On 16 Apr 98, concerning _Gameboy_, Nick Andre said to Troy H. Cheek in 
VID_GAME:
 NA> Remember the scene from Terminator 2 when John Connor hacks the ATM with
 NA> the palmtop?
An Atari Portfolio, to be specific.
 NA> I'm sure the Gameboy can be modified with a plastic card extention, 
ribbon
 NA> cable, and smart BIOS code to do the same. 6502 assembly language is 
ery
 NA> flexable, contrary to popular belief.
6502 was my first assembly language.  I learned on the Atari 800, though I 
did put in some time with an Apple IIe and a Commodore 64.  6502 _is_ 
flexible, though I'm not sure it can hack an ATM, simply because I'm not sure 
that you can hack an ATM with anything remotely like the setup seen in that 
movie.
However, I have read that EPROMs can be burned which will give the Gameboy 
the equivalent of a BASIC language, and then programs can be written to cards 
which whill allow you to create and play your own games.  Further 
modifications along the lines you mention can have the Gameboy being the 
"brains" of various types of homemade robots.
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