in any case) . It is so long ago. I have
searched on the internet and not found much luck.
thanks in advance.
A Howard