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'''EmuTOS''' is a replacement for [[Atari TOS|TOS]] (the operating system of the [[Atari ST]] and its successors), released as [[free software]]. It's mainly intended to be used with Atari [[emulator]]s and [[Clone (computing)|clones]], such as [[Hatari (emulator)|Hatari]] or [[Atari Coldfire Project|FireBee]]. With it, the use of the old, [[Proprietary software|proprietary]] TOS versions can be avoided, as they are usually difficult to obtain.

== Features and compatibility ==

Unlike the original TOS, the latest EmuTOS can work (sometimes with limited support) on all Atari hardware,<ref name="EmuTOS_doc">[http://emutos.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/emutos/emutos/doc/ EmuTOS documentation] - Readme files describing what HW different EmuTOS build variants support</ref> even on some [[Amiga]] computers, and has support for features<ref name="EmuTOS_v0-90">[http://emutos.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/emutos/emutos/doc/announce.txt?revision=1.28 v0.9.0 release announcement]</ref><ref name="EmuTOS_v0-91">[http://emutos.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/emutos/emutos/doc/announce.txt?revision=1.33 v0.9.1 release announcement]</ref><ref name="EmuTOS_v0-92">[http://emutos.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/emutos/emutos/doc/announce.txt?revision=1.36 v0.9.2 release announcement]</ref> not available before: ColdFire CPU, IDE, FAT partitions and emulators' "Native Features" support.<ref>[http://wiki.aranym.org/natfeats/proposal "Native Features" emulator specification]</ref>

Support lacks for some deprecated OS APIs, though most Line-A API functions are included.<ref name="EmuTOS_v0-92"/> By design differences on non-documented OS features may still exist. It has only some support for [[Atari Falcon]] sound matrix or [[Digital signal processor|DSP]],<ref>[http://emutos.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/emutos/emutos/doc/status.txt?revision=1.36 EmuTOS OS call support]</ref> and [[GEM VDI|VDI]] graphics support for 8-bit, not 16-bit resolutions. Therefore, certain old games, demos and applications, and also some Falcon specific software may not work.<ref>[http://hg.tuxfamily.org/mercurialroot/hatari/hatari/raw-file/tip/doc/emutos.txt Hatari emulator EmuTOS compatibility list]</ref>

== Releases ==

Release 0.9.1 brought support for [[Atari Coldfire Project|Firebee]] evaluation boards, 256 colours display for VIDEL systems and XBIOS DMA sound functions. [[EmuCON2]] with TAB completion, and renaming of folders was added. A full-featured desktop is also now included in the ROMs, amongst other changes.

Release 0.9.2 supports [[Secure Digital|SD]]/[[MultiMediaCard|MMC]] Cards, the external [[Parallel ATA|IDE]] connector and poweroff functions on the Firebee platform. [[CompactFlash]] can be used, IDE media handling, [[File Allocation Table|FAT]] partition and media change detection were enhanced. Fixes and improvements for EmuTOS-RAM booting, fVDI compatibility and general VDI speed, ACSI and XHDI support (see Atari TOS), are included, plus other changes.

== See also ==
* [[MiNT]]
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* [[Atari TOS]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
*[http://emutos.sourceforge.net EmuTOS] - internationalized [[GPL]] version of TOS ROMs (based on open-sourced [[Graphics Environment Manager|GEM]] sources [[Caldera (company)|Caldera]] bought from [[Novell]] in 1996 along with [[DR-DOS]])

[[Category:Atari ST software]]
[[Category:Disk operating systems]]
[[Category:Free software operating systems]]
[[Category:Atari operating systems]]
[[Category:GEM software]]

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