3 May
2015
3 May
'15
11:50 a.m.
On May 3, 2015, at 8:28 AM, Pete Turnbull <pete at
dunnington.plus.com> wrote:
On 03/05/2015 16:18, tony duell wrote:
As a data point, my parents purchased an Atari 400 for me in the UK when they first became
available. It did *not* come with the Basic cartridge, which wasn?t available in the UK
for about 2 months after the 400 came out. So, for at least a short period of time, in at
least one market, there was an Atari configuration where Basic wasn?t ?standard
configuration?. But I sure had a fun 2 months playing Star Raiders :)
Ian
>> The Exidy Sorceror had BASIC as a plug-in ROM cartridge I believe.
> That?s what I thought, which means the Exidy
does not belong.
However, with the Atari 400 and 800 and the Exidy
sorceror, the BASIC ROM module was, IIRC, included with the
machine in the standard configuration
Yeah, I was about to say that. The Sorcerer was always sold with the BASIC ROM PAC
fitted, and to my way of thinking, that's really no different from a ROM plugged into
the board, as it was on a Commodore PET or an Acorn Atom.