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- PC Xformer 3.0 - The Atari 130XE Emulator For MS-DOS Compatible PCs
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- PC Xformer 2.5 - The Atari 800XL Emulator For MS-DOS Compatible PCs
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- November 10, 1994.
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- For more information, a product catalog, or to place an order, contact:
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- Darek Mihocka, c/o
- Branch Always Software
- 14150 N.E. 20th Street
- Suite 302
- Bellevue, WA 98007 U.S.A.
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- Phone: 206-369-5513 Fax: 206-885-5893 Compuserve: 73657,2714 GEnie: BRASOFT
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- PC Xformer 2.5 is a free emulator for MS-DOS users who wish to run their old
- Atari 400/800 and Atari 800XL software on their PC. The file XF25.ZIP is today
- being released to the online services Compuserve, Delphi, and GEnie, and the
- Internet. The ZIP file contains the PC Xformer 2.5 emulator, and various sample
- Atari 800XL programs and demos.
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- Also being released today is PC Xformer 3.0, the world's only 130XE emulator
- for MS-DOS, Windows 3.1, OS/2 Warp, Windows 95, and Windows NT.
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- PC Xformer 3.0 is a powerful 32-bit version of PC Xformer, which runs up to
- 8 times faster than a real 130XE (on a Pentium) and is the only 8-bit emulator
- ever to fully support display list interrupt, player missile graphics, and
- GTIA graphics. PC Xformer 3.0 is available for only $29.95 U.S.
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- PC Xformer 3.0 also includes over 40 pages of documentation covering the use
- of the emulator as well as Atari Basic, Atari DOS 2.5, MyDOS, graphics modes,
- sound, error messages, and a complete glossary of Atari 8-bit terminology.
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- PC Xformer 3.0 also includes over 1 megabyte of public domain and shareware
- Atari 800, Atari 800XL, and Atari 130XE software ready to run on the emulator.
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- Both PC Xformer 2.5 and PC Xformer 3.0 run on a minimum configuration of
- an MS-DOS (or compatible) based PC, 640K of RAM, and a VGA card. PC Xformer 2.5
- is a 16-bit program which runs on 286, 386, 486, and Pentium processors, while
- PC Xformer 3.0 only runs on 386, 486, and Pentium processors.
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- Features
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- Many of the limitations of our old ST Xformer emulator and other clone Atari
- emulators have been eliminated in PC Xformer. PC Xformer is written mostly
- in machine language and takes full advantage of the PC hardware.
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- Features common to both PC Xformer 2.5 and PC Xformer 3.0 include:
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- - 48K Atari 400/800 emulation
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- - 64K Atari 800XL emulation with "RAM under ROM" memory
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- - allows user installable patches to the OS and BASIC
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- - displays all ANTIC text and graphics modes, including GTIA modes
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- - 256 color GTIA color palette
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- - displays player missile graphics (no collision detection)
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- - horizontal and vertical fine scrolling
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- - supports display list interrupts, IRQ, and NMI interrupts
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- - reads and writes to ST Xformer and SIO2PC generated disk images
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- - reads MS-DOS files directly from within Atari DOS
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- - switch Atari BASIC on/off with one keystroke
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- - switch between Atari 400/800 and Atari 800XL emulation with one keystroke
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- - joystick emulation using the keyboard cursor keys
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- - full speed emulation on a 386/33 or faster
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- - slow and fast modes of emulation to take advantage of fast PCs
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- - compatible with all VGA cards
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- In addition, PC Xformer 3.0 adds features including these:
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- - 130XE emulation with 256K of extended XE memory
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- - player missile graphics with full collision detection
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- - on-the-fly disk image swapping
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- - 4 voices of sound, printer, and modem support
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- - real joystick support
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- - 386 optimized code for faster speed
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- - over 1 megabyte of sample Atari 8-bit programs
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- - over 40 pages of 8-bit Atari reference documentation
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- Below is a list of processors and the approximate speed of emulation relative
- to an Atari 800:
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- - 286/16 - 0.3
- - 386SX/20 - 0.5
- - 386DX/33 - 1.0
- - 486DX/33 - 2.0
- - 486DX2/66 - 4.0
- - Pentium/90 - 8.0
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- 486 and Pentium users can use the slow/fast option to slow down the emulator
- to normal Atari 800 speed or let it run as fast as possible.
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- PC Xformer 3.0 can be ordered for $29.95 U.S. directly from Branch Always
- Software at the address above, or from these and other fine Atari dealers:
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- B & C Computervisions (U.S.A.) phone: 408-986-9960 fax: 408-986-9968
- Mid Cities Computers (U.S.A.) phone: 310-867-0626 fax: 310-920-8933
- Rising Star Computers (U.S.A.) phone: 800-252-2787 fax: 513-254-7970
- Toad Computers (U.S.A.) phone: 800-448-TOAD fax: 410-544-1329
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- In addition, our Gemulator 3.02 Atari ST Emulator for MS-DOS can also be
- purchased from the above dealers and these international dealers:
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- ACN (Holland and Germany) phone: +31 23351100 fax: +31 23361444
- FaST Club (U.K.) phone: +44 602445250 fax: +44 602445305
- Ordosoft (France) phone: +33 47547942 fax: +33 47513726
- Paragon Computers (Australia) phone: +61 92213216 fax: +61 93258251
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