Helpful advice on using MTX by David Sharp & Martin Allcorn
Click on the icon bar to run the emulator. Type...
DISC x
...where x is a number from 0-6 to list the contents of the disc inside the disc dir inside !MTX. Then type...
LOAD "x.name"
...where x is the disc number and name is the filename to run the program. If MTX is too fast/slow its speed can be adjusted from the config window, accessed via the icon bar menu.
Control notes:
1) " is accessed via Shift-2
2) Home seems to be the fire key for most games (didn't they have a space bar on the MTX?!?)
3) Press the mouse MENU button to return to the desktop, then F12 followed by Return to clear the screen.
History Bit:
The MTX dates from 1983, it uses a Z80A CPU (4mhz), TMS9918 video
controller and a TI sound chip (can't remember the type)
Paged ROM and RAM were implemented (Max ROM 72k, RAM upto 512k)
The 24k standard ROM included BASIC, Assembler, Disassembler/Monitor
and a text language called 'Noddy', Standard RAM was 32/64k depending
on the version.
The emulator will grab enough memory to emulate 512k of RAM and 72k
of ROM (only original 24k included)
the Z80 cpu is fully implemented including undoccumented instructions
(DAA is only partially supported)
The keymap is patched for the Risc PC keyboard, The Rom entry points
for the casette are intercepted for Disc access, and the user keyword
