+-Version 0.70 +Version 1.0
-project initiator and main developer of Hatari: Thomas Huth <thothy@users.sourceforge.net>
-manual by Matthias Arndt <marndt@asmsoftware.de>
+Project initiator and main developer of Hatari: Thomas Huth
+
+Manual written by: Matthias Arndt
-Hatari on the WWW: http://hatari.sourceforge.net/ +Hatari on the WWW: http://hatari.sourceforge.net/
--Hatari is an Atari ST emulator for Linux, FreeBSD, BeOS and other -Systems which are supported by the SDL library. +Hatari is an Atari ST, STE, TT and Falcon emulator for Linux, FreeBSD, BeOS and +other Systems which are supported by the SDL library. The emulator is open source software and is distributed under the terms of the -GNU General Public License (GPL). +GNU General +Public License (GPL).
The Atari ST was a 16/32 bit computer system which was first released by Atari @@ -81,60 +137,104 @@ Unlike many other Atari ST emulators whi environment for running GEM applications, Hatari tries to emulate the hardware of a ST as close as possible so that it is able to run most of the old ST games and demos. Of course you can run normal GEM applications with Hatari, too. +Recent versions of Hatari even feature basic STE, TT and Falcon emulation.
--At the time of this writing there is neither a complete MMU emulation -nor support for STE specific features. + + +
DSP is not emulated, but there's a dummy mode with which some +additional demos work.
-Hatari currently has the following system requirements:
+Certain versions of Hatari have successfully been tested by various people on +the following systems: +
First, you need the SDL library, you can get it at: http://www.libsdl.org/. Most distributions already ship a suitable version. @@ -184,33 +288,39 @@ If all works fine, you'll get the executable hatari in the src/ subdirectory.
-Then you'll have to copy a TOS ROM to the data directory (the data -directory is specified + +
+Before you can start Hatari, you have to copy a TOS ROM image to the data +directory (the data directory is specified in the configuration file Makefile.cnf) and rename it to tos.img, or use the --tos command line option to tell Hatari where to find a TOS ROM. Hatari needs a TOS ROM image because this contains the operating system -of the emulated Atari. Sorry, it is not possible to ship an image with -the Hatari package since these images are still copyrighted. But you -can -easily create an image with a real ST and one of those various -ROM-image programs for the ST. Or search the internet, but don't ask -the Hatari team -where to find one. -
-Another solution is EmuTOS, which is an open-source -TOS clone. You can find EmuTOS at: http://emutos.sourceforge.net/. -It's -not the best solution for playing games or running other old software -due to compatibility issues, but it's free and officially compatible -with Hatari!
+of the emulated Atari. + ++Unfortunately it is not possible to ship an original ROM +image with the Hatari package since these images are still copyrighted. +But you can easily create an image with a real ST and one of those various +ROM-image programs for the ST (search for "TOSDUMP" with your +favourite internet search engine). If your old ST does not work anymore, you +can also try to search the internet directly for corresponding TOS ROM image, +but don't ask the Hatari team where to get one.
+Another solution is EmuTOS, which is also shipped with the official +release versions of Hatari. EmuTOS is an open-source TOS clone. You can find +it at: +http://emutos.sourceforge.net/. +It is not the best solution for playing games or running other old software +due to compatibility issues, but it's free and compatible with Hatari.
If you do not specify a TOS image on the commandline nor can Hatari find a suitable TOS image in the default dir, you'll get the chance to select a TOS image file from the GUI.
-Type make install as root to do a systemwide installation. In this case it is recommended to set the DATADIR variable in Makefile.cnf to a proper value. /usr/local/share/hatari @@ -220,7 +330,9 @@ anywhere.
When you finally have got a TOS image, try starting Hatari with the option --help to find out more about its command line parameters.
-Now type hatari to run the emulator for the first time. If all goes well, you should now be presented with a window showing you the @@ -229,181 +341,385 @@ little green desktop of the Atari ST. Pr to turn on the GUI to configure Hatari to suit your needs, press F11 to toggle windowed and fullscreen mode.
-Hatari ofcourse understands several command line options.
-Type hatari --help to list them -all.
