rj1307 Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 I have a question for you, has the HALT signal on the cartridge connector ever been used? I have not found such information on the Internet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trebor Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 32 minutes ago, rj1307 said: I have a question for you, has the HALT signal on the cartridge connector ever been used? I have not found such information on the Internet. "...Rikki & Vikki is the first software which uses the HALTn pin to discern between Sally and Maria's fetches, a solid connection with this pin must be made for the game to run correctly..." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 1 hour ago, Trebor said: "...Rikki & Vikki is the first software which uses the HALTn pin to discern between Sally and Maria's fetches, a solid connection with this pin must be made for the game to run correctly..." According to him anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 1 hour ago, CPUWIZ said: According to him anyway. Dude, he used it and sold it to the masses with great success. Perhaps it could have been used privately as far back as the 80's by other programmers but nobody will ever know or care cause it wasn't brought to the world. As far as what has been put out for everyone to play with, he sure is the the first to offer software using that method. I'm very happy he did too. R&V is top shelf 7800 software. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 20 minutes ago, Shawn said: Dude, he used it and sold it to the masses with great success. Perhaps it could have been used privately as far back as the 80's by other programmers but nobody will ever know or care cause it wasn't brought to the world. As far as what has been put out for everyone to play with, he sure is the the first to offer software using that method. I'm very happy he did too. R&V is top shelf 7800 software. No, Atari did, take a peek at the 7800 devkit, that's where I got it from, eons ago. Biff still invented internet video though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+x=usr(1536) Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 22 minutes ago, CPUWIZ said: Biff still invented internet video though. And forems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rj1307 Posted March 27, 2021 Author Share Posted March 27, 2021 Thank you for the information Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 (edited) 14 hours ago, CPUWIZ said: No, Atari did, take a peek at the 7800 devkit, that's where I got it from, eons ago. Yep it sure was. Was it used in a manor to be consumed by the masses and\or the player userbase in any way? Nope! You wouldn't have to specifically say "it was mentioned in the devkit" if it was a thing. The dude deserves the credit for being the first to use it in the way he did. EDIT: That was why my original post said it could have been used privately back in the 80's. It being in the devkit as you mentioned just further makes my point. Edited March 27, 2021 by Shawn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 [ZylonBane]Words have meanings, "first software" is incorrect. Claim "first game" and you are correct.[/ZylonBane] 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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