Draugr Posted May 29, 2002 Share Posted May 29, 2002 Hi, What is the cartridge Monkey Wrench? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nukey Shay Posted May 29, 2002 Share Posted May 29, 2002 Yes, it is. Just kidding... Monkey Wrench/Monkey Wrench II are programs that work alongside Basic. It adds commands and monitor functions to Basic...if you don't mind parting with the 8k of ram it occupies. How useful it is depends on how well you are familiar with Basic already. Antic review Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ndary Posted June 3, 2002 Share Posted June 3, 2002 and it works on the 800 computer only (not xl/xe) since it suppose to be plugged in the right slot while basic is plugged into the left slot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nukey Shay Posted June 3, 2002 Share Posted June 3, 2002 Yes, but I'm sure that there are dumps of the cart in boot disk form somewhere (I made enough game dumps back in the day using Scanalyzer). It might not work with the Basic inside a stock XL, but it should work OK with rev.C and Atari XE's (since rev.C is essentually the same as rev.A...with the two bad bytes NOP'ed over). BTW can't remember exactly...but I thought II was also released on disk (?). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ndary Posted June 3, 2002 Share Posted June 3, 2002 yes you are right.. there is a disk .atr version that can run on XL/XE.. What i ment is that the Monkey Wrench cartridge will not work on XL/XE computers.. but only on the 800 right slot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callipygous Posted June 10, 2002 Share Posted June 10, 2002 Eastern House actually did make an XL cartridge of Monkey Wrench II. I imagine thats where the ATR came from. Cart is much rarer than the 800 version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariGuy Posted June 11, 2002 Share Posted June 11, 2002 I never knew there was an XL version of the cart. I bought II for the 800 a few weeks ago at CCAG, and I wished I would have had it in the 80s when I was BASIC programming. It's a great utility. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nukey Shay Posted June 11, 2002 Share Posted June 11, 2002 Mario-- And it would probably be as useless as the Basic in those computers. If you needed to use Basic, your best bet would be to plug in a rev.C cartridge Basic (which would mean tying up the slot). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callipygous Posted June 11, 2002 Share Posted June 11, 2002 Mario--And it would probably be as useless as the Basic in those computers. If you needed to use Basic, your best bet would be to plug in a rev.C cartridge Basic (which would mean tying up the slot). Maybe that's why its rare? I imagine it would work with XE computers which are rev C or just upgrade the basic rom in an XL computer to C. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callipygous Posted June 12, 2002 Share Posted June 12, 2002 Here is a picture for the XL version: Monkey Wrench II for XL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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