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Atari800 v3.0.0 for Fremantle/n900

I ported atari800 v3.0.0 to the n900. Based on the v2.2.1 porting work done by tromkins. This is the emulator of Atari 8-bit computer systems and the 5200 console

Upstream: http://atari800.sourceforge.net/index.html

I've compiled with R: device support, so you can call telnet BBSes with telecommunications software (see the documentation on how to do that.) Excerpt from the documentation rdevice_faq.txt:

Code:

Also included with the Network Sockets version of the R: Device emulation is a somewhat handicapped Modem emulation.  There are only two commands that are implemented:



ATDL - Translates carrage returns into line feeds. This may not be needed if the "add line feeds" in XIO 38 is used.  But I found that it is not always used by terminal programs, and thus some telnet and ftp servers expect a line feed, causing you to not be able to do anything once connected.



Typing 'ATDL' in a terminal program such as Bobterm or Ice-T will toggle CR translation on/off.

       

ATDI <address name|ip address> <port #>



This command allows you to "dial" out to an external host. For example you can connect to my BBS by typing the following:

     'ATDI jybolac.homelinux.com 800'

        

This connects Atari800 to the external host 'jybolac.homelinux.com' at port 800.

      

These commands were chosen to somewhat look like modem 'AT' commands.  The R: device emulation will take care of adding Line Feeds and Light ASCII translation, same as in the Serial Port Version.

I've also mapped additional Atari keys to the n900 keyboard, so it should be possible to type pretty much every Atari key on the n900 keyboard.

n900 keys in v3.0.0:

Code:

GUI Keys

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CTRL+FN+Q                Built in user interface

CTRL+FN+W                Option key

CTRL+FN+E                Select key

CTRL+FN+R                Start key

CTRL+FN+T                Reset key ("warm reset")

CTRL+FN+SHIFT+T        Reboot ("cold reset")

CTRL+FN+Y                Help key (XL/XE only)

CTRL+FN+U                Break key

CTRL+FN+I                Enter monitor

CTRL+FN+O                Exit emulator

CTRL+FN+P                Save screenshot

CTRL+FN+SHIFT+P        Save interlaced screenshot

CTRL+FN+,                Turbo mode

FN+SHIFT+R                Run Atari program

FN+SHIFT+D                Disk management

FN+SHIFT+C                Cartridge management

FN+SHIFT+V                Tape management

FN+SHIFT+Y                Select system

FN+SHIFT+O                Sound settings

FN+SHIFT+W                Sound recording start/stop

FN+SHIFT+S                Save state file

FN+SHIFT+L                Load state file

FN+SHIFT+A                About the emulator



Atari 8-bit keys

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FN+SHIFT+SPACE          %

FN+SHIFT+,              [

FN+SHIFT+.              ]

FN+RETURN                   Ctrl-Semicolon (spade graphics character)



FN+Z                    Tab

FN+C                    Caps

FN+Up                   Clear

FN+Right                Insert

FN+Left                 Delete

FN+CTRL+N               Inverse

Also note, that it's possible to press ctrl and shift with some keys to get the intended Atari key behaviour (Ctrl+Insert for instance).

2013-07-31:

uploaded v3.0.0maemo1 to extras-devel (also tried to promote to testing but there may still be issues with maemo.org package system)
fixed ownership of configuration file
included v3.0.0 configuration file
removed deb attachment from first message

2014-04-05:
Uploaded version 3.0.0-maemo2 to extras and promoted to extras-testing. Give it a thumbs-up in the package interface if it's working for you (http://maemo.org/packages/package_in.../3.0.0-maemo2/)

Atari 800xl ROM (bios) files:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/atari800/files/ROM/

You'll need these to boot the emulated Atari (other ROM files are widely available on-line if you search). Put the ROM files in /opt/atari800/rom and set their location in the Emulator Configuration (CTRL+FN+Q).

Thumb compiled version
If you want to try it is attached. Install the regular version from repositories, and then extract to /opt/atari800/ and chmod +x it. It's hard to tell if it's faster... maybe a very small bit. It is slightly smaller.