-The command line options in detail are as follows (in brackets the -long version):
+ +Usage:
++ hatari [options] [disk image name] ++ +
The command line options are following +(the long version is in parenthesis):
| Option | -Purpose | +General options | +Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| -h (--help) | -prints command line options and terminates | +Prints command line options and terminates | |
| -v (--version) | -prints version information and terminates | +Prints version information and terminates | +|
| --confirm-quit <x> | +Confirm Hatari quitting (x = y/n) | +||
| -c <file> (--configfile <file>) |
+ Use the given file as configuration file + instead of ~/.hatari/hatari.cfg | +||
| Display options | +Description | ||
| -m (--mono) | -starts the emulated Atari ST in monochrome -resolution | +Starts the emulated Atari ST in monochrome + resolution (deprecated) | +|
| --monitor <x> | +Select monitor type (x = mono/rgb/vga/tv) | ||
| -f (--fullscreen) | -tries to use a fullscreen mode | +Start in fullscreen mode | |
| --window | -forces Hatari to use a windowed mode | +Forces Hatari to use a windowed mode | |
| -j (--joystick) | -activates joystick emulation via cursor keys | +-z <x> (--zoom <x>) |
+ Doubles ST low resolution (1=no, 2=yes) |
| --nosound | -disables sound (makes emulation faster) | +--frameskips <x> | +Shows only every <x> frame (speeds up emulation!) |
| --frameskip | -drops every second frame (accelerates -emulation) | +--borders <bool> | +Show screen borders (for overscan demos etc.) |
| -D (--debug) | -activates the simple builtin debugger | +--spec512 <x> | +Use threshold x to decide when to render a screen with the slower
+ but more accurate Spectrum512 screen conversion functions + (0 <= x <= 512, 0=disable) |
| --slowfdc | -slows down FDC emulation (needed to make some -games and demos work) | +--bpp <x> | +Force color bitdepth (x=8/16/32, 0=autodetection) | +
| VDI options | +Description | ||
| -d <dir> (--harddrive <dir>) | -emulates <dir> as a hard disk | +--vdi-planes | +Specify extended VDI resolution bit-depth, x = 1/2/4 |
| --hdimage <imagefile> | -emulate hard disk with an image file - |
+ --vdi-width <w> | +Specify extended VDI resolution width + (320 < w <= 1024, multiple of 128) |
| --cartridge <imagefile> - |
- sets imagefile as the cartridge
-on the ROM port -This currently does not work together with GEMDOS harddisc emulation! - |
+ --vdi-height <h> | +Specify extended VDI resolution height + (200 < h <= 768, multiple of text height) | +
| Device options | +Description | +||
| -j <port> (--joystick <port>) |
+ Activates joystick emulation via cursor keys
+ for given joystick "port" (0-5, see joystick dialog) |
+ ||
| --printer <file> | +Enable printer support and write data to the specified file | +||
| --midi <file> | +Enable MIDI output and write midi data to the specified file | +||
| --rs232 <file> | +Enable RS232 communication via the specified file | +||
| Disk options | +Description | +||
| -d <dir> (--harddrive <dir>) |
+ Emulates a hard disk at the GEMDOS level + (<dir> = root directory) | +||
| --acsi <imagefile> | +Emulate an ACSI hard disk with an image file | +||
| --slowfdc <bool> | +Slow down FDC emulation (deprecated) | +||
| Memory options | +Description | +||
| -s <x> (--memsize <x>) |
+ set amount of emulated RAM upto 14MB + x=0 for 512K, x=1,x=2 or x=4 for 1, 2 or 4 MB |
||
| --tos <imagefile> | -specify TOS ROM image to use | +Specify TOS ROM image to use | |
| --memsize x | -set amount of emulated RAM -x=0 for 512K, x=1,x=2 or x=4 for 1,2 or 4 MB |
+ --cartridge <file> | +Use file as the cartridge on the ROM port. + This currently does not work together with GEMDOS hard disk emulation! |
| --cpulevel x | -specify CPU (680x0) to use (TOS 2.06 only!!) | +--memstate <file> | +Load memory snap-shot file | +
| CPU options | +Description | ||
| --compatible | -use a more compatible but slower 68000 CPU mode | +--cpulevel <x> | +Set the CPU type (x => 680x0) — + works with EmuTOS / TOS 2.06 only! |
| --blitter | -enable blitter emulation | +--cpuclock <x> | +Set the CPU frequency in MHz (8, 16 or 32) |
| --vdi | -use extended VDI resolution | +--compatible <bool> | +Use a more compatible but slower 68000 CPU mode | +
| Misc system options | +Description | +||
| --machine <x> | +Select machine type (x = st/ste/tt/falcon) | ||
