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EstyJS 2.0 (emulator for the Atari ST, written in 100% pure JavaScript)

69 points by nynyny7 2y ago

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mistyvales 2y ago
Be cool if it supported midi in browser for cubase jungle makin'!
- cmrdporcupine 2y ago
  The MIDI support in _all_ the emulators I've seen has been fairly... not-great... overall. I should look again but I remember reading through the source for Aranym around this and being pretty disappointed. Must... resist... temptation... to write my own
  - NikkiA 2y ago
    I've used STEEM to run Dr T's fairly extensively, with Midi I/O routed to either VSTHost or Reaper running as a midi rack, using loopMIDI and never really had a problem other than the occasion where I forget which way is in and out and end up with loopMIDI disabling ports due to feedback loops.
    - cmrdporcupine 2y ago
      to be fair last time i looked at steem for midi was... 20+ years ago
- mycall 2y ago
  ProTracker ST or Arkos Tracker 2 would do great for that
- sourcepluck 2y ago
  Would this be of interest to you: https://github.com/8bitbubsy/pt2-clone https://github.com/8bitbubsy/pt2-clone
williamstein 2y ago
Within seconds I found GFA basic (which I spent endless time programming in as a kid), and got it running. Unfortunately, I can't figure out how type an "=" (equals) character from my Mac laptop.
- williamstein 2y ago
  I switched to using Firefox instead of Chrome and now "=" works! :-) I'm using GFA Basic from https://www.atarimania.com/pgesoft.awp?version=29409 https://www.atarimania.com/pgesoft.awp?version=29409
andybak 2y ago
Can it run Llamatron?
- tomxor 2y ago
  :D This was the primary function of my ST.
j45 2y ago
I have been told Revenge of the Mutant Camels is a cult classic worth experiencing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cqt86q2PIxQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cqt86q2PIxQ
car 2y ago
What's with the influx of Atari ST postings lately? I'm surely enjoying it! Can EstyJS run in monochrome (640 x 400) mode? There were some great games in b&w, like Bolo and Oxyd [0] by Meinolf Amekudzi. I remember studying the 'Hitchhikers Guide to the BIOS' [1], which was the only piece of documentation I initially had for the ST when it had just come out. If I'm not mistaken, it did ship with a C compiler and assembler. [0] https://www.atariuptodate.de/en/authors/meinolf-amekudzi-1044/ https://www.atariuptodate.de/en/authors/meinolf-amekudzi-104... [1] https://archive.org/details/rearc_atari-st-e-tt-toolkit-b1-30-a-hitchhikers-guide-to-the-bios-1990-03-05/mode/2up https://archive.org/details/rearc_atari-st-e-tt-toolkit-b1-3...
- TheAmazingRace 2y ago
  Hey I'm all for the postings too. It's a great system that really got me into learning assembly for the first time as well.
carra 2y ago
Not sure if I am I the only one but, when reading emulator FOR the Atari ST, I thought this would be an emulator for something else running in the ST.
pjmlp 2y ago
My only complaint would be that it doesn't lock the mouse, so it is a bit confusing having two mices, other than that, great achievement.
- car 2y ago
  You actually can do that by pressing the 'lock' button below the 'monitor'.
  - pjmlp 2y ago
    Ah that wasn't clear to me, thanks.
cies 2y ago
Can it run Cubase? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlspnqVcJho https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlspnqVcJho
1kaizen 2y ago
Oh the ST... :-) Back in school in 1994 I was into DOS. But my friend insisted the ST was superior in every way. We wrote assembly games to impress eachother. One day he told me he was working for a company making games. I didn't really believe him back then. Turns out the company in question was UDS (Unique Development Systems) and he was in fact making games for the ST. We were 14 years old.
sourcepluck 2y ago
I feel like it's a festival of emulators these days. Or maybe that thing is happening where some new thing clicks into sharper focus for you, and then suddenly you see it everywhere. What was the name of that phenomenen, I feel I saw it on here at some stage...
- sourcepluck 2y ago
  Ahh, the Baader-Meinhof phenomenon, or Frequency Illusion. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frequency_illusion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frequency_illusion
  - oniony 2y ago
    I was just reading about the Baader-Meinhof phenomenon the other day, and now I'm seeing it mentioned everywhere.
    - sourcepluck 2y ago
      Aha. Classic. You might be tempted to think it was invented recently too, then, as per the related "recency illusion". Another one I've definitely fallen prey to.

