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- From: tgreen@iastate.edu (Todd Greenfield)
- Subject: Re: Atari 800 Expansion Port
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- Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA
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- Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 22:05:33 GMT
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- In <93010.160652SML108@psuvm.psu.edu> <SML108@psuvm.psu.edu> writes:
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- >Does anyone know why Atari decided to hide the Atari 800's full expansion
- >port (Take yours apart and be really amazed) inside the Atari 800 rather
- >than leaving it on the outside? It seems like it was a really stupid
- >move on their part...
-
- just a guess, but it was probably only for internal testing -
- not intended to be a real expansion port. Now a question:
- anybody use this to make a xl compatible pbi on an 800?
- (would xl OS also, wouldn't it?)?
-
- Todd
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- Todd Greenfield
- tgreen@iastate.edu
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