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Rushmore	2009-12-29 , 15:36
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Originally Posted by joksanen

I have installed the Hatari emulator on my N900 (from extras-devel). I needed to copy the config file from /etc/hatari.cfg to /home/user/.hatari/hatari.cfg, and edit the file a bit: I changed the "nKeyCodeFire" to "100" (the fire is then button D on the keyboard).

The emulator works quite well (IMO), but it needs some optimizations: sometimes it slows down too much, and it seems that "overscan" is not supported (a technique to remove screen borders, used in some demos and games). I tried the "--borders 1/0" -option (show screen borders), but no luck.

I've made a video showing this emulator in action:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_GcCgkH6xM&hd=1

How do you access or copy to /home/user or other folders? The only folders I see are in the mass storage and file manager does not access these folders either.

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joksanen	2009-12-29 , 15:46
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Originally Posted by Rushmore

How do you access or copy to /home/user or other folders? The only folders I see are in the mass storage and file manager does not access these folders either.

Use the X terminal.

Code:

cp /etc/hatari.cfg /home/user/.hatari/hatari.cfg

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	aironeous	2009-12-29 , 17:18
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As soon as it is released from extras testing, devel whatever I'm getting it Where are the roms or games?
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Dactar	2009-12-29 , 18:17
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Originally Posted by aironeous

As soon as it is released from extras testing, devel whatever I'm getting it Where are the roms or games?
.

Legally :

ROMS : if you have an real atari there's tools for dump the ROMS. You can also use emutos who is free.

GAMES : if you have real games on old disks there's tools for copy them to an .st image. You can also find Atari games in .deb archive here : http://koti.mbnet.fi/tammat/hatari/games.shtml

Last edited by Dactar; 2009-12-29 at 20:05.

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Rushmore	2009-12-30 , 02:59
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Originally Posted by joksanen

Use the X terminal.
Code:
cp /etc/hatari.cfg /home/user/.hatari/hatari.cfg

Thanks!

Is there a mini guide for:

1. Where and what directory to place the games
2. Do I need find a bios like the Amiga needs to run?

Any other tips to make my experience to be as smooth as your video

Thanks!

BTW, I played the HECK out of Stuntcar Racer back in the day. N900 is playing it as fast as it played on the Amiga 500

Last edited by Rushmore; 2009-12-30 at 03:02.

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Rushmore	2009-12-30 , 15:33
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I surrender for now.

I am using 2.06 TOS ROM, but still no luck getting a game to run. When I try to run a game, it says already running, need to shut down first. Tried mounting from floppy and same result.

Sure would be nice to see a Youtube guide. I unzipped the files and have both msa and st files.

Installed fine and the app opens the GUI, but no luck after that.

Looking forward to getting it to work. Lots of good games on the ST.

Last edited by Rushmore; 2009-12-30 at 16:17.

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joksanen	2009-12-30 , 16:57
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Originally Posted by Rushmore

1. Where and what directory to place the games

Check the hatari config file at /home/user/.hatari/hatari.cfg, and edit the lines containing "szDiskImageDirectory" and "szHardDiskDirectory". I set them to "/home/user/MyDocs/atari".

2. Do I need find a bios like the Amiga needs to run?

The emulator comes with emuTOS, but it's not 100% compatible (AFAIK), so you possibly need the real TOS rom.

Installed fine and the app opens the GUI, but no luck after that.

Do you see the "File", "Emulation", "Devices" etc. menus at the top? If not, have you installed both "Hatari" AND "Hatari UI" packages?

If both are installed, just copy and edit the config file as descibed earlier, and start the "Hatari UI". Then open the "Devices->Machine", select machine type (ST, STE...), memory size, TOS image etc. Now open the "Devices->floppies" -menu, select the disk images and reset the atari. You might also want to enable the joystick from "Devices->joysticks".

It should be that easy, if I haven't forgotten anything. Some games might need more tweaking, i.e in Obsession pinball game you need left AND right shift keys (I edited the /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/nokia_vndr/rx-51 -file temporarily so that the dot key was right shift).

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Rushmore	2009-12-30 , 19:55
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Originally Posted by joksanen

Check the hatari config file at /home/user/.hatari/hatari.cfg, and edit the lines containing "szDiskImageDirectory" and "szHardDiskDirectory". I set them to "/home/user/MyDocs/atari".

The emulator comes with emuTOS, but it's not 100% compatible (AFAIK), so you possibly need the real TOS rom.

Do you see the "File", "Emulation", "Devices" etc. menus at the top? If not, have you installed both "Hatari" AND "Hatari UI" packages?

If both are installed, just copy and edit the config file as descibed earlier, and start the "Hatari UI". Then open the "Devices->Machine", select machine type (ST, STE...), memory size, TOS image etc. Now open the "Devices->floppies" -menu, select the disk images and reset the atari. You might also want to enable the joystick from "Devices->joysticks".

It should be that easy, if I haven't forgotten anything. Some games might need more tweaking, i.e in Obsession pinball game you need left AND right shift keys (I edited the /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/nokia_vndr/rx-51 -file temporarily so that the dot key was right shift).

Hatari UI running fine

Currently using UK TOS version 2.06

STE and memory 1MB

Disks are loaded like on the Amiga emulators, but when I reset (cold or warm) the floppy is not loaded.

I have unzipped msa and st images and same result above, regardless of what is loaded.

I try to edit the config, but terminal reports "file not found".

I appreciate your time

Last edited by Rushmore; 2009-12-30 at 20:17.

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joksanen	2009-12-30 , 20:26
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Originally Posted by Rushmore

Hatari UI running fine. Currently using UK TOS version 2.06. STE and memory 1MB. Disks are loaded like on the Amiga emulators, but when I reset (cold or warm) the floppy is not loaded. I have unzipped msa and st images and same result above, regardless of what is loaded.

Hmmm, maybe there is something wrong with the disk images you are using? Let's try this: download this demo. Put the .MSA to your disk image directory, goto "Devices->Floppies", select the POSH_RV1.MSA to "Disk A", and reset the atari (check that "pause" is not selected). I just tested, and it works fine with 1MB STE / TOS 2.06 (great demo by the way

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Rushmore	2009-12-30 , 23:10
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Originally Posted by joksanen

Hmmm, maybe there is something wrong with the disk images you are using? Let's try this: download this demo. Put the .MSA to your disk image directory, goto "Devices->Floppies", select the POSH_RV1.MSA to "Disk A", and reset the atari (check that "pause" is not selected). I just tested, and it works fine with 1MB STE / TOS 2.06 (great demo by the way ).

The demo did not work either. I reset and the Hatari resets back to workbench screen, but does not load the demo that is in floppy a. (well, workbench is what the main screen is called on Amiga).