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Atari800MacX Changelog

What's new in Atari800MacX 4.6.0

Jan 3, 2012
  • Fixed issues with arrow keys in full screen menu and some of the Atari arrow key mappings.
  • Fixed issues with assigning tab, return, and delete as joystick keys when using international key mappings.

New in Atari800MacX 4.5.0 (Aug 18, 2011)

  • Features Added/Changed:
  • Added ability to change sound volume in the application through the sound menu or key combos
  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Fixed issues with some TAB and ESC not being able to be entered in the emulator as well as some international key sequences.

New in Atari800MacX 4.4.0 (May 20, 2011)

  • Added support for 512 byte sector SpartaDos X ATR disk images.
  • Fixed bug where erroneously long frame sleeps caused emulator to lock up.
  • Fixed issue with window miniaturization buttons.
  • Fixed issues with some special characters not being able to be entered in the emulator as well as some international key sequences.
  • Fixed issue with super/subscript modes in Epson Printer emulation.
  • Fixed issue with R: network emulation and incoming connections, BBS Software will now work.

New in Atari800MacX 4.3.0 (Nov 14, 2009)

  • Features Added/Changed:
  • Added new synchronized sound support, which increases sound accuracy, removes noise from some games, and allows things such as the WoofWoof demo to work which did not work in older versions. The Hi-Fi audio is not selected all the time, but the user is now able to selected between 16 bit and 8 bit sound, with 16 being the default on Intel machines, and only 8 bit sound is available on PPC machines.
  • Now being built with Snow Leopard, therfore OSX 10.3.9 is no longer supported.
  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Fixed issue SpartaDos X piggyback cartridges which was introduced in version 4.0
  • FFixed issue with Cmd-Option shortcuts for window resizing, etc.
  • FAdded fix from Atari800 core emulator for mouse emulation handling.

New in Atari800MacX 4.2.0 (Oct 21, 2009)

  • Features Added/Changed:
  • Added a Graphical Debugger. For a full list of debugger features see the manual or built in help.
  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Fixed issue with Cmd-key menu shortcuts when using International keyboard mapping.
  • Reverted to Atari800 CVS code for PRO disk image handling, as it handles some images mine would not.

New in Atari800MacX 4.1.0 (Aug 20, 2009)

  • Features Added/Changed:
  • Added ability to change definition of Macintosh Arrow keys between one in Ctrl+Atari arrow keys, Atari arrow keys only, or F1-F4 function keys.
  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Fixed issue with erroneous CapsLock keystrokes being signaled to emulator.
  • Correct handling of Shift-Ctrl-0 through Shift-Ctrl-9 and other Shift-Ctrl keystrokes by emulator.

New in Atari800MacX 4.0.1 (Aug 7, 2009)

  • Fixed monitor history command.

New in Atari800MacX 4.0.0 (Aug 7, 2009)

  • Features Added/Changed:
  • Added support of VAPI copy-protected disk images. This does not yet enable all images, but perhaps 90%. If the VAPI dll source is ever released, this number may be increased. The current images from www.atarimania.com which are known not to work are:
  • Alternate Reality: The City
  • Ankh
  • Attack at EP CYG 4
  • Ballblazer Activision (UK)
  • Jenny of the Prairie
  • Mercenary - Escape from Targ _ Novagen Software
  • Mr. Do!
  • Music Studio (The)
  • Promoteur
  • Rescue on Fractalus! _ Activision (UK)
  • Spy vs Spy
  • Targets - A Number Game
  • Added new D: patch, which provides an alternative to the H: hard drive emualtion. This sets up D5:-D8: to access hard drive directories one and two, with or without line feed translation. This allows the Macintosh hard drive direcories to be accessed by programs which do not recognize the H: device fully, such as MyDos and Action!.
  • Added multiple preference configurations, allowing you to set up multiple machine configurations, and load them by opening a .a8c file.
  • Added ability to paste text from the Macintosh to the Atari. The pasted text is input as keystrokes to the emulator, and should be usable in most programs.
  • Added ability to copy text from the Atari to the Macintosh. The copied text can be selected using Select All, or by using the Mouse to define a selection rectangle on the screen. It works in normal video or XEP80 modes, but is not available in full screen mode, or if the Mouse is being used for Mouse Controller emulation.
  • Added emulation of Atari 1200XL Function keys. You can press the Atari F1 by pressing Option-F1 in the emulator, along with optionally shift and or control. F2-F4 work the same way.
  • Added alternatives for the Atari keys mapped to the Macintosh Insert/Delete/Home/End/PageUp/PageDown keys as those keys are not present on some new Macintosh keyboards.
  • Added ability to use multiple analog joysticks on the same gamepad as multiple Atari joysticks.
  • Added the following features from version 2.1 of Atari800 Core Emulator
  • Added Axlon and Mosaic RAM expansions for Atari 400/800
  • Added emulation of MIO and Black Box
  • Added support of .PRO copy-protected disk images
  • Implemented tape loading with variable bitrates
  • Implemented cassette writing via hardware registers
  • Added emulation of CX85 numeric keyboard
  • R: device can be serial-only or network-only (selectable)
  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Fixed caps lock with International Key Mapping on.
  • Fixed a bug with turning joystick emulation on and off which was causing a stuck joystick.
  • Fixed a bug where one analog joystick was not selectable on Gamepad 2.
  • The following fixes were added from version 2.10 of Atari800:
  • Fix for "Ilusia" demo
  • Better GTIA bug mode emulation
  • Fixed POKEY registers: ALLPOT, IRQEN and STIMER
  • Various Atari5200 fixes
  • Fixed Atrax cartridge bank switching
  • Major source code cleanup, compiles with -pedantic etc.

New in Atari800MacX 3.9.1 (Feb 19, 2009)

  • Fixed State Save with XEP80. State save was inadvertantly left out of the 3.9.0 XEP80 source.

New in Atari800MacX 3.9.0 (Feb 11, 2009)

  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Fixed issue with 8Mbit Flash Cartridge images not working.
  • Fixed issue with XEP80 Emulation not working with the new SpartaDos cartrdiges
  • Fixed issue when Joystick emulation was turned off with control menu, joystick trigger was always reported as pressed.
  • Fixed issue with Right keyboard Meta keys not being recognized on newer Macs. This replaces the bad fix which was issued with version 3.8.0
  • Other Changes:
  • MacOSX 10.2 is no longer supported, as I am now using 10.5 and Xcode 3.1, and they no longer support building for 10.2

New in Atari800MacX 3.8 (Nov 8, 2007)

  • Added emulation of the XEP80 80 Column Display Adapater.
  • Fixed issue with monitor not displaying certain ASCII characters correctly in memory dumps.
  • Fixed issue with Right keyboard Meta keys not being recognized on newer Macs.