HATARI(1) HATARI(1)
NAME
hatari - Atari ST/STE/TT/Falcon emulator
SYNOPSIS
hatari [options] [directory|diskimage|program]
DESCRIPTION
Hatari is an Atari ST/STE/TT/Falcon emulator for Linux, FreeBSD, BeOS and other Systems which are supported by the SDL library.
With hatari one can run games, demos or applications written for Atari ST, STE or Falcon. Atari TT support is experimental. Hatari sup-
ports the commonly used *.st and *.msa disk images and hard disk emulation.
To run the emulator a TOS ROM image is needed. EmuTOS, a free implementation of TOS is shipped with hatari. Since it is not yet fully com-
patible with the original TOS, some programs won't run correctly with it. Because of this it is recommended to use a TOS ROM from a real
Atari.
As an argument one can give either a name of a directory that should be emulated as a virtual GEMDOS hard disk, a floppy disk image or an
Atari program that should be autostarted. In the last case the program's directory will be used as the C: drive from where this program
will be started.
Note that autostarting a program might not work if you've also specified a floppy image for drive A: (on command line or in config file)
which contains a desktop.inf/newdesk.inf/emutos.inf file on it.
Booting will be done from the disk image or directory that's given last on the command line as an option or the argument (and which corre-
sponds to A: or C:).
OPTIONS
Hatari options are split into several categories:
General options
-h, --help
Print command line options and terminate
-v, --version
Print version information and terminate
--confirm-quit <bool>
Whether Hatari confirms quitting
-c, --configfile <filename>
use the given file as configuration file instead of ~/.hatari/hatari.cfg
-k, --keymap <file>
load keyboard mapping from <file>
--fast-forward <bool>
On fast machine helps skipping (fast forwarding) Hatari output
Common display options
-m, --mono
Start in monochrome mode instead of color
--monitor <x>
Select monitor type (x = mono/rgb/vga/tv)
-f, --fullscreen
Start the emulator in fullscreen mode
-w, --window
Start the emulator in window mode
--grab Grab mouse (also) in window mode
--frameskips <x>
Skip <x> frames after each displayed frame to accelerate emulation (0=disabled, >4 uses automatic frameskip with given value as max-
imum)
--statusbar <bool>
Show statusbar (with floppy leds etc etc)
--drive-led <bool>
Show overlay drive led when statusbar isn't shown
--bpp <bool>
Force internal bitdepth (x = 8/15/16/32, 0=disable)
ST
/STE specific display options
--borders <bool>
Show ST/STE screen borders (for low/med resolution overscan demos)
--desktop-st <bool>
Whether fullscreen mode uses desktop resolution to avoid: messing multi-screen setups, several seconds delay needed by LCD monitors
resolution switching and the resulting sound break. As Hatari ST/E display code doesn't support zooming (except low-rez doubling),
it doesn't get scaled (by Hatari or monitor) when this is enabled. Therefore this is mainly useful only if you suffer from the
described effects, but still want to grab mouse and remove other distractions from the screen just by toggling fullscreen mode.
(disabled by default)
--spec512 <x>
Hatari uses this threshold to decide when to render a screen with the slower but more accurate Spectrum512 screen conversion func-
tions (0 <= x <= 512, 0=disable)
-z, --zoom <x>
Zoom (double) low resolution (1=no, 2=yes)
Falcon/TT specific display options
Zooming to sizes specified below is internally done using integer scaling factors. This means that different Atari resolutions may show up
with different sizes, but they are never blurry.
--desktop <bool>
Whether to use desktop resolution on fullscreen to avoid issues related to resolution switching. Otherwise fullscreen will use a
resolution that is closest to the Hatari window size. (enabled by default)
--max-width <x>
Preferred / maximum window width
--max-height <x>
Preferred / maximum window height
--force-max <bool>
Hatari window size is forced to specified maximum size and black borders used when Atari resolution doesn't scale evenly to it.
This is most useful when recording videos of Falcon demos that change their resolution. (disabled by default)
--aspect <bool>
Whether to do monitor aspect ratio correction (enabled by default)
VDI options
--vdi <bool>
Whether to use VDI screen mode
--vdi-planes <x>
Use extended VDI resolution with bit depth <x> (x = 1, 2 or 4)
--vdi-width <w>
Use extended VDI resolution with width <w> (320 < w <= 1280)
--vdi-height <h>
Use extended VDI resolution with height <h> (200 < h <= 960)
Screen capture options
--crop <bool>
Remove statusbar from the screen captures
--avirecord
Start AVI recording
--avi-vcodec <x>
Select avi video codec (x = bmp/png)
--avi-fps <x>
Force avi frame rate (x = 50/60/71/...)
