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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Modder places USB flash drive in Atari 2600 cart, amuses geeks world o'er]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/06/modder-places-usb-flash-drive-in-atari-2600-cart-amuses-geeks-w/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/06/modder-places-usb-flash-drive-in-atari-2600-cart-amuses-geeks-w/</guid><description><![CDATA[I vote for nixing the cord on the cartridge.<br><br>Or....mount a USB port cart slot on a 2600 (or Sears Video Entertainment System) shell.<br><br>Mmm...<br><br>Yes.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[c.wallker.jr]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 6th 2009 7:16PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Modder places USB flash drive in Atari 2600 cart, amuses geeks world o'er]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/06/modder-places-usb-flash-drive-in-atari-2600-cart-amuses-geeks-w/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/06/modder-places-usb-flash-drive-in-atari-2600-cart-amuses-geeks-w/</guid><description><![CDATA[very retro]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[naz]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 6th 2009 7:16PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Modder places USB flash drive in Atari 2600 cart, amuses geeks world o'er]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/06/modder-places-usb-flash-drive-in-atari-2600-cart-amuses-geeks-w/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/06/modder-places-usb-flash-drive-in-atari-2600-cart-amuses-geeks-w/</guid><description><![CDATA[25.00?!<br><br>Just get a 25 cent Atari cartridge from a garage sale, a usb extension cord and a cheap flash drive.<br><br>Take out the guts of the cartridge. Glue usb drive to the inside and attach usb extender cord to it and thread it through the  bottom of the cartridge.<br><br>Viola! You have the same thing for half the price.<br><br>DIY FTW!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Look_Around_You]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 6th 2009 7:18PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Modder places USB flash drive in Atari 2600 cart, amuses geeks world o'er]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/06/modder-places-usb-flash-drive-in-atari-2600-cart-amuses-geeks-w/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/06/modder-places-usb-flash-drive-in-atari-2600-cart-amuses-geeks-w/</guid><description><![CDATA[For that price, I think that an 8GB drive would be a minimum.  2GB drives come in cereal boxes these days, and just are not worth $30, no matter how much nostalgia you wrap them in.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Cerm]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 6th 2009 7:44PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Modder places USB flash drive in Atari 2600 cart, amuses geeks world o'er]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/06/modder-places-usb-flash-drive-in-atari-2600-cart-amuses-geeks-w/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/06/modder-places-usb-flash-drive-in-atari-2600-cart-amuses-geeks-w/</guid><description><![CDATA[I'll wait 20 to 30 years for the person to do the same thing with a Wii controller and call it retro, but of course, by that time ... we'll have all the storage we'll need implanted inside of us.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[miko34]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 6th 2009 7:20PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Modder places USB flash drive in Atari 2600 cart, amuses geeks world o'er]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/06/modder-places-usb-flash-drive-in-atari-2600-cart-amuses-geeks-w/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/06/modder-places-usb-flash-drive-in-atari-2600-cart-amuses-geeks-w/</guid><description><![CDATA[I was going to, but the broken Wiimote I was going to use suddenly started working again. I didn't have the heart to kill it.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[CubeGuy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 12th 2009 11:17AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Modder places USB flash drive in Atari 2600 cart, amuses geeks world o'er]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/06/modder-places-usb-flash-drive-in-atari-2600-cart-amuses-geeks-w/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/06/modder-places-usb-flash-drive-in-atari-2600-cart-amuses-geeks-w/</guid><description><![CDATA[Engadget, please stop covering this garbage. It's a flash drive. A large, inconvenient, expensive flash drive.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Derek]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 6th 2009 7:20PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Modder places USB flash drive in Atari 2600 cart, amuses geeks world o'er]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/06/modder-places-usb-flash-drive-in-atari-2600-cart-amuses-geeks-w/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/06/modder-places-usb-flash-drive-in-atari-2600-cart-amuses-geeks-w/</guid><description><![CDATA[Derek, please stop posting this garbage. It's a blog. A blog about gadgets.