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@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@ +This is a collection of Atari 8-bit related utilities I've written for Linux. +They should be usable as-is on other UNIX-like systems, including Cygwin +for MS-Windows. + +a8eol - Convert Atari 8-bit text files to/from UNIX / DOS / Mac Classic + text file format. + +a8utf8 - Convert Atari 8-bit text to UTF-8 encoded Unicode. + +axe - ATR/XFD Editor. Copy files into & out of ATR and XFD images, + create blank ATR images, etc. + +atr2xfd - Convert an Atari 8-bit ATR disk image to a raw (XFD) image. + +atrcheck - Check an Atari 8-bit ATR disk image for various types of problems. + +atrsize - Change the size of an Atari 8-bit ATR disk image, or create + a blank ATR image. + +blob2c - Create C source and header files from a binary file + +cart2rom - Convert an Atari800 CART image to a raw ROM image. + +cart2xex - Convert an Atari 8-bit ROM cartridge image to a binary load + (XEX) file. + +dasm2atasm - Convert 6502 assembly in DASM syntax to ATASM (or MAC/65) format. + +fenders - Install Fenders 3-sector loader in boot sectors of an ATR image. + +rom2cart - Convert a raw Atari 8-bit cartridge ROM image to a CART + image for use with eumlators such as Atari800. + +unmac65 - Detokenize Atari 8-bit Mac/65 SAVEd files. + +xexcat - Concatenate Atari 8-bit executables (XEX) into a single XEX file. + +xexsplit - Split a multi-segment Atari 8-bit executable (XEX) into + multiple single-segment files. + +xfd2atr - Convert an Atari 8-bit XFD (raw) disk image to an ATR image. + +All are written in C, except a8utf8 and dasm2atasm which are written +in Perl. All utilities have man pages. + +Also included is "equates.inc", a 6502 assembly header file that defines +the Atari 8-bit system equates. It's meant to be used with either the +DASM or ATASM 6502 cross assemblers. + +To install, use the standard "make && make install" process. The default +prefix for installation is /usr/local. + +You may use "make install PREFIX=/somewhere/else" to install somewhere +other than /usr/local. Binaries will be installed to $PREFIX/bin, man +pages to $PREFIX/share/man/man1, and other documentation (including +equates.inc) to $PREFIX/share/doc/bw-atari8-tools. You also may use +BINDIR, MANDIR, MAN1DIR, and DOCDIR to explicitly set the installation +paths. Man pages are compressed with gzip by default. If your system +does not support gzipped man pages, try "make install GZIP_MAN=n". If +you're creating a distribution package (RPM, deb, Slackware tgz), +use "make install PREFIX=/usr DESTDIR=/tmp/whatever". This will +build everything for use in /usr, but actually install everything to +/tmp/whatever/usr, which can then be archived in whichever package +format you're using. + +blob2c is not actually Atari-specific: it could be useful for any project +where the contents of a file need to be compiled as an unsigned char +array in a C program. + +dasm2atasm is not Atari-specific, since the DASM and ATASM cross +assemblers can be used to develop code for any 6502-based platform +(though ATASM does have some nice extra features for the Atari 8-bit). +DASM supports several other CPUs besides the 6502, but dasm2atasm only +works with 6502 code. + +The latest version of bw-atari8-tools can always be found at +https://slackware.uk/~urchlay/repos/bw-atari8-tools + +-- B. Watson <urchlay@slackware.uk>; Urchlay on irc.libera.chat ##atari. |