| --printer | -enable experimental printer support | +--blitter <bool> | +Use blitter emulation (for ST only) |
| --midi <filename> | -enable experimental MIDI output to the -mentioned file | +--dsp <x> | +Select DSP type (Falcon only, x = none/dummy(/emu)) |
| --rs232 <filename> | -enable experimental RS232 communication via -the mentioned file | +--sound <x> | +Sound quality (x = off/low/med/hi) |
| -c <filename> (--configfile) | -Use the mentioned file as configuration file -instead of ~/.hatari.cfg | +-k <file> (--keymap <file>) |
+ Read (additional) keyboard mapping from file | +
| Debug options | +Description | +||
| -D (--debug) | +Activates the simple builtin debugger | +||
| --log <file> | +Direct log output to the specified file | +||
| --trace <type1,...> | +Activate debug traces, use --trace help to see the options |
Type hatari --help to list all +the command line options supported by a given version of Hatari.
+ +Once you've started Hatari succesfully, you can use the emulator as an allmost complete Atari ST computer system.
-Press F12 to enter the GUI. Navigate it with the mouse. The GUI is rather self explanatory.
+ +
+From the main menu, you can reach the other setup dialogs by clicking on +the appropriate buttons.
+ +You can load the current settings from a configuration file by clicking +on the button and you can save the +current settings to a configuration file with the button.
+Click to go back to the emulated -ST. All checked options will be applied.
+ST. All changed options will be applied.Check the option if you want -the emulated ST to perform a soft reset. This should be equal to -pressing the reset button on your ST. +the emulated ST to perform a cold reset. This is equal to +switching the power off and on again on a real ST.
Click to terminate Hatari and return to the host OS.
Click to abandon any changes -made.
-Check the CPU type to use here. For best Atari ST compatibility choose plain 68000 here.
-Select whether you want to emulate an STFM or an STE. Note: STE emulation is very incomplete. In may not work at all.
-Select the CPU clock you want to use. 8Mhz is ST standard and the most compatible, 16MHz is for Mega STE emulation.
-Toggle Blitter and RTC emulation. Both have to be off for plain STFM emulation.
-The Timer-D patch changes the Timer-D initialization from TOS. TOS -uses Timer-D as a baudrate generator for RS232. -The TOS default slows the emulation down so the patch gives you a -faster emulation. -
-You can disable the Timer-D patch if games or demos require the -original TOS setting.
-Select if you want to use slow FDC emulation. Slow is more compatible esp. with games and demos that use custom loaders.
+that you have made. + +
++ First you can select the CPU type here. Here are some important hints for + choosing the correct CPU type: +
+
+ Beside the CPU type, you can also choose the machine type to emulate.
+ The ST was the very first 16/32-bit computer from Atari. Most older games
+ and demos require an ST. The STE was introduced some years later and had
+ some more advanced hardware features. There are not that many demos or
+ games that really require an STE but since most normal ST games/demos also
+ work with an STE, it's normally safe to always work in STE mode.
+
+ TT and Falcon are more advanced, but they are not as compatible to the ST as
+ the STE was. So many old games and demos do not work with these machine types
+ anymore. There were only very few programs that were made for the TT
+ exclusively, while there were some interesting games and demos specially made
+ for the Falcon.
+ Note: TT and Falcon emulation are very incomplete. They may not work
+ very well.
+
+ For STE emulation a STE compatible TOS image, e.q. version 1.06, 1.62 or + 2.x, is strongly recommended. For TT emulation you need TOS 3.0x and for Falcon + emulation you need TOS 4.0x. EmuTOS can be used on all machine types. +
++ Select the CPU clock you want to use. 8Mhz is ST standard and the most + compatible. Use 16MHz for Mega STE and Falcon emulation. + The CPU in the TT was clocked with 32 MHz. +
+With the "Slower but more compatible CPU" option, you can enable + the emulation of 68k address errors and the CPU prefetch buffer. This is needed + for best compatibility, but it slows down emulation a little bit so you can + disable it if you don't need it.
