Subject: Re: [stella] 2600 Jr incompatibilities From: "Albert Yarusso" <albert@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2003 13:10:54 -0600 |
Hi Aaron, I spoke to Mark from Sunmark and he said the problem is a connector issue and he's working on changing it so both games will work on the 7800. He said the connection tabs on the 7800 have to be a little longer on the cart circuit board--he extended them and it works fine. ..Al ----- Original Message ----- From: "Aaron Bergstrom" <Aaron.Bergstrom@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <stella@xxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, February 28, 2003 12:50 PM Subject: Re: [stella] 2600 Jr incompatibilities > I recently purchased the Video Life/Magicard multicart from Sunmark.com, > and I only have a 7800 to run it on. Magicard works, but Video Life just > shows a black screen. Whether or not that helps anybody track down the > problem, I don't know. > > Glenn Saunders wrote: > > At 06:27 AM 2/28/2003 -0800, you wrote: > > > >> That is odd. I wonder what changes were made between > >> the 2600 4-switch and the 2600jr? (I didn't think > >> there would be any) It would be worth comparing the > >> assembly dump screens of both to find out what's going on. > > > > > > > > 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. > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------- > > > > Archives (includes files) at http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/archives/ > > Unsub & more at http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/ > > > > > -- > Aaron.Bergstrom@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Computer Visualization Manager > Archaeology Technologies Lab, NDSU > 701-231-6434 > http://atl.ndsu.edu/ > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------- > Archives (includes files) at http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/archives/ > Unsub & more at http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/ > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archives (includes files) at http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/archives/ Unsub & more at http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/
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