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Ray Chason: /* Font */ Better link for ARC

2026-06-20T00:59:26Z

‎Font: Better link for ARC

Ray Chason: Describe the bundled font

2026-06-20T00:51:41Z

Describe the bundled font

Ray Chason: Further notes on video modes

2023-07-29T02:19:49Z

Further notes on video modes

Ray Chason: /* Running under emulation */ typo

2023-07-29T00:38:03Z

‎Running under emulation: typo

Ray Chason: Running under Hatari, and a screenshot

2023-07-29T00:37:42Z

Running under Hatari, and a screenshot

Aximili at 23:58, 27 May 2021

2021-05-27T23:58:56Z

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2020-01-29T04:44:20Z

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{{wikipedia|Atari ST}}

Although '''Atari''' is better known for its historic game consoles, they also sometimes made computers. The '''Atari ST''' line of computers were capable of running ST Hack, a port of [[PC HACK 3.51]].

The first official NetHack distribution to support the Atari ST was [[NetHack 3.0.0]] in 1989. Support was dropped in version [[3.3.0]]<ref>https://nethack.org/v330/index.html</ref>, but was "resurrected" in version [[3.3.1]] by [[Marvin]].

The Atari ST continued to be supported all the way to [[3.4.3]]. However the DevTeam doesn't know if [[NetHack 3.6.5]] can compile or run on the Atari.<ref>https://github.com/NetHack/NetHack/blob/bd83b6e19412b44470bbd12f286525646489edaf/README</ref>

== References ==

<References />

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 == Font ==
-A font is bundled with the Atari port as outdated/sys/atari/atarifnt.uue. The file is [[wikipedia:uuencoding|uuencoded]], and once decoded, an [[wikipedia:ARC|ARC]]-compatible program is needed to extract the file HACKFNT.PRG.
+A font is bundled with the Atari port as outdated/sys/atari/atarifnt.uue. The file is [[wikipedia:uuencoding|uuencoded]], and once decoded, an [[wikipedia:ARC (file format)|ARC]]-compatible program is needed to extract the file HACKFNT.PRG.
 The file appears to be a program that sets the default screen font. Two bitmap fonts are included in the program; one has 16 lines per character and one has 8.  The 16-line bitmap begins at offset 0x038C in the file, and extends for 4096 bytes. It is organized as a raw monochrome bitmap, 2048 pixels wide and 16 pixels high. The 8-line bitmap appears after this, at offset 0x138C, and extends for 2048 bytes. It is 2048 pixels wide and 8 pixels high.
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       S_lava:                 \xd6
   finish
 == References ==

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	F11 and F12 are meaningful to Hatari; F11 toggles full screen mode, while F12 pops up a configuration menu (which seems to have some bugs; using command line options is recommended).		F11 and F12 are meaningful to Hatari; F11 toggles full screen mode, while F12 pops up a configuration menu (which seems to have some bugs; using command line options is recommended).
		+
		+	== Font ==
		+
		+	A font is bundled with the Atari port as outdated/sys/atari/atarifnt.uue. The file is [[wikipedia:uuencoding\|uuencoded]], and once decoded, an [[wikipedia:ARC\|ARC]]-compatible program is needed to extract the file HACKFNT.PRG.
		+
		+	The file appears to be a program that sets the default screen font. Two bitmap fonts are included in the program; one has 16 lines per character and one has 8. The 16-line bitmap begins at offset 0x038C in the file, and extends for 4096 bytes. It is organized as a raw monochrome bitmap, 2048 pixels wide and 16 pixels high. The 8-line bitmap appears after this, at offset 0x138C, and extends for 2048 bytes. It is 2048 pixels wide and 8 pixels high.
		+
		+	The 16-line font is shown below. The image is doubled in size for readability.
		+
		+	[[File:Atarifnt16.png]]
		+
		+	The font resembles the default Atari character set, except for NetHack-specific glyphs in positions 0xC0 through 0xDA.
		+
		+	No configuration to use the font seems to be present. A possible minimum configuation follows, using what some of the glyphs appear to be intended for. Add this to the [[symset\|symbols file]] to make it available.
		+
		+	start: AtariFont
		+	Restrictions: primary
		+
		+	S_blcorn: \xc0
		+	S_brcorn: \xc1
		+	S_tlcorn: \xc2
		+	S_trcorn: \xc3
		+	S_tdwall: \xc4
		+	S_tuwall: \xc5
		+	S_trwall: \xc6
		+	S_tlwall: \xc7
		+	S_crwall: \xd8
		+	S_vwall: \xd9
		+	S_hwall: \xda
		+
		+	S_throne: \xd0
		+	S_altar: \xd1
		+	S_upstair: \xd2
		+	S_dnstair: \xd3
		+	S_upladder: \xd4
		+	S_dnladder: \xd5
		+	S_brupstair: \xd2
		+	S_brdnstair: \xd3
		+	S_brupladder: \xd4
		+	S_brdnladder: \xd5
		+	S_room: \xca
		+
		+	S_pool: \xd6
		+	S_lava: \xd6
		+	finish
		+