+You can also enable/disable Blitter emulation here. The Blitter is a custom + chip that accelerates some graphical operations. This switch only toggles the + Blitter in plain ST mode. In STE mode, the Blitter is always enabled (since all + STEs have been sold with a Blitter chip).
+If you enable the "Real time clock emulation" switch, a RTC will + be emulated based on the time of the host computer. Note that you need at least + TOS 1.02 for proper RTC emulation, TOS 1.00 does not support this.
+The Timer-D patch changes the Timer-D initialization from TOS. TOS uses + the MFP timer D as a baudrate generator for RS232. However, the TOS default + value slows down the emulation. The patch gives you a better performance. + It is normally safe to enable the patch, but if you encounter a program that + does not work, you can try to disable the patch to see if it works then.
+Select if you want to use slow FDC emulation. Slow is more compatible esp. + with games and demos that use custom loaders.
NOTE: These parameters are very sensitive to the emulated ST and it is strongly recommended to reset the emulated ST after changing these options.
-
+Use the upper dialog to choose which floppy disks should be emulated in the disk drives.
+You can use most standard Atari ST disk image files. See the chapter "Floppy disk images" for details.
Click on the button next to the A: and B: option to go to the fileselector. You may select and browse zipped disk images as well.
+ ++The fileselector looks like this: +
+ +
+Click on to eject a disk image from the emulated drive. The emulated ST will act as if had no floppy disk in its drive.
You can specify a default directory where Hatari will start to browse the filesystem.
-Check the "Auto insert B" option if you want Hatari to be smart and -insert the second disk -of a two disk game automatically. This option will insert the second -disk in drive B and some -games may not be able to find the disks there. In that rare case you -will need to insert the -second disk manually when prompted.
-NOTE: This option does not always work properly.
+Check the "Auto insert B" option if you want Hatari to be smart and
+insert the second disk of a two disk game automatically.
+Some games then use the second drive automatically.
+In the case that a game is not able to find the disk in the second drive,
+you have to insert the second disk in drive A: manually when prompted.
+
+NOTE: This option only works properly if the file name of the
+first disks ends with an 'a' before the extension and the second disk name
+ends with a 'b'.
If you need to create a new blank disk image, click on . @@ -432,7 +748,13 @@ harddrive.
on the harddrive. This option is checked by default if you specify a harddrive image or a directory via the command line. -
+You can select the amount of RAM for the emulated ST here. Only amounts that were valid on a real unmodified STFM can be selected.
Note: This option is critical and you are strongly advised @@ -448,54 +770,124 @@ restored.
different versions of Hatari. E.q. if you compile a newer Hatari, you cannot load your old memory snapshots back. -
+Here you can select the TOS image to use. Click on to select it via the fileselector.
+ class="button">Browse to select it via the fileselector. You can also select an optional cartridge image to use. Click on to select one via the fileselector. Click on to disconnect the custom cartridge image. -Keep in mind that any custom cartridge image will not work together with -GEMDOS harddisc emulation or the VDI extended resolution emulation + class="button">Eject to disconnect the custom cartridge image. +
++For ST mode, use TOS 1.00, 1.02, 1.04 or 2.06. +For STE mode, use TOS 1.06, 1.62, 2.05 or 2.06. +If you want to use the TT mode, you must specify a TOS 3.06 image here. +And in Falcon mode, you have to use either TOS 4.00, 4.02, 4.04 or 4.92. +However, you should always use TOS 4.04 for Falcon mode, it's the most common one. +Also note that TOS 4.92 can not be booted from a boot disk (like it's done on a +real Falcon), you have to specify it directly in the TOS ROM setup dialog here. +
+
+Keep in mind that any custom cartridge image will not work together with
+GEMDOS hard disk emulation or the VDI extended resolution emulation
since some additional driver code will be used in the cartridge memory
-space for these emulations.
-
Note: These options are critical and you are strongly +space for these emulations. +
++Note: These options are critical and you are strongly advised to reset the emulated ST -when changing one of these option.
