--- On Mon, 4/18/11, Anne Howard <ahow at live.co.uk> wrote:
From: Anne Howard <ahow at live.co.uk>
Subject: Atari 800xl "translator disk"?
To: cctech at
classiccmp.org
Date: Monday, April 18, 2011, 6:23 AM
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.
You boot the translator disk, and then the translator comes up with a screen prompting you
to insert the disk to boot.
You generally do not boot a DOS disk unless you're working with files - games and such
all autoboot.
-Ian