Re: [stella] Linking 2600 consoles?

Subject: Re: [stella] Linking 2600 consoles?
From: Chris Wilkson - MCD <cwilkson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 11 Apr 1997 11:52:26 -0800 (PDT)
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> On Fri, 11 Apr 1997, Songbird wrote:
> > Just curious if we could ever have a networked 2600 game... :-)
> 
> If the 2600 joystick ports are anything like the 8-bit Atari ports, I
> don't think they could support data rates much higher than 1200 baud
> (maybe less since the clock speed and CPU availability is lower on the
> 2600).  This probably wouldn't be fast enough to support a networked game. 
> 
If this is the case, could the cart port be used?  It's a thought...

-Chris


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