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diff --git a/system/atari800/README_SBo.txt b/system/atari800/README_SBo.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 176cdf9d38..0000000000 --- a/system/atari800/README_SBo.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,61 +0,0 @@ -Atari800 is an Atari 800, 800XL, 130XE and 5200 emulator for Unix, Amiga, -MS-DOS, Atari TT/Falcon, SDL and WinCE. Our main objective is to create a -freely distributable portable emulator (i.e. with source code available). - -This build of atari800 uses SDL for graphics/sound, and has no other -dependencies. - -To use the emulator, you will need a set of Atari ROM images. Install -the atari800_roms package to get the official (proprietary) ROM images, -or the atari800_os++ package to use an Open Source replacement ROM, -with some loss of compatibility/functionality. - -(Actually, a very small handful of cartridge games will run with no OS -ROM image at all: Star Raiders, Montezuma's Revenge, and Atari Basketball -all work fine. Most other carts won't work, and no disks or tapes will). - -This package registers new MIME types for Atari-related files in the -shared-mime-info database. After installation, it should be possible to -run Atari machine language executables (XEX files), Atari BASIC programs, -and disk/cartridge/cassette images by double-clicking them in Konqueror -or on the KDE desktop (or GNOME, if you've installed that). If you -don't want the package to include the MIME types and auto-registration, -set MIME_TYPES=no in the environment. - -This package, by default, enables serial port emulation via a TCP port. -When an Atari program that uses the R: (serial port) device is run, the -emulator listens for connections on a TCP port, and the Atari program -"sees" data received from the port as though it were coming from the -Atari serial port. Although there are no known security issues with -this, the security-conscious types may wish to disable this behaviour. -To disable, set RIO_DEVICE=no in the environment. - -Optionally, the various Atari file formats can be registered with the -Linux kernel's binfmt_misc mechanism, so it's possible to run Atari -native executables from the shell, if their executable bits are turned -on (e.g. with "chmod +x"). To enable this, add lines like these to your -/etc/rc.d/rc.local: - -if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.atari8bit_binfmt_misc ]; then - /etc/rc.d/rc.atari8bit_binfmt_misc start -fi - -...then "chmod +x /etc/rc.d/rc.atari8bit_binfmt_misc" to -enable on the next boot. If you don't want to reboot, run -"/etc/rc.d/rc.atari8bit_binfmt_misc start". - -If you're using a custom kernel, make sure binfmt_misc is compiled in, -either statically or as a module. The Slackware 12.x -generic kernels -ship with binfmt_misc as a module, which will be loaded by the rc script -if necessary. - -Note that the neither the KDE desktop integration nor the binfmt_misc -script will handle raw ROM cartridge images. This is because there's no -"signature" that can be used to auto-detect them, and filename globbing -is a bad idea since many emulators use raw dumps with .rom as the default -filename extension. Also, the current version of atari800 requires an -extra -cart argument for raw ROM images. To convert a raw ROM to a CART -image that can be used with KDE or binfmt_misc, load it with "atari800 --cart filename.rom", choose the cartridge type, then press F1 to enter -atari800's menu, select "Cartridge Management", then "Create cartridge -from ROM image". Save the file with .car or .cart as the extension. |