README.TXT 9-OCTOBER-2004

!! ABBUC EDITION CD !!

WHAT DO I NEED?
-Atari 800XL minimum.
-MyIDE interface.
-Assembly language.
-IDE hard drive that supports block mode.
-SIO2PC / APE, a connection between your Atari and your PC.

WHAT MUST I DO?
-Modify the upload / viewer programs (read below) to match your IDE-drive.
-Create the 4 OBJect files. HDW16V.OBJ, HDW16S.OBJ, AVI16G.OBJ, AVI16B.OBJ
-Copy the movie you like to upload to your C: drive.
-Rename these files to ATARI.MOV (video-stream) and ATARI.RAW (audio-stream).
-Load your C: drive as D2: in APE.
-Run your created HDW16V.OBJ at address 8000 to upload the video-stream.
-Run your created HDW16S.OBJ at address 8000 to upload the audio-stream.
-Load the correct video-driver. DIS16G.OBJ for normal 4:3 movies and
 DIS16B.OBJ for 2:1 wide screen movies.
-Run AVI16G.OBJ at address 8000 to view a uploaded 4:3 movie (normal TV).
-Run AVI16B.OBJ at address 8000 to view a uploaded 2:1 movie (wide screen).

HOW DO I MODIFY AND CREATE THE PROGRAMS I NEED?
You need to create 4 object files to download and view a Atari-movie.
Please note that each movie need to be stored directly onto the cylinders
of your hard drive. The MyIDE-software is NOT needed to do this. The
programs contain HI-SPEED routines to upload and view.
Load your assembly language and start with HDW16V.LST
The top 1-50 lines contain information about your IDE-interface and drive
parameters. Please change this to match your IDE-interface and IDE-drive.
Then compile this to disk, named HDW16V.OBJ.
Do the same for these programs: HDW16S.LST, AVI16G.LST and AVI16B.LST
and compile them to HDW16S.OBJ, AVI16G.OBJ and AVI16B.OBJ
All programs have labels and remarks to show you how it works.
LABELS TO CHANGE:
+--------------------------------------------------------+
| Note that the .OBJ files are configured for            |
| a internal IDE-drive with these parameters:            |
| ENOUGH cylinders, 15 heads, 63 sectors.                |
| The movie is stored at cylinder $1F28 and up.          |
+--------------------------------------------------------+
| If you have a other drive, simply change the following |
| labels in the source-code and compile them:            |
| PORT= (D100 for internal IDE or D500 for external)     |
| MHD= heads+160                                         |
| MSC= sectors+1                                         |
| YY= cylinder store/read LOW address                    |
| XX= cylinder store/read HIGH address                   |
+--------------------------------------------------------+

TIPS AND TRICKS, ALSO THE HELP ME-ITEMS.
-If you already have a D2: on your IDE-drive, disable the drivers
 by pressing SHIFT-CONTROL-D. Remember to do this every time your
 system does a soft-reset (software) or hard-reset (you pressed it).
 Otherwise, you can not upload the movie to your drive.
-Uploading is slow, due to the SIO-port of the Atari. The disk-image
 has a TURBO-DOS that supports HIGH-SPEED I/O. Set APE to 3x SIO then
 boot the image. Now you can upload 3 times as fast!
 On average I get 10 Mb/hour at 3xSIO onto my hard drive.
-When you play a video. Sound but no picture, you have forgotten
 to load the video-driver. DIS16G.OBJ for normal movies, DIS16B.OBJ
 for wide screen movies before starting the viewer.
-When you play a video. Sound but the picture is scrambled, you
 probably have loaded the wrong video-driver or viewer.
 DIS16G.OBJ and AVI16G.OBJ is for normal 4:3 movies.
 DIS16B.OBJ and AVI16B.OBJ is for wide screen 2:1 movies.
-Email me at info@mr-atari.com for other questions.