Arculator pre-release 11
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This is yet another pre-release of the Acorn Archimedes emulator Arculator. This
time it's been completely rewritten and has usable desktop and stuff.

If anyone can fix the hanging disc bug, please email me.


Files -

arc.exe     - The emulator itself.
cmos.bin    - CMOS RAM
history.txt - Changelog
readme.txt  - This file
src\*       - Source (needs Ming/W and Allegro to compile)
test.adf    - Test disc image (Armaxess Megademo 2)

Usage -

Just run arc.exe. ic24.rom-ic27.rom must be present to start. test.adf must also
be present to start (the supplied one contains Armaxess's Megademo 2), test.arm
(not included, but can be any absolute file) must be present for HOME to work (not
neccessary).

Arculator creates several files after running, the only real one of interest is
sound.pcm, which is an 8-bit signed mono 22khz raw sound dump.


Keys -

F11  - quit
HOME - load test.arm to &8000

All others should be arc keyboard.

Mouse also works, although the pointer is offset in all modes other than 12.


Compatibility -

RiscOS 3 - Boots. Supervisor useable. BASIC usable, with some bugs. Desktop
           usable, with some bugs. Hangs during most file loading.
Arthur   - Needs patching to start. Keyboard locks repeating after about 2 keys.
RiscOS 2 - Lost the ROM dump for this one.


Demos :

Address Exception - Demo 6399 - working

Armaxess - Megademo 2 - working (all parts work seperately, hangs from disc)
                                 
BIA - BIAtris - working (playable as well)
BIA - !Sister - working

Fishdemo - working

Network 23 - Graffiti Street - working, may need to change VRAM amount in task
                               manager
                               
TCD demo 1 - working, once you change the load address

TXP - Xcentric - data abort


Games :

Network 23 - Warlocks (demo) - scrolling jumpy due to incomplete VIDC emulation.

Superior   - Lander - hangs


Tom Walker
tommowalker@yahoo.co.uk
