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+;
+; Christian Groessler, 17-Sep-2013
+;
+; Override _sys() function for Atari targets:
+;   'atari'    gets the regular function
+;   'atarixl'  doesn't support the _sys() function
+;
+
+.if .not .defined(__ATARIXL__)
+
+.include "../common/_sys.s"
+
+.endif