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- From: moon!cyberden!phbill@well.sf.ca.us
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
- Subject: 1200xl -> better OS (ie-actually RUNNING software (like Quick, Fred,
- Message-ID: <iFsgPB7w164w@cyberden.uucp>
- Date: Thu, 13 Aug 92 14:34:05 PDT
- Organization: Indescribable Creations
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- Well... so far I can't run Das Omen demo, Fred or Mission Shark, or
- Quick on my 1200xl. (blah blah you all heard this before, right?)
- Anyways, I was pretty surprised when Jeff McWilliams left me mail
- explaining a little of the process. >I< thought it would be something
- simple like pulling the 1200xl OS chip out and plugging an 800xl or 600xl
- or XL/XE OS into it. He mentioned the need of a desolderer and solderer!
- YIKES! Aren't ALL the chips in this thing socketed!?!? Or at LEAST
- isn't the OS socketed as well as the other 20 so chips!?!? (exaggeration,
- I know!)
-
- ANyways... I would REALLY appreciate any textfiles on upgrading the
- 1200xl to make it fully compatible with the 600xl/800xl & XE series (I
- don't want built in BASIC or a PBI port (well...ONE day I'll get the
- PBI) Does it really take ALL that, Jeff?, or would that include hacking
- a PBI together!? Bob Woolley- if you're out there- how much would you
- charge for doing the OS upgrade if it really takes this much work? And
- Jody Lenn- perhaps I >WILL< buy that 65xe from you!? ;)
-
- Thanx in advance. PLEASE gimme ALL details! (I don't wanna haveta guess
- about things when I do this and then kill the only working system I've
- ever had... other than the 2600 w/ BASIC and the Timex Sinclair 1000!
- haha)
- Bill
- (sniffle sniffle...
- it don't WOOOORK!)
-
- "Be seeing you!"
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- PhBill: Bill Kendrick / | \
- moon!cyberden!phbill@well.sf.ca.us
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- August 13, 1992
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