Re: [Atari800-users] Atari800-users Digest, Vol 139, Issue 5

[Chris C. <chr...@gm...>]

Beta channel? What the heck is a beta channel, and how do you get to it?

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>    1. Colleen 4.3.1 released (Petr Stehl?k)
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> Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2026 22:29:40 +0200
> From: Petr Stehl?k <pst...@so...>
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> Subject: [Atari800-users] Colleen 4.3.1 released
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> Hi all,
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> I have just released Colleen 4.3.1 with a few small but hopefully
> useful fixes: the android navigation buttons are hidden, the new disk
> drive icons should not overlap the emulated screen and the console keys
> are brighter a bit.
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> It's currently (or very soon will be) in the beta channel on Google
> Play and if you say it's better than 4.3.0 I'll move it from beta to
> public.
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> I've also uploaded the APK here:
> https://github.com/atari800/atari800/releases/tag/ATARI800_7_1_2
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> Enjoy,
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> Petr
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> Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2026 16:14:10 +1000
> From: Miro Krop??ek <mir...@gm...>
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> Subject: Re: [Atari800-users] try Project-M on Atari800 v7.1.0
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> On Sun, 26 Jul 2026 at 05:14, Petr Stehl?k <pst...@so...> wrote:
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> > Since then, we've been mocked at every possible occasion because our
> > Atari800 emulator couldn't run that demo with correct graphics.
> >
> [..]
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> > Atari800 now has cycle-accurate POKEY interrupt emulation:
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> If you don't want to be mocked for another 15 years, I'd be more careful
> with statements like this ;). Project M runs, yes, but:
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> - the implemented cycle-exact IRQ had a bug, it was triggered too late or
> not at all (I have fixed it in master in the meantime)
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> - there are many other POKEY inaccuracies, in fact most of the POKEY tests
> in the Acid800 test are failing. So I have added a sort of unit test using
> Acid800 so we can see what needs to be improved ("make check").
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