Atari800MacX Version 5.0.3 Released

atarimac · May 22, 2020

A new version of Atari800MacX has been released (http://atarimac.com/atari800macx.php or https://github.com/atarimacosx/Atari800MacX/releases).

New Features/Bug Fixes (in version 5.0.3):

Bugs Fixed:

Fixed issue with extra characters being input with an International keyboard. (Although this may have caused extra keystrokes on US keys also).

New Features/Bug Fixes (in version 5.0.2):

Updated SDL Framework for better support of MacOS 10.15 Catalina
Moved Gamepad Identification window from Preferences to Control Menu (This window has not worked since 5.0.0

Bugs Fixed:

Fixed issue with Fullscren in Catalina.
Fixed issue with Cmd-J Keybinding for toggling Keyboard Joysticks.
Fixed dark mode About menu issue.
Fix issue with Gampad names which contain unicode which caused emulator to crash

+slx · May 22, 2020

Thanks for updating, this is very much appreciated!

+slx · May 22, 2020

May I add a question: according my experience, gamepads need to be plugged in when Atari800MacX ist launched, plugging them in later will not result in them being recognized. Is this a bug or a feature? Removing them sometimes causes the program to crash.

atarimac · May 23, 2020

@slx, That is not an intended feature. I've long tried to get Joystick/Gamepad hotplug to work correctly with the SDL Framework. The Events do not seem to work for new or removed devices, and I also tried to use the native Mac OSX notifications instead.

I've looked at it again tonight, and found that polling the number of joysticks from the SDL Library may be able to be used for detection of insertion and removal. That shows promise, but there are some things that still do not work for dynamic insertion. Hopefully I will find the rest of the issues soon, and can release a new version to fix it.

@slx, That is not an intended feature. I've long tried to get Joystick/Gamepad hotplug to work correctly with the SDL Framework. The Events do not seem to work for new or removed devices, and I also tried to use the native Mac OSX notifications instead.

I've looked at it again tonight, and found that polling the number of joysticks from the SDL Library may be able to be used for detection of insertion and removal. That shows promise, but there are some things that still do not work for dynamic insertion. Hopefully I will find the rest of the issues soon, and can release a new version to fix it.

atarimac · May 24, 2020

@slx, The issues with hotplug should be solved with the 5.0.4 release. The polling the number of joysticks seems to work, and I was also able to the get the gamepad removal/insertion is detected even when Preferences are open, by causing the polling to happen on the main thread then too.

+slx · May 26, 2020

Thanks for continuing to update the program. I tried to send you a donation but the link is dead.

darwinmac · May 26, 2020

@slx - In 5.0.4, the link goes to the Internet Archive. I assume he is directing all donations there now. The website may not have been updated.

Bob C

Edited May 26, 2020 by darwinmac

atarimac · May 26, 2020

Bob is correct. Since my time to work on the emulator is very sporadic due to work commitments, I no longer feel comfortable taking donations personally. The Internet Archive does a lot of work to preserve these old systems, so for those who feel the need to donate, I believe it should go there. I changed the program link and program help links, but forgot to update the web page which I've now done.

Mark

luckybuck · May 27, 2020

Don't worry Mark,

First of all thank you sooooooooooooo much! You bring the joy back to thousands of users! Without your work, the Wiki would have nearly impossible! Can't thank you enough.

I even dare to speak for the others here with the highest respect possible, the 5 times wave: