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From: mgh@ho4cad.ATT.COM
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject: Re: XE supercarts. and compatability
Summary: Supercarts on 1200xl
Message-ID: <351@ho7cad.ATT.COM>
Date: 7 Jul 88 03:08:09 GMT
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In article <8807060549.AA21464@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>, PHR140@URIMVS.BITNET ("Ray C") writes:
> 
>    Will the supercarts work on a 1200xl?  I would especially like
>  to know about the games that were written by Accolade.  A while ago
>  I had baught one of their games at toys-r-us, and it wouldn't run.
>  The screen would go black, and the two leds (L1 and L2) would blink
>  alternately.  Luckily, this happened before they changed their policy
>  on software returns..  I got my money back, and the woman at the desk
>  said "I guess it didn't like your computer."  Interesting comment, I
>  thought....
>     I can't remember the name of the game off hand, but it was a flight
>  simulator which simulated bombing missions (I forget from what war).
>  Once these games are put into supercart. format, will they run on the
>  1200xl, or will they still be incompatable?
> 
>                                  Ray Courtois
> 
> Bitnet:   PHR140@URIMVS

A friend of my just bought a left over 1200xl and we too were concerned
if it would work with the new supercarts....Wel we tried a few games
and sure enough it worked like a charm. The only supercart we tried was 
Blue Max and it worked fine. The rest of the games we tried were the
standard carts like Pacman  etc. Hope this eases some of your concerns.

BTW anyone out there in NET LAND know if Commnet Systems the maker of
Forem are still in existance?? I'm trying to purchase a version of
Forem to run on the 8 bit but can't obtain a copy anywhere. I've been
looking for messages on the net by Matthew Singer the author of Forem
but have not seen any message from him either. Any help on this would be
greatly appreciated.

					Matt Hetman