EmuTOS
| Developer | EmuTOS development team |
|---|---|
| Written in | C |
| Working state | Active |
| Source model | Free and open source software |
| Initial release | October 2001 |
| Latest release | 0.9.0 / 28 February 2013 |
| Repository | |
| Marketing target | Personal computers |
| Available in | Czech, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Italian, Russian, Spanish |
| Platforms | Atari ST, Firebee, Amiga |
| Default user interface | GEM |
| License | GPL v2 |
| Official website | emutos |
EmuTOS is a replacement for TOS (the operating system of the Atari ST and its successors), released as free software. It's mainly intended to be used with Atari emulators and clones, such as Hatari or FireBee. With it, the use of the old, proprietary TOS versions can be avoided, as they are usually difficult to obtain.
Features and compatibility
Unlike original TOS versions, latest EmuTOS can work (sometimes with limited HW support) on all Atari hardware,[1] and its latest version has support for features[2] lacking from older TOS versions: ColdFire CPU, IDE, (VFAT compatible) FAT16 support and emulators' "Native Features"[3] support.
EmuTOS currently lacks support for some deprecated OS APIs like line-A,[4] and (by design) there are also some differences on non-documented OS features. Because of this, some old demos and games don't work with it.[5]
EmuTOS doesn't yet have support for Atari Falcon sound matrix or DSP,[6] nor VDI graphics support for 8-bit and 16-bit resolutions. Because of this, most Atari Falcon specific games, demos and applications don't work with it.[7]
See also
References
External links
- EmuTOS - internationalized GPL version of TOS ROMs (based on open-sourced GEM sources Caldera bought from Novell in 1996 along with DR-DOS)
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