9 Jan
2007
9 Jan
'07
6:27 a.m.
The software for the Atari 400/800, XL/XE systems will all work together
(some older 400/800 software will only run on the later XL/XE's with a
"Translator Disk" which essentially overrides the XL/XE OS and copies
the 800 OS into memory for compatibility.
Some later software would only run on the XL/XE's due to memory and OS
specific reasons.
The 520/1040 "ST" series is a different architecture and OS (68000 CPU,
GEM Based OS) and that software is not compatible with he 6502 based
400/800, XL/XE systems.
Curt
Chris M wrote:
yep, I used the 400 in high school also. Hated those
things. Utterly turned me off to computers until I
left hs altogether. They may have had some 800's too.
I would like an 800 if anyone has one surplus to
their needs. Come to think of it I'd like the 130
also, plus any 520/1040 units (working or not) that I
could find.
Were these software compatible with the later 800xl
and those? What about cartridge compatible?
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