On Sun, 29 Jun 1997, Larry Anderson & Diane Hare wrote:
> the Encryptor, Jones Futura Corporation, Model
ENC 100-1
> California Computer Systems, Model 2832 [has this
big, black 3"x3" square
> and 3/8" thick block of resin on it, have no idea what it's hiding]
NOTE: The description above is of two, separate cards.
I was reading in the Atari Game Systems FAQ that the
7800 carts are
encrypted with a special encryption and only those encrypted games get
access to the 7800's advanced video resources (otherwise it just gets
2600 resources)... This was a measure by Atari to make sure to get a
share of the profits from 3rd party game developers. There could be a
slight possibility this is an encryption unit for the 7800 game
system...
Hmmm. Interesting hypothesis. However, these boards are circa 1983,
while the 7800 is circa 1986 or something.
I'll go repost a request for info on the atari newsgroups.
Sam
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