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- (C) 1998-2002 Oliver Lenz
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- 1. INTRODUCTION
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- This is the windows version of Arnimedes, an Amstrad CPC emulator.
- It's completely rewritten and offers some improvements:
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- - cycle exact emulation
- - new sound emulation
- - digiblaster
- - read digital tape files (CDT/TZX, WAV, VOC)
- - can read and write V3 Snapshots
- - improved CRTC emulation
- - extended DSK support
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- However, some things are still missing or broken:
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- - the debugger has gone
- - timing problems with DirectSound
- - some bugs in the CRTC emulation
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- Arnimedes needs Windows 95 or higher, DirectX 7 or higher and 32 MB RAM.
- A Pentium II class processor or faster is recommended. Screen resolution is
- fixed to 800x600 32bit truecolor. All DirectX compatible Soundcards / Joysticks
- are supported.
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- Arnimedes is freeware, I retain the copyright. You can copy it to friends or
- make it available for download as long as no unusual fee is requested. If you
- spread this program you may not modify any files of it. Arnimedes is provided
- with no warranty of any kind; you use all included programs at your own risk.
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- 2. INSTALLATION
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- No big deal. Extract the ZIP file into an empty directory, be sure that
- subdirectories are extracted, and start WINARNIE.EXE.
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- 3. USING THE EMULATOR
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- In this chapter I will explain how to load programs from disk and tape.
- But first, let's start with a short look at the function keys:
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- F3 -> Insert disk in drive A: - 'Insert' a disk file (*.DSK) in Drive A
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- F4 -> Insert disk in drive B: - Same thing for Drive B
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- F5 -> Load a snapshot
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- F6 -> Save 64K snapshot
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- F7 -> Save 128K snapshot - Some games are using the second 64 KB bank of the
- CPC 6128. Use 128K snapshots to save them correctly.
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- F8 -> Reset button
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- F10 -> Main menu (see chapter 4)
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- F12 -> Exit
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- Loading from DSK images:
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- Disk images (*.DSK) are loaded from the DISK directory by default. You can
- download some DSK files from my homepage www.arnimedes.de, or, if you are
- looking for something in particular, visit ftp://ftp.nvg.ntnu.no/pub/cpc.
- First of all, you have to insert a disk image by pressing F3. Then type CAT
- and look at the filenames to find the loader. For some games this is DISC.BAS
- Now try to start it by typing: RUN "DISC"
- Some games don't have any filenames in the directory. In this case, try to
- start the game with |CPM.
- You can select disk drives A: and B: by typing |A or |B.
- To save a BASIC program to disk, simply type SAVE "filename".
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- Loading from tape:
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- Digital tape images can be found at http://tzxvault.retrogames.com/Amstrad
- Type |TAPE to access the emulated tape. Press F10 and select
- File -> Tape -> Insert CDT/TZX or WAV/VOC. You should get a list of tape files
- if you put some in the TAPE directory. Select one and close the menu. Back in
- the emulation, type RUN" and press enter, then any key. The program should be
- loading now.
- To access the disk drive again, enter |DISC.
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- 4. MAIN MENU
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- System->Reset: Hard reset of the CPC
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- System->Info : Short information
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- System->Exit : Exit the emulator and return to windows
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- File->Disk Drive A: -> Insert disk : 'Insert' disk file. (see chapter 3)
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- File->Disk Drive A: -> Eject : 'Remove' disk file
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- File->Disk Drive A: -> New blank disk: Creates a new disk file in data format
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- File->Disk Drive A: -> Write protect : If selected, the disk file can't be
- changed
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- File->Disk Drive B: -> same as for drive A:
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- File->Snapshots->Load snapshot : Load snapshot from SNAP directory
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- File->Snapshots->Save 64K snapshot : creates normal snapshot
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- File->Snapshots->Save 128K snapshot : creates snapshot including the extra 64K
- RAM of the CPC 6128
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- File->Snapshots->Set snapshot version: Use version 2 if you want the snapshots
- to be compatible with older emulators
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- File->Tape->Insert CDT/TZX : insert tape file (see chapter 3 for details)
- File->Tape->Insert WAV/VOC : use sampled CPC tape
- File->Tape->Eject tape : remove the tape
- File->Tape->Rewind to start: goes back to the start of the tape
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- Options->General : Different settings for CPC emulation: CPC type (464, 664,
- 6128), RAM size from 64K up to 576K, CRTC type, Company
- name in startup screen.
- You can add 15 expansion ROMs from here. AMSDOS should be
- in ROM 7 for normal operation.
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- Options->Joystick : -Emulate with NUM block: uses keys 2,4,6,8 and 5 of the
- numeric block to emulate a joystick
- -Use first PC joystick : joystick will be used for
- emulation
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- Options->Video : Screen type (color, green, b/w) and Scanlines on/off
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- Options->Sound : -Sound : turns sound on or off
- -Stereo : emulates the CPC stereo sound if selected
- -Digiblaster: digiblaster emulation on/off
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- Options->Directories: If you already have some DSKs, ROMs, Snapshots or tape
- files, you can set the standard directories here. File
- selectors will start in the corresponding directories.
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- Options->Save Config: Saves the current configuration, it will be used at
- next startup.
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- 5. VERSION HISTORY
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- V0.8 [07.04.2000] - first public release
- V0.8a [15.04.2000] - fixed ROM banking for ROM select address 10..14
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- V1.0 [18.07.2002] - new windows version
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- Feel free to drop me a line if you have a question:
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- HOMEPAGE : www.arnimedes.de
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- E-MAIL : toxic@arnimedes.de
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- ICQ # : 69947335
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- SNAIL-MAIL: Oliver Lenz
- Jakobsweg 31
- 64625 Bensheim