-Here you can select which joystick you want to emulate via the -cursor keys.
+when changing one of these option. + + +
+In this dialog, you can configure the emulated joysticks. +With the upper two arrows, you can choose the joystick which you want to +configure.
Joystick 1 is the normal ST joystick port and 99.9% of all ST games -use this port, Joystick 0 -emulates a joystick plugged into the ST mouse port allowing you to play -2 player games.
-If no joystick is checked here, joystick emulation is done via a -connected PC joystick.
-See the chapter "Emulated Joystick" for details.
- -Here you control the video output of the emulated ST.
-Check "Fullscreen" to run Hatari fullscreen, default is windowed.
-Check "Interleaved mode" if you wish to have that old TV feeling in -Hatari. Every second line will be black. -This will only work in ST-MEDIUM or ST-LOW in scaled up resolutions.
-Check "Frame Skip" to speed Hatari up if emulation is too slow. This -will only draw every second ST frame -instead of the default of drawing every ST frame. Uncheck if you have a -fast PC.
-Check "Use Borders" if you wish to have the borders around the ST -screen.
-"Force 8Bpp" will force SDL to use an 8bit video mode. You don't -need this for modern video cards.
-You can select which sort of monitor to use. Check "Color" for games -and demos. If you check "Mono" here, -Hatari will emulate the good old SM124 and will not allow you to switch -to color modes from the running ST. -This toggle acts like a monitor switch with a color and monochrome -monitor connected.
-"Zoom ST-Low res." will control if Hatari renders ST-LOW to a -320x200 or 640x400 PC display (with borders turned off) or 384x267 or -768x534. -Basically select this to toggle between a small or a large window.
+use this port. +Joystick 0 emulates a joystick plugged into the ST mouse port +and is often used in games for two players. +With STE joypad A and B, you can enable the emulation of Jaguar joypads +which are plugged in the enhanced joystick ports of the Atari STE. +Only very few STE games support these joypads, so you often won't need this.
+Finally, Hatari also emulates joysticks which were plugged on the parallel +port with a special adapter on a real ST. These were used in some few +multi-player games like "Gauntlet 2".
+For each ST joystick, choose whether you want to disable it, +use the keyboard for emulation or use a real PC joystick.
+For keyboard emulation, you can select the keys by pressing the + button. You will be prompted to press +the keys for up, down, left, right and fire.
+If you want to use a real PC joystick for the emulation, you should connect +it to your PC before you start Hatari. Then you can choose the joystick with +the two lower arrows.
+Check the "Enable autofire" option if you are too lazy to pound +on the fire button in shoot'em-up games. However, this option only works with +certain games. In some other games, it gets worse if you enable this option.
+See also the chapter "Emulated Joystick" for details.
+ +
++ Here you control the video output of the emulated Atari. +
++ Check "Fullscreen" to run Hatari fullscreen, default is windowed. +
++ "Use Borders" toggles the displaying of the borders around the ST + screen. Some few demos/games use the borders for displaying additional + graphics. However, when you enable this option, it increases CPU computing + time, so you should not enable it if you have a slow computer. + Please note that this option also only affects the ST and STE mode, TT and + Falcon modes are always displayed without borders. +
++ "Zoom ST-Low res." controls whether Hatari doubles the low + resolutions. For example Hatari then zooms the ST low resolution 320x200 to + 640x400 and it doubles 384x267 (ST low with borders) to 768x534. + Note that zooming also takes a lot of CPU computing time and should not be + enabled on slow computers. +
++ "Force 8Bpp" will force Hatari to use an 8bit video mode. + You don't need this for modern video cards. +
++ The "Frame Skip" option can be set to speed up the emulator + if it is running too slow on your system. 1 to 8 frames will be dropped + after each frame that has been drawn. Disable frame-skip if you have a + fast computer. +
+
+ You can select which sort of monitor to use. This option depends on the
+ machine type which you have selected in the "System options"
+ dialog. In ST and STE mode, you can choose between monochrome mode (select
+ "Mono") and color mode (select one of the other monitor types).
