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Arabic 800 XL?

Post by Andre » Tue May 17, 2005 8:43 am

Hi guys,

check this out:

http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie ... 26999&rd=1

Looks like someone has replaced the ROMS and put some labels with arabic symbols on the keys. What do you think - hack or not?
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Post by Atari Frog » Tue May 17, 2005 9:18 am

This is great! We'd need to know if the specific ROM is any different from the one inside the Arabic XE.

We know virtually nothing about the African and Asian markets, there's bound to be some weird stuff out there...

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Post by ijor » Tue May 17, 2005 3:58 pm

Nir Dary probably has some knowledge about the arabic market.
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Post by atarimania » Tue May 17, 2005 5:08 pm

I think that it's a hack
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Post by Andre » Sun May 29, 2005 9:09 am

It looks like the seller has a basement filled up with arabic Ataris:

http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie ... 87690&rd=1
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Post by atarimania » Sun May 29, 2005 9:55 am

Yes :wink:
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Post by Andre » Thu Feb 02, 2006 10:40 am

Wow! Arabic cartridge! Homebrew or official release?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 8753880141
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Post by Atari Frog » Thu Feb 02, 2006 11:16 am

Absolutely amazing :shock:

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Post by deathtrappomegranate » Thu Feb 02, 2006 6:23 pm

It would be nice to get a dump of that cart...
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Post by atarimania » Thu Feb 02, 2006 9:09 pm

Arnaud...again...
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