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diff --git a/system/atari800/README_rom_images.txt b/system/atari800/README_rom_images.txt deleted file mode 100644 index cd6da843f4..0000000000 --- a/system/atari800/README_rom_images.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,37 +0,0 @@ - -The Atari 8-bit computer's operating system is stored on a ROM chip inside -the Atari. Without the OS, the Atari isn't capable of doing anything -useful. Also, many Atari programs are written in the Atari BASIC language, -which was an optional ROM cartridge on the 400/800 and 1200XL, but was -included as a built-in ROM in the 600XL, 800XL, and all XE machines. - -To use the Atari800 emulator, you'll need suitable ROM images/dumps. You -can either use the original OS and BASIC from Atari, or an open source -OS replacement called OS++. - -The original ROMs of course provide the best compatibility with software -for the Atari, but they are still copyrighted by Atari. In practice, -this doesn't cause a problem: the ROM images have been widely available -on the 'net for many years, and there has never been any legal action -taken regarding their use. - -If you'd prefer to use Open Source code, there is a replacement ROM called -OS++, written from scratch by Thomas Richter (author of the Atari++ -emulator) and released under the TPL (a variant of the Mozilla Public -License). Be aware that OS++ isn't 100% compatible with all software for -the Atari: it contains no support for the BASIC language or floating point -math. However, if your main purpose is to play games, you'll find that -(almost) all game cartridge ROMs work perfectly well with OS++. Many boot -disk games and XEX (binary load file) games work as well. OS++ runs on -XL/XE machines only, so you won't be able to emulate the original 400/800. - -To use the original proprietary Atari ROMs, install the atari800_roms -package from slackbuilds.org - -To use OS++ (a version slightly modified for use with Atari800 rather -than Atari++), install the atari800_os++ package instead. - -If you like, you can install both packages and choose between them at -runtime by altering the symlink at /usr/share/atari800/roms/atarixl.rom, by -running atari800 with the -xlxe_rom switch, or by editing the config file -(~/.atari800.cfg, created the first time you run the emulator). |