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Atari800MacX Help Menus Control Menu |
This menu item allows you to toggle the Pausing of emulation.Limit To Normal Speed (F7)
This menu item allows you to limit the speed of the emulator to the classic Atari speed of 50 or 60 frames per second (depending on the TV mode, NTSC or PAL), or allow the emulator to run as fast as the Macintosh is capable. This setting is also on the Display Tab of the Preferences Window, and defaults to limiting the speed of the emualtor.Warm Reset (F5)
This menu item allows you to do a warm reset on the emulator, the equivelent of pressing reset on the Atari.Cold Reset (shift-F5)
This menu item allows you to do a warm reset on the emulator, the equivelent of cycling power on the AtariSave State (cmd-S)
This menu item allows you to save the state of the emulator, so that it may be loaded later with the Load State command. Disk images and cartridges inserted into the computer are stored in the state file. The state is stored in a .a8s file that may also be double-clicked or dragged to the Atari800MacX icon in the Finder to load the state.stop or stop recording of the sound.Load State (cmd-L)
This menu item allows you load a state file (.a8s) previous saved with the Save State command. Note, the state file format was changed to fix a serious error with saved cartridges and disk images, and the format in version 1.4.0 and later is not compatible with 1.3.0 and earlier, so old state files will not load into the new emulator and visa versa.Monitor (F8)
This menu item invokes monitor console, to be used for debugging Atari programs, viewing memory contents and other advanced actions. Type help to display list of available monitor commands, type cont to close the monitor console and continue emulation.