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Atari800MacX Help Preferences Window Atari System Tab |
This pulldown allows the user to chose the type of Atari machine emulated, and it's RAM size.Disable Basic
This checkbox determines if the Atari Basic cartridge is disabled when the emulator boots or causes a Cold Reset.Disable Basic on Warmstart if Disable Basic Selected
This checkbox determines if the Atari Basic cartridge is disabled when the user causes a Warm Reset. Note, the simple Disable Basic checkbox must also be selected for this to work. Also, note this is not how the Actual Atari HW functions, but is provided as a user convienence.Boot From Cassette
This checkbox determines if the emulated Atari will boot from the emulated cassette when it is rebooted. After the boot, you must press the space key to start the cassette (like pressing Play on the actual recorder).Limit To Normal Atari Speed
This checkbox determines if the speed (in frames per second) of the emulator is limited to 50 or 60 (PAL or NTSC), of if it can free run, allowing it to run as fast as your Macintosh able. This feature can also be controlled from the Control Menu.Ignore Header Write Protect Bit On ATR Disk Images
The SIO (Serial Input/Output) patch is meant for speeding up disk operations. Originally, data between Atari computer and a disk drive is sent using slow, serial transmission (19200 bits per second). The Atari800 core emulator fully emulates the disk drive, so unlike other emulators it does not require the patch. However, it is much faster, if the emulator can immediately transfer data between a disk image and the Atari’s memory, skipping serial transmission emulation. The patch is only a change in the Atari OS, it does not disable real drive emulation.Enable H: Patch
This checkbox determines if the Hard Disk Drive Device patch is applied to the OS. The H: ('Hard Disk') device gives access to every file on your Macintosh to every Atari program. The device number specifies the base directory to be used and if the text conversion is applied:Enable P: Patch
Currently only ‘read file’ and ‘write file’ operations are supported by the H: device (delete file, rename file etc. won’t work).
- H0: – program directory, no conversion
- H1: - H4: – directories #1-#4, no conversion
- H5: – program directory, text conversion applied
- H6: - H9: – directories #1-#4, text conversion applied
This checkbox determines if the Printer Patch (P:) is applied to the emulator. When the patch is enabled, the user may then select one of the printer emulations from the Printer Preferences Tab, or from the Media Status Window.Enable R: Patch
This checkbox determines if the Serial Port Patch (R:) is applied to the emulator. When the patch is enabled, the user may then specify the TCP port number to use to "dial-in" to BBS software using telnet in place of the original modem connection. To "dial-out" to a remote telnet server, in your Atari terminal software, you should send "ATDI ip-address port". For example, to call a server at adddress www.example.org and port 1234, you would type "ATDI WWW.EXAMPLE.ORG 1234".XEP80 Connected
This checkbox determines if the XEP80 80 column display unit is attached. If it is, then the pulldown listed next will determine which joystick port the XEP80 is connected to, Joystick port 1 or 2.XEP80 Foreground and Background Colors
These fields determine the colors that will be used to display the XEP monitor screen. The defaults are 15 for foreground and 0 for background which will be black on white. The numbers range between 0 and 255 and corespond to Atari color numbers. You can experiment to find different colors. A couple of other options for foreground are 63 (Amber) and 207 (Green).Enable Sound
This checkbox determines if the playback of Atari Sound is emulated. This feature can also be controlled from the Sound Menu.Use Hi-Fi Sound
This checkbox determines if the new Hi-Fi version of Sound Emulation is used. The Hi-Fi sound will require more processing power, so you may not want to use it on slower machines. Changing this option requires the emulator to perform a coldboot, so you will loose what you are currently running on the Atari. Also, some demo's may produce better sound in the old sound emulation, so you should try both types and use the one you prefer.Enable Console Speaker Sound (Keyclicks)
This checkbox determines if the Serial IO sound is emulated. This is what produces the sound when Disk or Cassette Input/Output occurs.Mute Audio When Atari800MacX is not Active