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![[ATARI] Altirra 2.30 Test IX](www/picphoto/19a443df1.jpg)
Altirra 2.30 test 9 [09.03.2013]
features added
- Display: Normal overscan mode now only shows 224 scanlines in NTSC mode instead of 240 (was: Display: Normal overscan mode now only shows 224 scanlines instead of 240.)
- Display: Altered full screen resolution selection to allow possibly unsupported modes for better access to 50Hz refresh modes.
bugs fixed
- Display: Enabled frame skip and reduced latency in full screen vsync mode.
author's comment:
- .. I also made some changes to the way that full-screen mode works so that latency should be lower now, especially if the display is running at 50Hz or 40Hz. Short version is that Direct3D sucks at both triple buffering and vsync so this version works around that with fences to keep latency down...
wstecz09/03/2013 12:50
I had access to a number of 8-bit computers in my childhood, but my most favorite was the Atari 800, a 1.79MHz 6502-based computer with color graphics and a disk drive, and which as the predecessor to the Amiga, another favorite of mine. Over a decade later, I was struck by both nostalgia and ambition and started to write a new 8-bit Atari emulator from scratch. This is the result.
At this point, I've learned a lot more about the Atari and Altirra now emulates more than I ever had or did years ago, but I still work on it periodically. It also serves as a modularity test for the VirtualDub code base, from which Altirra shares some components. If you are struck by nostalgia too or have a desire to do some Atari development, perhaps it might be useful to you, too.