Encryptor Board...

From: Matt Pritchard <MPritchard_at_ensemble.net>
Date: Tue Jul 8 14:23:15 1997

The 7800 is actually '83 or '84 developed. A small number were sold
then, and the rest sat in warehouses for a couple years. seriously!

-Mp

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sam Ismail [SMTP:dastar_at_crl.com]
> Sent: Sunday, June 29, 1997 6:06 PM
> To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
> Subject: Re: Encryptor Board...
>
> On Sun, 29 Jun 1997, Larry Anderson & Diane Hare wrote:
>
> > > the Encryptor, Jones Futura Corporation, Model ENC 100-1
>
> > > California Computer Systems, Model 2832 [has this big, black 3"x3"
> square
> > > and 3/8" thick block of resin on it, have no idea what it's
> hiding]
>
> NOTE: The description above is of two, separate cards.
>
> > I was reading in the Atari Game Systems FAQ that the 7800 carts are
> > encrypted with a special encryption and only those encrypted games
> get
> > access to the 7800's advanced video resources (otherwise it just
> gets
> > 2600 resources)... This was a measure by Atari to make sure to get
> a
> > share of the profits from 3rd party game developers. There could be
> a
> > slight possibility this is an encryption unit for the 7800 game
> > system...
>
> Hmmm. Interesting hypothesis. However, these boards are circa 1983,
> while the 7800 is circa 1986 or something.
>
> I'll go repost a request for info on the atari newsgroups.
>
>
> Sam
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Received on Tue Jul 08 1997 - 14:23:15 BST