+ Note that when you select "TV" and use zoomed low resolution or
+ switch to ST medium resolution, you will get a TV-like screen rendering
+ which is a little bit faster but darker compared to the normal "RGB"
+ monitor mode. Switching between mono and a color monitor acts like a monitor
+ switch on a real ST - so beware, this will reboot your emulated system!
+ In TT mode, you can only choose between TT-high resolution ("Mono")
+ and normal modes (select one of the other monitor types).
+ Finally the Falcon mode supports all four types of monitors. Note that most
+ Falcon demos/games require a RGB or TV mode and do not work with VGA.
+
Extended GEM resolutions will emulate some sort of extended graphics
card in the emulated ST giving you larger resolutions and a higher
colordepth in GEM. Select a resolution and color depth. Check to
@@ -503,23 +895,46 @@ activate. It will disable all other vide
Uncheck to get back to a normal ST behaviour.
Note: Using an extended resolution will only work with GEM
conformant applications. 99% of all games and demos will not run if you
-activate any extended resolution here.
+activate any extended resolution here.
+
Click to create a screenshot in .BMP format to the current working directory or click to record a sequence of single screenshots. You can opt to only record new movie frames when the screen content really changed.
-Here you can select the keyboard mapping to use.
-Two different mappings called "Symbolic" and "Scancode" are -predefined.
-You can also load a custom keymapping file here if you wish. Please -note that selecting to use a custom keyboard mapping will -use the "symbolic" mapping for all keys not defined by your map file. -See the supplied example mapfile on how to build your -own keyboard mapping.
-
+Here you can select the keyboard mapping to use. Two different mappings + called "Symbolic" and "Scancode" are predefined.
+"Symbolic" tries to map the symbolic values of your PC keys + to the ST keys. It should be working pretty good on all systems as long + as your keyboard layout looks close to the standard english keyboard + layout. However, you might experience some problems with special keys like + brackets etc.
+"Scancode" uses the scancode values of your PC keys for keyboard + mapping. This only works on certain architectures like Linux where the + scancodes are similar to the ST scancodes (e.g. it does not work on Mac OS X). + If it works on your system, this often gives better results than the symbolic + mapping. Note that you also need a TOS version with the right language + (e.g. use a French TOS if you are using a French keyboard).
+You can also load a custom keyboard mapping file here if you wish. Please + note that the custom keyboard mapping will use the "symbolic" + mapping for all keys that are not defined by your map file. Have a look + at the supplied example mapfile (keymap-sample.txt) to see how to create + your own keyboard mapping.
+ +
+Here you can control the sound subsystem.
Check if you want emulated sound at all. Emulation is faster if sound emulation is turned off.
@@ -529,9 +944,16 @@ Medium quality will work ok in most caseYou can select to record a piece of sound here. Check which format to use and click the button. It is a toggle button so you will need to return to the GUI to switch sound recording off again.
-Check here if you want to enable experimental printer support. See the chapter "Emulated printer" for details.
+ +
+As Hatari currently only supports printing to file, click on to select the file to print to. You can enter a new filename as well.
@@ -558,9 +980,12 @@ MIDI device file for output.NOTE: RS232 and MIDI emulation are very experimental, too. Don't enable them unless you really need them!
-While the emulator is running, you can activate or toggle various -features via the following keyboard shortcuts.
+features via Hatari keyboard shortcuts. Below are listed the default +shortcut key bindings:| ALTGR+j | -activates joystick emulation via cursor keys | +toggles joystick emulation via cursor keys +between port 0, port 1 and being off from those ports | |
| ALTGR+m | @@ -614,25 +1040,36 @@ switch)enable/disable sound recording | ||
| F11 | +ALTGR+k | +save memory snapshot | +|
| ALTGR+l | +load memory snapshot | +||
| ALTGR+f or F11 | toggles fullscreen and windowed mode | ||
| F12 | -
- activate the GUI -You may need to hold SHIFT down -while in windowed mode. - |
+ ALTGR+o or F12 | +activate the GUI |
| PAUSE | -will go to the debugger if it was activated at -compile time | +will go to the debugger if Hatari was started with + the -D option |
You can change the key bindings from the Hatari configuration file. +The required key values you can see from the SDL_keysym.h include file +(usually in /usr/include/SDL/). + + +
All other keys on the keyboard act as the normal Atari ST keys so pressing SPACE on your PC will result in an emulated press of the SPACE key on the ST. The following keys have special meanings:
@@ -668,16 +1105,17 @@ key on the ST. The following keys have s -ALTGR will act as ALTERNATE as well as -long as you do not press it -together with a Hatari hotkey combination.
