From 585e1fbd7912e5cc8ccedda1b32f438e2c8c1756 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "B. Watson" Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2021 23:59:17 -0400 Subject: Fix cart build for cc65 >= 2.16 --- RUNNING.txt | 18 ++++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) (limited to 'RUNNING.txt') diff --git a/RUNNING.txt b/RUNNING.txt index 87b53d2..0c37e25 100644 --- a/RUNNING.txt +++ b/RUNNING.txt @@ -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. -- cgit v1.2.3