Atari 400 Question

[thegamezmaster]

I have an Atari 400 with just 16K of memory and just interested in using it for playing games on cartridges. Does anyone know what all I have to do to upgrade it to be able to play any cart,like one's that are 48K or more? I'm not real knowledgeable about this and the reason I as is I've seen alot of carts available that say they will only run on an 800 or 800XL or higher? Thanks for any help.

[deathtrappomegranate]

You could get something like this:

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...item=5111916976 (not mine)

[BigBen]

For more memory look here - it´s a special Expansion Kit for the Atari 400.

http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewIt...8121883128&rd=1

 

Bernd

[tjlazah]

Doesn't the 400 use a different memory expansion system than the 800?

[BigBen]

Doesn't the 400 use a different memory expansion system than the 800?

 

No. The different is - you must solder four jumper wires onto the 400 motherboard. The slot doesn´t have all address cable.

You will be found all parts into the original Atari 400 - 48k Ram expansion kit.

 

Bernd

[Callipygous]

My two cents: It would be cheaper and more compatible with software to get a XL or XE computer with 64K than to go to the effort of upgrading a 400 with the old OS and then you still only have 48K and can't run a 64K game.

[tjlazah]

Well I have a 400 and also have a few extra Atari 800 16k memory boards, the ones without the plastic cartridge cases, can I use one of them to upgrade this 400 to 32k?