Subject: Re: [stella] 2600 Jr incompatibilities From: John Redant <johnredant01@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2003 09:35:58 -0800 (PST) |
So what does that mean? Does that mean homebrewers would have to make two copies of their games? One for 2600jr/7800 and one for 2600 4-switch/6-switch? And would they have to label them as such? Has anyone ever compared the motherboards of both machines? > It might be for the same reason some 7800s have > problems with certain games. The latter era 7800s > removed certain components that Atari Corp in > their wisdom deemed unnecessary. It could be that > some 2600Jr's, due to cost-cutting, also have > certain components removed which change the > performance characteristics of the system ever so > slightly. > > I would expect 1-chip Jr's to behave differently, > for instance. I would not expect Atari Inc era 2600 > Jr's to have any problems because the Warner > era engineers should have known how to deliver a > 100% compatible system. __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, more http://taxes.yahoo.com/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archives (includes files) at http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/archives/ Unsub & more at http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/
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