Re: Apple IIe / Atari 2600 FROB

[Amiga2000@bigpond.nospam.com]

Dennis Jenkins <dennis@usb.com> wrote:

   " Has anyone heard of or seen this device?  

Yes...ages ago.

   " Supposedly, it has 4K of dual
   " port rom, plugs into the Apple II, II+ or IIe, and a cable that plugs
   " into the 24 pin cartridge slot on an Atari 2600.  

correct.

   " With this device, you would code the Atari 2600 games on the Apple II
   " using normal text editors and assemblers (they share the same CPU
   " instruction set).  You could then load the compiled code into the dual
   " port ram and reboot the Atari to test it.

And, burn it in a rom and make your own atari 2600 cartridges!

   " Has anyone seen or heard of such a device?  (I vaguely remember hearing
   " about this a long time ago).

I believe it was used for atari cart development.



ch.
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