Atari800 emulator readme

# Atari800 emulator version $A800VERSION

## Table Of Contents:

- INTRODUCTION
- INSTALLATION
- KEYS
- RUNNING ATARI800
- REPORTING BUGS
- COPYRIGHT
- CONTACT

### INTRODUCTION

This is the version $A800VERSION of Atari800 for MS Windows. Atari800 is a free (you don't pay for it, you can get source code and you are welcome to develop it) and portable (can run on many weird machines and different operating systems) emulator of Atari 8-bit computer systems and the 5200 console, developed by many people under the GPL. More information you find in the README file.

### INSTALLATION

To install this Atari800 package you will need the following:
- Windows 9x
- DirectX
- Atari 800 ROM files (see INSTALL file for more info)
- Seperate folder to put the emulator and ROM files in
Extract Atari800 zip file to destination folder and copy ROM files to the same folder. Run atari800 and you will be prompted for several config values, if you don't know the correct value just press Enter.

### KEYS

- F1 Menu (built in User Interface)
- F2 Option
- F3 Select
- F4 Start
- F5 Warm Reset
- Shft+F5 Cold Reset
- F8 Monitor
- F9 Exit Emulator
- F10 Screenshot
- F11 Change autofire mode
Joystick 0 is operated by the numeric keypad:
- 7 - forward/left
- 8 - forward
- 9 - forward/right
- 4 - left
- 6 - right
- 1 - back/left
- 2 - back
- 3 - back/right
- 0 - fire key

### RUNNING ATARI800

You can use some command line parameters to atari800. To add command line parameter create a shortcut to atari800 and append them to Properties/Shortcut/Target window.
If you need '-mouse pad' option you should have something like:
"C:\Program Files\Atari800\Atari800.exe -mouse pad"
Available command line options are: (see USAGE for more) $HELPMENU

### REPORTING BUGS

If you have a problem running this emulator please read FAQ first.
Look at BUGS first to not report same bug hundred times, please.
If the problem persists you can contact Atari800 developers at atari800-users mailing list or you can use sourceforge.net interface.

### COPYRIGHT

> Copyright © 1995 David Firth.
> Copyright © 2002 Atari800 development team

> 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 the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

> This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

> You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.

See COPYING file for details.
All trademarks are the property of their respective companies.

### CONTACT

Atari800 Windows port maintainer: Krzysztof Nikiel
You can find more info at Atari800 home page.

###### Page by Krzysztof Nikiel