Re: Atari board differences by cabinet type?

Yes, and monitor type was related to... cabinet type (e.g. 6100 in Tempest
conversion vs. DMH). There were some exceptions, but they were just that,
exceptions.

Also of notable mention is the display pincushion corrector adjunct, which
is another example of h/w specific to a cabinet type (as qualified above).

-Mark

On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 12:08 PM, Franklin Bowen <Franklin@bowen.net> wrote:

> But the basis for that difference was monitor type, not cabinet type.
>
> Like Chris C. already wrote, Atari appears to have only created one board
> with one set of software for a game. Then the software has a way to
> determine whether it is installed in an upright or cocktail and different
> sections of code are executed based on that.
>
> Now that I have written this, I am sure people will find examples to the
> contrary. :-)
>
> HTH
>
> Franklin
>
>
>
> On 4/19/2010 11:14 AM, Mark Shostak wrote:
>
>> MH (re: xtal freq.)
>>
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone so delivery may be delayed due to AT&T network
>> congestion.
>>
>> On Apr 19, 2010, at 8:59 AM, Joseph Magiera <joemagiera@ameritech.net<mailto:
>> joemagiera@ameritech.net>> wrote:
>>
>> Does anyone know of any hardware or software differences that exist for
>>> any Atari vector game that the differences are based on or because of the
>>> cabinet type, i.e., upright, cocktail, cockpit, cabaret? I know there are
>>> differences for Eliminator (Sega) but I don't think I've ever heard of any
>>> for Atari. Anyone?
>>> Joe
>>>
>>>
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