------------------------------------------------------------ Atari800Win PLus version 2.7b An Atari 800/800XL/130XE/320XE/5200 emulator for Win32 ------------------------------------------------------------ This release is based on Atari800 v1.0.6 and Atari800Win v2.5 sources. Requirements: A blue device with a P5 class processor on board Windows 95/98/NT4/2000 with DirectX 3.0 or better Atari 8-bit computer system ROMs. Contents: Atari800Win.cnt help file contents Atari800Win.exe MAIN EXECUTABLE Atari800Win.hlp help file File_id.diz this file Ultima3.a8k keyboard template for Ultima3 game Zlib.dll compression library Palette\Default.act default palette file Palette\Gray.act palette file by Piotr Fusik Palette\Real.act palette file by Zdenek Eisenhammer Palette\XFormer.act XFormer's palette file See the credits section in the help file to get complete list of people who have participated in this project. New features comparing to original Atari800Win v2.5c: User interface: · entirely reconstructed menus and dialog boxes, · many key shortcuts for easier use. Graphics: · double-buffering support for all full-screen modes, · display synchronization with monitor refresh rate (for flawless graphics), · horizontal and vertical screen mirroring for DirectDraw modes, · full-screen 400x300 DirectDraw display mode support, · palette read from a file or calculated basing on user-defined parameters. Sound: · stereo (two Pokeys) emulation, · digitized sound support. Device emulation: · paddles, Atari touch tablet, Koala pad, light pen, light gun, ST/Amiga mouse, joystick and Atari 5200 analog controller emulation using PC mouse, · ability to define own keysets for using them instead of joystick (4 keysets may be used simultaneously), · ability to use keysets and/or joysticks with all emulated 5200 stick ports, · new autofire handling. File service: · file associations for integration with shell, · drag&drop support for disk images, cartridge images, executables and saved-state files, · new load method for binary files, · ability to create blank disk images, · automatical disk flipping for drive 1, · screenshot support, including interlaced (.PCX files), · external palette support (.ACT files), · ROM to CART conversion support, · ability to convert Atari text files to PC ones and vice versa, · Atari BASIC and OS ROM images auto-searching. Miscellanous: · DOS-window based monitor console, · emulation speed of range from 50 to 200 percent of real Atari speed, · printing support with ability to use alternative print command, · help file with context help support.