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nxwtypx]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 6th 2009 7:28PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Modder places USB flash drive in Atari 2600 cart, amuses geeks world o'er]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/06/modder-places-usb-flash-drive-in-atari-2600-cart-amuses-geeks-w/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/06/modder-places-usb-flash-drive-in-atari-2600-cart-amuses-geeks-w/</guid><description><![CDATA[I love Gremlins!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[marc]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 6th 2009 7:29PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Modder places USB flash drive in Atari 2600 cart, amuses geeks world o'er]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/06/modder-places-usb-flash-drive-in-atari-2600-cart-amuses-geeks-w/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/06/modder-places-usb-flash-drive-in-atari-2600-cart-amuses-geeks-w/</guid><description><![CDATA[Meh]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[mjefferson590]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 6th 2009 7:32PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Modder places USB flash drive in Atari 2600 cart, amuses geeks world o'er]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/06/modder-places-usb-flash-drive-in-atari-2600-cart-amuses-geeks-w/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/06/modder-places-usb-flash-drive-in-atari-2600-cart-amuses-geeks-w/</guid><description><![CDATA[If I wanted something the size of an Atari cartridge I wouldn't put in a flash drive. I'd put in a laptop drive. If a 2.5 and SATA/IDE->USB wouldn't fit then use a 1.8. Makes more sense then flash drive.<br><br>You could fit a 2.5 and circuits in a SNES cart for sure.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeremy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 6th 2009 7:39PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Modder places USB flash drive in Atari 2600 cart, amuses geeks world o'er]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/06/modder-places-usb-flash-drive-in-atari-2600-cart-amuses-geeks-w/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/06/modder-places-usb-flash-drive-in-atari-2600-cart-amuses-geeks-w/</guid><description><![CDATA[personally, i'd put a small usb hub in there, a small notebook drive, and a flash drive.<br><br>make the nes controller usable, have a large notebook harddrive for storage, and flash for linux.<br><br>word.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 6th 2009 10:45PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Modder places USB flash drive in Atari 2600 cart, amuses geeks world o'er]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/06/modder-places-usb-flash-drive-in-atari-2600-cart-amuses-geeks-w/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/06/modder-places-usb-flash-drive-in-atari-2600-cart-amuses-geeks-w/</guid><description><![CDATA[drops panties]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brian Dizon]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 6th 2009 7:46PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Modder places USB flash drive in Atari 2600 cart, amuses geeks world o'er]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/06/modder-places-usb-flash-drive-in-atari-2600-cart-amuses-geeks-w/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/06/modder-places-usb-flash-drive-in-atari-2600-cart-amuses-geeks-w/</guid><description><![CDATA[If it were a working 2600 emulator, that would be cool. Otherwise, meh.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[brettsinger]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 6th 2009 8:11PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Modder places USB flash drive in Atari 2600 cart, amuses geeks world o'er]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/06/modder-places-usb-flash-drive-in-atari-2600-cart-amuses-geeks-w/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/06/modder-places-usb-flash-drive-in-atari-2600-cart-amuses-geeks-w/</guid><description><![CDATA[I'm going to have to go ahead and second this comment...]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 6th 2009 8:56PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Modder places USB flash drive in Atari 2600 cart, amuses geeks world o'er]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/06/modder-places-usb-flash-drive-in-atari-2600-cart-amuses-geeks-w/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/06/modder-places-usb-flash-drive-in-atari-2600-cart-amuses-geeks-w/</guid><description><![CDATA[It's one thing that's inside another thing!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[BigTeebo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 6th 2009 9:04PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Modder places USB flash drive in Atari 2600 cart, amuses geeks world o'er]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/06/modder-places-usb-flash-drive-in-atari-2600-cart-amuses-geeks-w/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/06/modder-places-usb-flash-drive-in-atari-2600-cart-amuses-geeks-w/</guid><description><![CDATA[Damn I got excited, I thought it was a USB enable flash cart for a 2600 to play ROMs directly, that would had been ill, and a hell of alot less space would had been needed than 2GB.