On 08-Aug-97, Lawrence Walker wrote:
>> be listed instead or separately? (For that matter, the XE Game System,
>> which is on the list, only becomes a "computer" when the
>> separately-marketed keyboard is added to it; otherwise, it is strictly a
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>> cartridge game machine too.)
> Not so . I have one in the original packaging . As well as a
>keyboard, it also included a joystck and a "light-gun". It also had a
>manual for Atari Basic AND 2 game cartridges.WOW, what a deal. : ^ )
Larry,
I believe that initially, the XEGS keyboard was optional though. The
wording in the keyboard's manaul, at least the one I have, seems to support
this. The argument of whether the XEGS is a game console or a computer is one
that has been going on in the newsgroups for quite some time off and on.
Jeff Jeffh_at_unix.aardvarkol.com
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