-The right CTRL key is used as the fire -button of the emulated -joystick when you turn on joystick emulation via keyboard.
-The cursor keys will act as the cursor keys on the Atari ST as long -as joystick emulation -via keyboard has been turned off.
-The right CTRL key is used by default as the +fire button of the emulated joystick when you turn on joystick emulation +via keyboard.
+The cursor keys will be used by default as the emulated ST joystick, +unless you are using joystick emulation via a real joystick or have disabled +joystick emulation completely. Then the cursor keys will act as the cursor +keys of the emulated Atari ST, of course.
+ +For obvious reasons your PC mouse will act as the emulated Atari ST mouse. In fullscreen mode it will act as expected, directly controlling the ST mouse pointer.
@@ -687,7 +1125,10 @@ the Hatari window. Do this by pressing t hotkey combination. Press it again to go back to normal mouse behaviour which allows you to work in other X11 windows while Hatari is up and running. -Mouse scrollwheel will act as cursor up and down keys.
+ +The Atari ST joysticks are emulated ofcourse allowing you to play your favourite games with Hatari.
The default mode is to use a connected PC joystick. You can use any @@ -709,14 +1150,16 @@ as the joystick directions, the right CT firebutton. You can still use the cursor keys as the ST's cursorkeys in this mode as long as you press SHIFT along with the cursorkeys.
-Hatari by default only handles ST modes, ST-LOW, ST-MED and ST-HIGH.
-Overscan effects and socalled "Border Removal" are possible too.
+Overscan effects and so called "Border Removal" are possible too.
Due to the fact that these effects are achieved by using quirks and glitches in the original chips to do things beyond their specification emulation is a bit tricky for these and not all ST applications utilizing these techniques will work properly in Hatari. -Especially socalled "Sync Scrolling", a special technique to emulate +Especially so called "Sync Scrolling", a special technique to emulate the low byte of the video address, currently does not work properly in Hatari.
@@ -725,7 +1168,9 @@ GEM-compliant applications and they are into your Mega ST.Make sure to disable extended VDI modes for playing games as 99% of all ST games will not be able to make use of higher resolutions.
-Due to the fact that printer handling is very different between Unix style machines and the Atari ST, emulation of the printer is achieved by writing all printer output to a file.
@@ -743,7 +1188,9 @@ you may set up a GDOS printer with a Pos Atari and set your printer device file as Hatari's printer output.Serial communications in Hatari is designed to directly use a serial port on your PC.
Communications parameters are set automatically upon the settings of @@ -751,7 +1198,9 @@ the emulated ST. This means all you do i the communication parameters like baudrate from your ST communications software. Hatari will do the rest and handle the serial input and output for you.
-Hatari does not use floppy disks directly but disk images due to differences between the floppy disk controllers of the ST and the PC. Three types of disk images are currently supported: The raw "ST" type, @@ -819,15 +1268,35 @@ net as long as the archive contains a di so your highscores and savegames are lost if you load the game from such a zipped disk image.
-Hatari supports two ways of emulating a ST hard drive: The low-level ACSI hard disk emulation and a GEMDOS based drive emulation.
-To use the ACSI hard disk emulation, you need a hard disk image file + +
+To use the ACSI hard disk emulation, you need a hard disk image file with a pre-installed HD driver in it. So either try to image your old -ST -hard disk or grab one from the internet. There is a HD image on the -Hatari web page for download. Perhaps we'll also provide a tool for -creating HD images one day.
