[Atari800-users] Altirra OS and Altirra BASIC are now built-in, can we remove EmuOS?

[Tomasz K. <tom...@in...>]

Hi,

When fixing the build of the Android port, I noticed that the
implementation of the Altirra OS as built in the emulator, was somewhat
sub-optimal - it only provided a single OS ROM for both the 400/800 and
XL/XE modes, while in actual Altirra two separate OS ROMs are used in
these circumstances; and it didn't include the free BASIC replacement,
also available from Altirra.

I decided to upgrade this feature. Now there a four ROMs from Altirra
built in  Atari800 (all placed in src/roms/):
- AltirraOS for the Atari 400/800,
- AltirraOS for the Atari XL/XE,
- Altirra replacement BIOS for the 5200,
- Altirra BASIC.

It is now possible to use the emulator without providing the Atari
system ROMs at all.

The four Altirra ROMs are used automatically when the user has not
provided any OS ROMs by himself. They can also be selected in "System
settings" even when the original Atari ROMs are available.

Given that the Altirra ROMs make the old 2KB "EmuOS" redundant, I would
like to suggest complete removal of the EmuOS functionality. Building
Atari800 without the Altirra ROMs using --disable-altirra_bios (I guess
this might be useful for some embedded purposes) would still be
possible. In this case, the user would have to provide the necessary OS
ROMs or he would be unable to start emulation.

Any thoughts? 

Regards,
--Tomek