69 points by nynyny7 2y ago

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mistyvales 2y ago

Be cool if it supported midi in browser for cubase jungle makin'!

cmrdporcupine 2y ago
The MIDI support in _all_ the emulators I've seen has been fairly... not-great... overall. I should look again but I remember reading through the source for Aranym around this and being pretty disappointed. Must... resist... temptation... to write my own
- NikkiA 2y ago
  I've used STEEM to run Dr T's fairly extensively, with Midi I/O routed to either VSTHost or Reaper running as a midi rack, using loopMIDI and never really had a problem other than the occasion where I forget which way is in and out and end up with loopMIDI disabling ports due to feedback loops.
  - cmrdporcupine 2y ago
    to be fair last time i looked at steem for midi was... 20+ years ago
mycall 2y ago
ProTracker ST or Arkos Tracker 2 would do great for that
sourcepluck 2y ago
Would this be of interest to you: https://github.com/8bitbubsy/pt2-clone https://github.com/8bitbubsy/pt2-clone

williamstein 2y ago

Within seconds I found GFA basic (which I spent endless time programming in as a kid), and got it running. Unfortunately, I can't figure out how type an "=" (equals) character from my Mac laptop.

williamstein 2y ago
I switched to using Firefox instead of Chrome and now "=" works! :-) I'm using GFA Basic from https://www.atarimania.com/pgesoft.awp?version=29409 https://www.atarimania.com/pgesoft.awp?version=29409

andybak 2y ago

Can it run Llamatron?

tomxor 2y ago
:D This was the primary function of my ST.

j45 2y ago

I have been told Revenge of the Mutant Camels is a cult classic worth experiencing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cqt86q2PIxQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cqt86q2PIxQ

car 2y ago

What's with the influx of Atari ST postings lately? I'm surely enjoying it! Can EstyJS run in monochrome (640 x 400) mode? There were some great games in b&w, like Bolo and Oxyd [0] by Meinolf Amekudzi. I remember studying the 'Hitchhikers Guide to the BIOS' [1], which was the only piece of documentation I initially had for the ST when it had just come out. If I'm not mistaken, it did ship with a C compiler and assembler. [0] https://www.atariuptodate.de/en/authors/meinolf-amekudzi-1044/ https://www.atariuptodate.de/en/authors/meinolf-amekudzi-104... [1] https://archive.org/details/rearc_atari-st-e-tt-toolkit-b1-30-a-hitchhikers-guide-to-the-bios-1990-03-05/mode/2up https://archive.org/details/rearc_atari-st-e-tt-toolkit-b1-3...

TheAmazingRace 2y ago
Hey I'm all for the postings too. It's a great system that really got me into learning assembly for the first time as well.

carra 2y ago

Not sure if I am I the only one but, when reading emulator FOR the Atari ST, I thought this would be an emulator for something else running in the ST.

pjmlp 2y ago

My only complaint would be that it doesn't lock the mouse, so it is a bit confusing having two mices, other than that, great achievement.

car 2y ago
You actually can do that by pressing the 'lock' button below the 'monitor'.
- pjmlp 2y ago
  Ah that wasn't clear to me, thanks.

cies 2y ago

Can it run Cubase? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlspnqVcJho https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlspnqVcJho

1kaizen 2y ago

Oh the ST... :-) Back in school in 1994 I was into DOS. But my friend insisted the ST was superior in every way. We wrote assembly games to impress eachother. One day he told me he was working for a company making games. I didn't really believe him back then. Turns out the company in question was UDS (Unique Development Systems) and he was in fact making games for the ST. We were 14 years old.

sourcepluck 2y ago

I feel like it's a festival of emulators these days. Or maybe that thing is happening where some new thing clicks into sharper focus for you, and then suddenly you see it everywhere. What was the name of that phenomenen, I feel I saw it on here at some stage...

sourcepluck 2y ago
Ahh, the Baader-Meinhof phenomenon, or Frequency Illusion. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frequency_illusion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frequency_illusion
- oniony 2y ago
  I was just reading about the Baader-Meinhof phenomenon the other day, and now I'm seeing it mentioned everywhere.
  - sourcepluck 2y ago
    Aha. Classic. You might be tempted to think it was invented recently too, then, as per the related "recency illusion". Another one I've definitely fallen prey to.