Atari800MacX Help
Overview
The Atari800MacX inherits most all of the features of the Atari800 emulator, while adding Mac specific enhancements and features.
Features Inherited from Atari800
Atari 400, 800, 600 XL, 800XL, 130XE, 5200 Games System.
130XE compatible memory expansions: 320K, 576K, 1088K.
Optional 4K RAM between 0xc000 and 0xcfff in 400/800 mode.
Cycle-exact 6502 emulation, all unofficial instructions.
Cycle-exact NMI interrupts, scanline-based POKEY interrupts.
Cycle-exact ANTIC emulation, all display modes, precise timing.
Player/Missile Graphics, exact priority control and collision detection.
Exact POKEY shift registers (sound and random number generator).
8 disk drives, emulated at computer-to-drive communication and fast patched SIO levels.
ATR, XFD, DCM, ATR.GZ and XFD.GZ disk images.
Direct loading of Atari executable files.
24 cartridge types, raw and CART format.
Cassette player, raw and CAS images.
Files can be stored directly on your host computer via the H: device.
Current emulation state can be saved in a state file.
Sound support.
Stereo (two POKEYs) emulation.
Joystick controller using numeric keypad.
Real joystick support.
Paddles, Atari touch tablet, Koala pad, light pen, light gun, ST/Amiga mouse, Atari trak-ball, joystick and Atari 5200 analogcontroller emulated using mouse.
R-Time 8 emulation using host computer clock.
Screen snapshots (normal and interlaced) to PCX files.
Sound output may be written to WAV files
Printer support.
Atari palette read from a file or calculated basing on user-defined parameters.
The Enhancements in Atari800MacX are
Ability to display the Atari Screen in 2x, 3x, and 4x and Fullscreen modes.
Fullscreen and Windowed modes.
Support of Macintosh Joystick/Gamepad devices.
Full Macintosh OS X Preferences support, including saving preferences for each user.
Full use of Macintosh Menus in Windowed mode.
Creating of Atari ATX disk images.
Ability to run emulator at full speed (not limited to 50/60 frames per second).
Emulation of the full Atari 5200 controller, including both buttons and keypad.
Ability to use Mac joysticks as paddles, and true 5200 analog controllers.