[Atari800-users] Atari800 v7.0.0 released

[Petr S. <pst...@so...>]

Hi,

I have just released version 7.0.0 of the Atari800 emulator. I
increased the major version number because this release is rather
significant: it's the first release ever to welcome new users with the
familiar Atari Self Test, provided the host machine is connected to the
Internet.

An even cooler feature is mounting disk images directly from the
Internet. You need to try something like this:

$ atari800 https://a8.fandal.cz/download.php?files_id=2780

I am extremely excited about this new feature, and I can already see
some very interesting use cases :-)

I spent more than a hundred hours on getting all the binaries built
automatically, on producing both installable and portable Windows
binaries (as users requested) and on special support for Windows
binaries.

Version 7.0.0 (2026/06/27) — the first with built-in Internet downloads
=======================================================================

 New features:

  * Auto-download missing OS/BASIC ROMs from the Internet
  * Mount zipped disk images directly from the Internet
  * Portable mode — config file and data storage next to the executable

 Platform specific:

  * Windows: both installer executable, portable zip archive
  * Windows: app icon, MP3 recording support
  * Windows: win32-no-network build for XP compatibility
  * macOS: ready-to-run .dmg archive
  * Linux: AppImage builds (x86_64 + i386)
  * Android: auto-download ROMs, upgrade dialog

 Changes to config file search order:

  1. --config argument — exact path given on command line
  2. Portable exe dir — exe_dir/.atari800.cfg if exe dir is writable
  3. $HOME default — ~/.atari800.cfg (if neither of the above applies)

  plus $HOME now respects MS Windows specifics (USERPROFILE etc.)

  If the resolved path (1, 2, or 3) doesn't exist:
  4. HOME fallback — try ~/.atari800.cfg (only in portable mode)
  5. System-wide — /etc/atari800.cfg (only if steps 1-4 all failed)
  6. Fresh defaults — create new config at the path from step 1/2/3

P.S. AppImage and Windows binaries have been updated within 5 hours
after release so whoever downloaded them before this mail went out
might want to re-download them.

Also, please send me binaries for Raspberry Pi and all other platforms.