Episode 0
Nov 21, 2015•1 hr 54 min
Episode description
Welcome to the first Episode of the Atari XEGS Cart by Cart Podcast. In Episode Zero we will focus on the Atari XE Game System Console. We will learn about the hosts and get up to speed on the XEGS technical Specifications. Come join Bill, David, and Michael and find out why we love the XEGS.
Show Notes
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Other ports/reviews:
- Video Game Console Library
- Wikipedia
- Classic Home Video Games Museum
- The Centre for Computing History
- ANTIC Magazine "First Look Inside the XE Game System"
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Where to buy:
- B & C ComputerVisions
- Online Auctions (ebay.com / ShopGoodwill.com)
- Amazon: Amazon.com
- Eight Bit Fix
- Best Electronics (Sold out but keep looking)
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Things to consider getting for your XEGS:
- BEST Electronics "BEST XE Touch" keyboard retrofit
- Installation guide
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Emulators:
- atari800 - open source for Linux, Windows, Mac OS X & more
- Atari800Win PLUs - based on atari800, with Windows-specific features
- Altirra - Windows emulator with lots of debugging/etc. Very popular with coders
- Atari++ - originally a fork of atari800. Available for Linux and Windows
- Colleen - based on atari800. Available for Android devices
- PC Xformer - MSDOS/Windows emulator from the early 1990s
- Apple iOS device - Your iOS device needs to be jailbroken. You can use via DOSPad
- MESS(Multi Emulator Super System) which is part of the MAME project
- Browser based via Utilized by Internet Archive's Historical Software Archive (via JSMESS)
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