Tag: Atari800MacX

We actually missed the v6.0 release date by a few days, but it is never late to let you all know that the excellent Atari emulator for macOS has been updated (now version 6.0.1) adding native support for Apple’s ARM processors. Features Added/Changed: Added support for ARM based M1 Macs. Update libSDL to version 2.0.14. Removed 2k limit on the…

Just a couple of weeks after the release of version 5.5.0, Atari800MacX 6.0.0 is out with not many functional changes, but with an important update that will ensure the emulator will stay work on macOS for many years to come. The emulator app bundle now includes both binaries for Intel and Apple ARM CPU. The OS will choose the right…

Atari800MacX 5.4.0 is out adding new features and with many bug fixes. Emulating now the Atari 1200XL and XEGS, this is one of the versions that changed the most in recent years. In he peripheral side, the emulator can now “talk” to the SIDE2 and the Ultimate1MB. New Features/Bug Fixes (in version 5.4.0): Added emulation of Ultimate1mb upgrade Added emulation…

The macOS emulator for Atari 8-bit computers has been updated to version 5.3.0. Among the many changes and improvements, the most notable one is the update of the emulator core, using Atari800 4.2. The last core update happened more than eight years ago. The UI has also new features that the users were longing for so much time, like continuous…

A new version of the Atari 8-bit emulator for macOS, Atari800MacX has been released. Version 5.2.0 brings support for a printer that is capable to print ATASCII graphics characters, which is paramount for printing BASIC program listings. The 80 column emulation is a bit rough in this release, in that it uses a separate window with a different aspect ration…

A new version of Atari800MacX, the Atari XL/XE/5200 emulator for MacOS is available now. This new version contains an important internal change, replacing the deprecated OpenGL with Metal, which will ensure Atari800MacX will be ready for the future versions of MacOS. Besides replacing OpenGL, the Atari emulator also had hundreds of functions reviewed and any deprecated API was updated as…

Update 5/21/2020: Shortly after the release of 5.0.2, version 5.0.3 is available including a fix for a bug that would display double characters. Mark Grebe has update Atari800MacX to version 5.0.3 bringing the MacOS Atari emulator up to date with Catalina. This update fixes some of the bugs reported by users in the emulator Github repository, including fixing the full-screen…

After the long waited version 5.0, we didn’t have to wait too long for the Atari800MacX 5.0.1 version. This versions brings small but important changes: Added support for macOS Mojave Dark Mode – including new Media Status Panel images. Added Inverse Key to Function Key Window. Bugs Fixed: Fix spelling errors in Preferences panel. Patched keyboard issues caused by libSDL…

This last holiday season was great on the MacOS Atari emulation side of things, in many fronts. If you are not aware, since MacOS Sierra release, some core functions used by the Atari800MacX emulator were deprecated and the consequence of that was that the emulator had no sound anymore, and also the full screen was broken. The only workaround for…

The “to-go” Atari emulator for Mac, Atari800MacX emulator has problems when used with MacOS Sierra, where the sound won’t work at all. If you really depend on it to run your favorite Atari software on Mac, you have another option. Altirra, an excellent Atari emulator for Windows was re-packaged to run on MacOS, using a standalone Wine bundle. Wine (originally an acronym…