--avi-file <file>
Use <file> to record avi
Devices options
-j, --joystick <port>
Emulate joystick with cursor keys in given port (0-5)
--joy<port> <type>
Set joystick type (none/keys/real) for given port
--printer <file>
Enable printer support and write data to <file>
--midi-in <filename>
Enable MIDI support and write MIDI data to <file>
--midi-out <filename>
Enable MIDI support and read MIDI data from <file>
--rs232-in <filename>
Enable serial port support and use <file> as the input device
--rs232-out <filename>
Enable serial port support and use <file> as the output device
Disk options
--disk-a <file>
Set disk image for floppy drive A
--disk-b <file>
Set disk image for floppy drive B
--protect-floppy <x>
Write protect floppy image contents (on/off/auto). With "auto" option write protection is according to the disk image file
attributes.
--protect-hd <x>
Write protect harddrive <dir> contents (on/off/auto). With "auto" option the protection can be controlled by setting individual
files attributes as it disables the file attribute modifications for the GEMDOS hard disk emulation.
-d, --harddrive <dir>
Emulate harddrive partition(s) with <dir> contents. If directory contains only single letter (C-Z) subdirectories, each of these
subdirectories will be treated as a separate partition, otherwise the given directory itself will be assigned to drive "C:". In the
multiple partition case, the letters used as the subdirectory names will determine to which drives/partitions they're assigned.
--acsi <file>
Emulate an ACSI hard disk with an image <file>
--ide-master <file>
Emulate an IDE master hard disk with an image <file>
--ide-slave <file>
Emulate an IDE slave hard disk with an image <file>
--fastfdc <bool>
speed up FDC emulation (can cause incompatibilities)
Memory options
--memstate <file>
Load memory snap-shot <file>
-s, --memsize <x>
Set amount of emulated RAM, x = 1 to 14 MiB, or 0 for 512 KiB
ROM options
-t, --tos <imagefile>
Specify TOS ROM image to use
--patch-tos <bool>
Use this option to enable/disable TOS ROM patching. Experts only! Leave this enabled unless you know what you are doing!
--cartridge <imagefile>
Use ROM cartridge image <file> (only works if GEMDOS HD emulation and extended VDI resolution are disabled)
CPU options
--cpulevel <x>
Specify CPU (680x0) to use (use x >= 1 with EmuTOS or TOS >= 2.06 only!)
--cpuclock <x>
Set the CPU clock (8, 16 or 32 Mhz)
--compatible <bool>
Use a more compatible, but slower 68000 CPU mode with better prefetch accuracy and cycle counting
Misc system options
--machine <x>
Select machine type (x = st, ste, tt or falcon)
--blitter <bool>
Enable blitter emulation (ST only)
--dsp <x>
Falcon DSP emulation (x = none, dummy or emu, Falcon only)
--timer-d <bool>
Patch redundantly high Timer-D frequency set by TOS. This about doubles Hatari speed (for ST/e emulation) as the original Timer-D
frequency causes most of the interrupts.
--fast-boot <bool>
Patch TOS and initialize the so-called "memvalid" system variables to by-pass the memory test of TOS, so that the system boots
faster.
--rtc <bool>
Enable real-time clock
Sound options
--mic <bool>
Enable/disable (Falcon only) microphone
--sound <x>
Sound frequency: 6000-50066. "off" disables the sound and speeds up the emulation. To prevent extra sound artifacts, the frequency
should be selected so that it either matches evenly with the STE/TT/Falcon sound DMA (6258, 12517, 250033, 50066 Hz) or your sound
card frequencies (11025, 22050, 44100 or 6000...48000 Hz). Check what your sound card supports.
--sound-buffer-size <x>
SDL's sound buffer size: 10-100, or 0 to use default buffer size. By default Hatari uses an SDL buffer size of 1024 samples, which
gives approximatively 20-30 ms of sound depending on the chosen sound frequency. Under some OS or with not fully supported sound
card, this default setting can cause a bigger delay at lower frequency (nearly 0.5 sec). In that case, you can use this option to
force the size of the sound buffer to a fixed number of milliseconds of sound (using 20 is often a good choice if you have such
problems). Most users will not need this option.
--sound-sync <bool>
The emulation rate is nudged by +100 or 0 or -100 micro-seconds on occasion. This prevents the sound buffer from overflowing (long
latency and lost samples) or underflowing (short latency and repeated samples). The emulation rate smoothly deviates by a maximum
of 0.58% until synchronized, while the emulator continuously generates every sound sample and the crystal controlled sound system
consumes every sample.
