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PowerST, another AtariST emulator for the Apple Macintosh
By Philippe Gerin (ph.gerin@skynet.be).
WWW: http://users.skynet.be/sky39147/
Special thanks to:
Aaron Giles for the PPC MC68000 emulation code and sound support libraries.
Franìois Menu for the MIDI routines.
Richard Bannister for his advice and part of the interface code.
Lewin A.R.W. Edwards for the direct drawing routines.
FrÄdÄric Gidouin for valuable technical information.
Franìois Menu and Jens Behmk for AtariST documentation.
Shiva Thomas for the icon.
What is it ?
PowerST is an AtariST emulator for Macintosh. You can use it to run
your AtariST software on your Macintosh.
How to use it ?
The emulator needs a copy of the AtariST ROM to function. An Atari
utility (tosdump.prg) will enable you to transfer the ROM contents to
a MS-DOS 720Kb floppy-disk. The file needs to be renamed TOS.IMG and
placed in the same folder as PowerST in order to be recognized by
the emulator.
TOS 1.0, 1.2 and 1.4 can be used with this release of the emulator. TOS 1.0
is recommended for running games. Original AtariST floppy-disks
cannot be read directly by the Macintosh. 'Dust' (by Marcus Philips)
is able to build disk images which can be used by PowerST.
The emulator automatically inserts the disk images named 'disk1.st'
and 'disk2.st' when you run it.
The emulator will boot on the hard drive (C:) if no disk-image is inserted in drive A:
The joysticks are activated with the Caps-Lock key:
- Joystick 1: fire=ctrl, directions = kolm
- Joystick 2: fire=option, directions = gyjh
The right button of the ST mouse is emulated by apple-clicking and the
help key by F12.
WARNING ! Using version 2.2 of PC Exchange (coming with MacOS 8.1) to
transfer files to the Atari hard disk can seriously damage its root
directory. It is best to use an earlier version (like 2.05).
Minimum configuration:
- Power Macintosh,
- 18 Mb free RAM,
- 256-color display.
- Quicktime 2.5 for MIDI OUT.
- OMS for using PowerST with MIDI hardware (you can get OMS at http://www.opcode.com/).
The following functions are supported:
-MC68010,
-ST Ram from 512Kb to 14Mb.
-Video shifter (320*200, 640*200 et 640*400),
-MFP (Timer a-d),
-ACIAs,
-IKBD: keyboard, mouse and 2 joysticks,
-All interrupts with priorities,
-FDC supporting .ST and .MSA format disk images,
-Rasters (Low and Medium resolution),
-Blitter,
-Hard Disk Drive in DiskCopy format (TOS 1.4 needed),
-RTC.
-MIDI via QuickTime (OUT only) and via OMS (IN & OUT).
-Printer port.
The following is not emulated:
-Serial port,
Version 0.2
- Mode VDI 640*400*16 colors (TOS 1.4 or better).
- Added CPU cycles counting.
- Correction bug TimerD.
- Navigation Service Support (SystÅme 8.5).
- Appearance Manager Support (SystÅme 8.0).
- More precise mouse.
- New Hard disk driver (verion 0.3).
- Configurable Joystick.
- Bugs corrections.
Known bugs:
- Tos 1.6 and 2.x are not working.
- Some sampled sounds are not played.
- It may be necessary to restart the ST after having activated the sound.
Software status:
This application is shareware, if you like it, please send me $25.
The software can be freely duplicated and distributed provided that the
present 'readme' file is included. If you wish to distribute this
software on CD-ROM, please contact me first so I can send you the latest version
of PowerST.
How to contact me:
GÄrin Philippe
Rue de Baurieux, 4A
B-1490 Court-Saint-Etienne
Belgium
Email: ph.gerin@skynet.be
5/13/1998