+ST hard disk or grab one from the internet (e.g. from the Hatari website). +Please note that AHDI 5.0 is the only hard disk driver that +is currently working and supported. Other hard disk drivers likely will not +work. + ++To create a new ACSI hard disk image, you can start with an empty image that +you have for example created with the following command: +dd if=/dev/zero of=hd.img bs=512 count=xxx. +Then copy the complete AHDI 5.0 package to a floppy disk image, and enable +this floppy disk image and the fresh hard disk image in the emulator. +Start HDX.PRG from the floppy disk and format and partition the hard disk +with this tool. When you're finished, you have to restart the emulated system, +run AHDI.PRG from the floppy disk and HINSTALL.PRG afterwards. +With HINSTALL.PRG you can install the hard disk driver to the fresh HD image, +so you can directly boot from the hard disk image in the future. +
+ +With the GEMDOS based drive emulation, you can easily "mount" a folder from the host file system to a drive of the emulated Atari. To use the GEMDOS based drive emulation, you should use a folder on your @@ -851,11 +1320,16 @@ GEMDOS drive emulation.
Note that changing the HD-image or the GEMDOS HD-folder will reset the emulated Atari since it is not possible to switch the hard disk while the emulator is running.
-May the fun without the price to be with you ;-) !
-+That's all for the moment. +May the fun without the price to be with you ;-) ! +
+ +This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by @@ -876,7 +1350,8 @@ Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, B Foundation | The GNU General Public License
-Emulation via software is an art and Hatari is an example of this.
Emulation is to make a computer behave like a (probably) completely different machine on the lowest possible niveau. @@ -911,274 +1386,6 @@ emulation of the various custom chips an parts of the emulated system is much trickier.
-This is a little compilation of what Atari software does work in -Hatari. It is by no means finished.
- -| Game | -Working | -Sound | -Comment | -
| Eliminator | -yes | -perfect | -- |
| Speedball | -yes | -perfect | -- |
| Xenon | -yes | -music ok - fx dodgy | -bullets and explosions sound weired | -
| Bubble Bobble | -yes | -- | - |
| F15 Strike Eagle 2 | -yes | -ok | -keyboard emulation seems to be dodgy | -
| Rick Dangerous | -yes | -perfect | -- |
| Slayer | -yes | -ok | -raster fx at highscore entry dodgy | -
| Lethal Xcess | -no | -- | crashes while loading, sync scrolling will not work properly | -
| Star Goose | -yes | -music ok - bullet sound dodgy | -- |
| Xenon 2 - Megablast | -yes | -nearly perfect (including sampled intro) | -- |
| Metal Mutant | -yes | -seems ok | -some color effects in the lower screen seem buggy | -
| Defenders Of The Earth | -yes | -- | - |
| Nebulus | -yes | -music ok; snowball, balls and trapdoors dodgy | -otherwise working to a playable extend | -
| Leander | -yes | -- | - |
| Navy Seals | -yes | -- | - |
| Armalyte | -yes | -- | - |
| Wings Of Death | -yes | -- | - |
| Toki | -yes | -- | - |
| Alien World | -yes | -- | Only works with "--slowfdc" | -
| Skweek | -yes | -- | Does not work with cartridge / HD emulation | -
| Demo | -Working | -Sound | -Comment | -
| Fantasia (by Dune) | -yes | -- | Only works with "--slowfdc" | -
| Oddstuff (by Dune/SectorOne) | -yes | -- | Only works with "--slowfdc". - Enable "frameskip" to avoid the flicker. | -
| If pigs could fly (by Syndicate) | -yes | -- | Only works with "--slowfdc" | -
| LongScreen (by X-Troll) | -yes | -- | Only works with "--slowfdc" | -
| Overdose (by Aggression) | -yes | -- | Does not work with cartridge / HD emulation | -
| Application | -Working | -Comment | -
| DevPac 2.2 | -yes | -MonST crashy | -
| Turbo Assembler | -yes | -Due to a bug you need to have a proper disk image inserted into drive A. Works otherwise! | -
| GFABASIC 3.6TT | -yes | -MENU.PRG does not like harddisks. Use diskimages for -compiling. | -
| ST Basic | -yes | -- |
| Neochrome | -yes | -rasters sometimes unstable | -
| Crackart | -yes | -Harddisk access does not work with GEMDOS emulation - fine -with disk images | -
| Tempus | -yes | -- |
| Sagrotan | -yes | -- |
| SidSound Designer | -yes | -- |
| MusicMon 2 | -yes | -- |
| Protracker | -yes | -- |
| Teradesk | -yes | -- |
| Qed | -yes | -- |
| Everest | -yes | -- |
| Speed Of Light | -yes | -- |