(on|off, off=default)
--ym-mixing <x>
Select a method for mixing the three YM2149 voice volumes together. "model" uses a mathematical model of the YM voices, "table"
uses a lookup table of audio output voltage values measured on STF and "linear" just averages the 3 YM voices.
Debug options
-D, --debug
Toggle whether CPU exceptions invoke the debugger
--bios-intercept
Toggle Bios/XBios call interception and BIOS CON: output (e.g. EmuTOS console) redirection to host terminal. Needed for Bios/XBios
call tracing. Allows Atari programs to modify Hatari state through XBios 255 calls.
--trace <trace1,...>
Activate debug traces, see --trace help for available tracing options
--trace-file <file>
Save trace output to <file> (default=stderr)
--parse <file>
Parse/execute debugger commands from <file>
--saveconfig
Save Hatari configuration and exit. Hatari UI needs Hatari configuration file to start, this can be used to create it automatically.
--no-parachute
Disable SDL parachute to get Hatari core dumps. SDL parachute is enabled by default to restore video mode in case Hatari terminates
abnormally while using non-standard screen resolution.
--control-socket <file>
Hatari reads options from given socket at run-time
--log-file <file>
Save log output to <file> (default=stderr)
--log-level <x>
Log output level (x=debug/todo/info/warn/error/fatal)
--alert-level <x>
Show dialog for log messages above given level
--run-vbls <x>
Exit after X VBLs
COMMANDS
The shortcut keys can be configured in the configuration file. The default settings are:
AltGr + a
record animation
AltGr + g
grab a screenshot
AltGr + i
boss key: leave full screen mode and iconify window
AltGr + j
activate joystick emulation via cursor keys
AltGr + m
(un-)lock the mouse into the window
AltGr + r
warm reset the ST (same as the reset button)
AltGr + c
cold reset the ST (same as the power switch)
AltGr + d
open dialog to select/change disk A
AltGr + s
enable/disable sound
AltGr + q
quit the emulator
AltGr + x
toggle normal/max speed
AltGr + y
enable/disable sound recording
AltGr + k
save memory snapshot
AltGr + l
load memory snapshot
F11 toggle between fullscreen and windowed mode
F12 activate the hatari options GUI
You may need to hold SHIFT down while in windowed mode.
Pause Pauses the emulation
AltGr + Pause
Invokes the internal Hatari debugger
Emulated Atari ST keyboard
All other keys on the keyboard act as the normal Atari ST keys so pressing SPACE on your PC will result in an emulated press of the SPACE
key on the ST. The following keys have special meanings:
Alt will act as the ST's ALTERNATE key
left Ctrl
will act as the ST's CONTROL key
Page Up
will emulate the ST's HELP key
Page Down
will emulate the ST's UNDO key
AltGr will act as Alternate as well as long as you do not press it together with a Hatari hotkey combination.
The right Ctrl key is used as the fire button of the emulated joystick when you turn on joystick emulation via keyboard.
The cursor keys will act as the cursor keys on the Atari ST as long as joystick emulation via keyboard has been turned off.
SEE ALSO
The main program documentation, usually in /usr/share/doc/. Among other things it contains an extensive usage manual, software compatib-
lity list and release notes.
The homepage of hatari: http://hatari.tuxfamily.org/
Other Hatari programs and utilities:
hmsa(1), zip2st(1), atari-hd-image(1), hatariui(1), hconsole(1)
FILES AND DIRECTORIES
/etc/hatari.cfg (or /usr/local/etc/hatari.cfg)
The global configuration file of Hatari.
~/.hatari/
The (default) directory for user's personal Hatari files; hatari.cfg (configuration file), hatari.nvram (NVRAM content file),
hatari.sav (Hatari memory state snapshot file which Hatari can load/save automatically when it starts/exits), hatari.prn (printer
output file), hatari.wav (recorded sound output in WAV format), hatari.ym (recorded sound output in YM format).
/usr/share/hatari/ (or /usr/local/share/hatari/)
The global data directory of Hatari.
tos.img
The TOS ROM image will be loaded from the data directory of Hatari unless it is specified on the command line or the configuration
file.
AUTHOR
This manual page was written by Marco Herrn <marco@mherrn.de> for the Debian project and later modified by Thomas Huth and Eero Tamminen to
suit the latest version of Hatari.
Hatari 2011-12-30 HATARI(1)