home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
Text File | 1995-07-25 | 5.9 KB | 224 lines | [ttro/ttxt] |
-
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-
- Rainbow - An Atari 400/800/800XL Emulator for the Apple Macintosh
-
-
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-
-
-
- Demo version
- ------------
-
-
-
- Welcome to Rainbow, an Atari 8 bit emulator for the Apple Mac!!!
-
- Now you can run many of your favourite Atari 8 bit software on your Mac.
- The version included here is a demo. Here's a quick list of key features
- in the full shareware version.
-
-
- • Emulates 400/800 and 800XL machines
-
- • Has 48K RAM for 400/800 machines; full 64K RAM for 800XL
-
- • Accepts 8K and 16K cartridge images; also runs Super Cartridges
-
- • True 256 Atari colours
-
- • Full ANTIC/GTIA graphics, namely all ANTIC modes, Player/Missile
- Graphics, fine scrolling and Display List Interrupts
-
- • Two virtual disk drives capable of reading single and enhanced
- density images
-
- • Transfer files between disk images and your Mac hard disk
-
- • Sound with 4 channels of pure tones and improvised noise
-
- • Four joysticks (via keypad) and four paddles (using mouse)
-
- • Plays many games such as PacMan, Defender, Joust, Qix, Eastern Front,
- Zaxxon, M.U.L.E., Montezuma's Revenge, Donkey Kong, Miner 2049er,
- Necromancer, Karateka, Drol, Kaboom, Pole Position II and, of course,
- Star Raiders.
-
-
- The demo has the full graphics emulation of the shareware version except for
- vertical fine scrolling.
-
- Two versions of Rainbow are provided; one for the PowerMac and one for 680x0
- computers. It goes without saying that the PowerMac version is much faster and
- much more fun! However, faster '040 machines (33 Mhz+) also run at very
- reasonable speeds. You should also have System 7 or later installed with
- Sound Manager 3.1 if you have a PowerMac.
-
-
-
- What's inside?
- --------------
-
-
- Inside the Rainbow folder, there should be the following items:-
-
-
- • Rainbow Demo applications (one for PPC and another for 680x0 machines)
-
- • Demo version of the F.R.E.E. adventure game (2 x images)
-
- • Disk image containing 3 demos
-
- • Read Me First text file (this one)
-
- • Appendices text file
-
- • Registration text file
-
- • Unhex folder with the Unhex application
-
- • An icon for OS files
-
-
- Don't alter or remove the 3 text files; the demo won't launch without them.
-
-
-
-
- Let's go!
- ---------
-
-
- *** Before you can run Rainbow you will need an image of the 10K 400/800 OS ***
-
-
- Due to copyright restrictions, Atari ROM images are not included and
- you will have to transfer the ROM from your 8 bit machine to the Mac via
- an 850 Interface Module. See the 'Appendices' text file for details.
-
-
- Let's assume the 400/800 OS is on your Mac hard drive. Rename it OP_SYSTEM and
- put it in the same folder as Rainbow.
-
-
-
- ***** IMPORTANT: Set your monitor to 256 colours *****
-
- For maximum speed, set your monitor to 640x480 resolution.
-
-
- Now launch Rainbow, you should see the familiar blue MEMO PAD screen.
-
-
- Insert the demo disk and re-boot (select 'Yes...' under 'Re-boot' menu),
- which is like switching your Atari off and on again. The mouse pointer changes
- into an orange Atari fuji logo which indicates that drive#1 is being accessed.
-
- One disk will present you with a menu of 3 demos to try out. The other 2 are
- for the F.R.E.E. demo game. Insert disk 1, re-boot and follow the instructions
- from there. Use the 'joystick' (see below) to select the command and 'fire' to
- execute it.
-
- After you've finished playing with the demos, select 'Re-Init' under the
- 'Re-boot' menu. This removes all cartridges and disks from the drives and
- returns you to the Memo Pad as though you'd just launched Rainbow.
-
- Try inserting a cartridge (under the 'System' menu), e.g. BASIC. If successful,
- the system will automatically re-boot and present you with the READY prompt.
-
- Say you want to now boot up BASIC with DOS. Insert a disk image with DOS
- into drive#1. Rainbow will recognise standard images as well as ATR
- ones in either single or enhanced densities (standard images are carbon
- copies of the floppy disk image; an ATR image is a standard image with
- a 16 byte header).
-
- Now simply re-boot.
-
- After a few moments, you will be back in the BASIC but this time DOS is present.
- To check, just type DOS and you will go into the DOS utility menu.
-
- N.B. A quicker way to start up in BASIC with DOS booted is to first insert
- the disk image and then insert the cartridge.
-
-
-
-
- Frame rate
- ----------
-
-
- A real Atari 400/800/800XL generates the playfield, player/missile graphics and
- updates Player/Missile collision registers every 60th of a second.
-
- To make Rainbow run at an acceptable speed, you can alter the frequency
- with which this takes place.
-
- With the lesser frame rates, collision registers are updated less frequently
- and so occasionally your PacMan may pass through a ghost with no ill effect!
- Increase the frame rate to avoid this.
-
- Some games like Jumpman and Buried Bucks only work with the 'Every' frame rate
- setting.
-
-
-
- Disk drive
- ----------
-
-
- Disk drive#1 is available to load single density images. Single density
- images have 720 sectors at 128 bytes per sector ==> 92160 bytes in total.
- ATR images have a 16 byte header, i.e. 92176 bytes.
-
-
-
- Keyboard
- --------
-
-
- In addition to the standard keyboard, some other important keys are
-
- System Reset = SHIFT * (on keypad)
- Option = SHIFT 'num lock'
- Select = SHIFT = (on keypad)
- Start = SHIFT / (on keypad)
-
- Help = - (on keypad, XL only)
-
- Break = SHIFT + esc
-
- Caps/Lowr = alt
-
- Atari Logo = . (on keypad)
-
-
- The Mac CAPS LOCK is not functional. A number of extra editing keys are included,
- i.e. the cursor keys work and
-
- Insert Char = ins/help
- Delete Char = del
- Clr screen = home / diag arrow pointing north-west.
-
-
-
-
- Joystick
- --------
-
-
- Stick 0 (Player 1) is enabled. Use the keypad for this (UP=8;LEFT=4;RIGHT=6;
- DOWN=5) and FIRE is Control or 0 on keypad.
-
-
-
-
-
- This demo may be copied and freely circulated. However, all the files
- must be included and they must not be modified in any way.
-
-
-
-