	== References ==		== References ==

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 where the "disk" directory becomes an emulated file system, and contains an unpacked NetHack distribution. You will need an [[wikipedia:LHA (file format)|LHA]]-capable archive program to unpack the official distributions.
 These function keys are meaningful:
-* F2 tries to toggle between the tiled and ASCII modes, but the ASCII mode doesn't seem to work.
+* F2 toggles between the tiled and ASCII modes. You may need to use control-R to redraw the map after using F2.
 * F3 toggles the visibility of the cursor on the map.
 * F4 looks like it selects a font, but produces only an error "Fontselector not available!"

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 * F2 tries to toggle between the tiled and ASCII modes, but the ASCII mode doesn't seem to work.
 * F3 toggles the visibility of the cursor on the map.
-* F4 l.oks like it selects a font, but produces only an error "Fontselector not available!"
+* F4 looks like it selects a font, but produces only an error "Fontselector not available!"
 F11 and F12 are meaningful to Hatari; F11 toggles full screen mode, while F12 pops up a configuration menu (which seems to have some bugs; using command line options is recommended).

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	The Atari ST continued to be supported all the way to [[3.4.3]]. However the DevTeam doesn't know if [[NetHack 3.6.5]] can compile or run on the Atari.<ref>https://github.com/NetHack/NetHack/blob/bd83b6e19412b44470bbd12f286525646489edaf/README</ref>		The Atari ST continued to be supported all the way to [[3.4.3]]. However the DevTeam doesn't know if [[NetHack 3.6.5]] can compile or run on the Atari.<ref>https://github.com/NetHack/NetHack/blob/bd83b6e19412b44470bbd12f286525646489edaf/README</ref>
		+
		+	== Running under emulation ==
		+	[[Image:Nethack-hatari.png\|thumb\|Screenshot of NetHack 3.4.3 running under Hatari.]]
		+
		+	[https://hatari.tuxfamily.org/ Hatari] provides a usable emulation of various Atari ST models. It requires a ROM to run, but [https://emutos.sourceforge.io/ EmuTOS] provides legal ROM images sufficient to run NetHack.
		+
		+	The built-in video modes don't produce a good user experience. The color modes do not have sufficient resolution, and only show a tiny portion of the map. The monochrome mode refuses to load the [[tileset]]. A usable screen results with these options:
		+
		+	hatari --memsize 8 --harddrive disk --vdi true --vdi-planes 4 --vdi-width 640 --vdi-height 480
		+
		+	where the "disk" directory becomes an emulated file system, and contains an unpacked NetHack distribution. You will need an [[wikipedia:LHA (file format)\|LHA]]-capable archive program to unpack the official distributions.
		+
		+	These function keys are meaningful:
		+	* F2 tries to toggle between the tiled and ASCII modes, but the ASCII mode doesn't seem to work.
		+	* F3 toggles the visibility of the cursor on the map.
		+	* F4 l.oks like it selects a font, but produces only an error "Fontselector not available!"
		+
		+	F11 and F12 are meaningful to Hatari; F11 toggles full screen mode, while F12 pops up a configuration menu (which seems to have some bugs; using command line options is recommended).

	== References ==		== References ==

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 {{wikipedia|Atari ST}}
-Although '''Atari''' is better known for its historic game consoles, they also sometimes made computers. The '''Atari ST''' line of computers were capable of running ST Hack, a port of [[PC HACK 3.51]].
+Although '''Atari''' is better known for their historic game consoles, they also sometimes made computers. The '''Atari ST''' line of computers were capable of running ST Hack, a port of [[PC HACK 3.51]].
 The first official NetHack distribution to support the Atari ST was [[NetHack 3.0.0]] in 1989. Support was dropped in version [[3.3.0]]<ref>https://nethack.org/v330/index.html</ref>, but was "resurrected" in version [[3.3.1]] by [[Marvin]].