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Level 5]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 6th 2009 9:13PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Modder places USB flash drive in Atari 2600 cart, amuses geeks world o'er]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/06/modder-places-usb-flash-drive-in-atari-2600-cart-amuses-geeks-w/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/06/modder-places-usb-flash-drive-in-atari-2600-cart-amuses-geeks-w/</guid><description><![CDATA[Use a WD Passport instead. More expensive yes, but if you are going to have your USB storage device be that large, it might as well contain an external HD instead of a meager flash drive. Flash drives are supposed to be small and convenient. Then you'd have an Atari cartridge that had like 500GB storage!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kiv]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 6th 2009 9:59PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Modder places USB flash drive in Atari 2600 cart, amuses geeks world o'er]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/06/modder-places-usb-flash-drive-in-atari-2600-cart-amuses-geeks-w/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/06/modder-places-usb-flash-drive-in-atari-2600-cart-amuses-geeks-w/</guid><description><![CDATA[FUCKIN' A!!!!! w00t!!!!!!! USB cart FTEW!!!!!!<br><br>now just make a 7800 cart, and i'm sold.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[graywolf790]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 7th 2009 12:46AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Modder places USB flash drive in Atari 2600 cart, amuses geeks world o'er]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/06/modder-places-usb-flash-drive-in-atari-2600-cart-amuses-geeks-w/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/06/modder-places-usb-flash-drive-in-atari-2600-cart-amuses-geeks-w/</guid><description><![CDATA[Just picked up 5 Atari 2600 carts this past weekend. Nothing I'd want to damage though.. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Historian]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 7th 2009 12:58AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Modder places USB flash drive in Atari 2600 cart, amuses geeks world o'er]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/06/modder-places-usb-flash-drive-in-atari-2600-cart-amuses-geeks-w/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/06/modder-places-usb-flash-drive-in-atari-2600-cart-amuses-geeks-w/</guid><description><![CDATA[At first, I had goosebumps.  It was like what if USB was invented in 1978?.  Then it was all such a let-down.  This could have been soooo much more cooler.  HDD, 2600 emulator with game roms on flash or HDD, and possible USB hub.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Matt E.]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 7th 2009 2:30AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Modder places USB flash drive in Atari 2600 cart, amuses geeks world o'er]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/06/modder-places-usb-flash-drive-in-atari-2600-cart-amuses-geeks-w/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/06/modder-places-usb-flash-drive-in-atari-2600-cart-amuses-geeks-w/</guid><description><![CDATA[What ... no front sticker on the cartridge?  What a gyp.<br><br>And did they get the Atari or Nintendo license to use their logo?<br>Or is this considered pop art ... like Warhol with his Campbell's soup?<br><br>Maybe that's why it costs $30 plus shipping.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[miko34]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 7th 2009 2:29AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Modder places USB flash drive in Atari 2600 cart, amuses geeks world o'er]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/06/modder-places-usb-flash-drive-in-atari-2600-cart-amuses-geeks-w/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/06/modder-places-usb-flash-drive-in-atari-2600-cart-amuses-geeks-w/</guid><description><![CDATA[Meh. I hacked up a USB card reader from an Atari cart a few years back. It's hardly major news.<br><br><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/smallpictures/317818150/" rel="nofollow">http://www.flickr.com/photos/smallpictures/317818150/</a>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ian]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 7th 2009 4:35AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Modder places USB flash drive in Atari 2600 cart, amuses geeks world o'er]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/06/modder-places-usb-flash-drive-in-atari-2600-cart-amuses-geeks-w/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/06/modder-places-usb-flash-drive-in-atari-2600-cart-amuses-geeks-w/</guid><description><![CDATA[YAY for Ian.<br>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Magallanes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 7th 2009 11:13AM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
