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authorB. Watson <yalhcru@gmail.com>2021-03-22 23:59:17 -0400
committerB. Watson <yalhcru@gmail.com>2021-03-22 23:59:17 -0400
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Fix cart build for cc65 >= 2.16
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@@ -13,8 +13,9 @@ The game binary is called "taipan.xex". It's a standard Atari DOS
'binary load' file, which expects to be run with no cartridges
inserted. It may or may not work with a cartridge in, depending on
which cart (some don't allow disk boots, and it has to be an 8K cart,
-not 16K). On XL/XE machines, you don't have to hold down Option to
-disable BASIC.
+not >= 16K). On XL/XE machines, you don't have to hold down Option to
+disable BASIC. In fact, you shouldn't have to remove the BASIC cart on
+a 400/800 (but I haven't tested this recently).
You can run it on a real Atari computer: any 400/800/XL/XE model should
be fine, so long as it has at least 40K of RAM. Use a SIO2PC cable and
@@ -48,7 +49,10 @@ Cartridge
---------
The cartridge image is a 32KB XEGS bankswitched cartridge (what
-Atari800 and Altirra call "type 12"). Two ROM images are built:
+Atari800 and Altirra call "type 12"). Unlike the .xex version, the
+cartridge will work on a 32KB Atari.
+
+Two ROM images are built:
taipan.cart is a "tagged" cartridge image, for use with emulators that
know how to read the cartridge type from the CAR header.
@@ -64,17 +68,15 @@ The cartridge can be run in the Atari800 emulator thus:
atari800 taipan.cart
-For atari++, use the raw ROM image, since it doesn't support .cart
-images:
+For atari++, use the raw ROM image, since it doesn't fully support
+.cart images:
- atari++ -cartpath taipan.rom -carttype xegs
+ atari++ -carttype xegs -cartpath taipan.rom
For Altirra, one of these should work:
Altirra taipan.cart
Altirra64 taipan.cart
-Unlike the .xex version, the cartridge will work on a 32KB Atari.
-
Coming soon: You will also be able to purchase a Taipan cartridge from
the AtariAge store. Maybe.