Re: [hatari-devel] Re: Disabling GEMDOS HD emulation (was EmuCON behaviour in the cartridge target)

[Nicolas Pomarède <npomarede@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Le 20/08/2018 à 00:26, Thorsten Otto a écrit :
> BTW this is all only needed because (part of) the GEMDOS emulation is placed
> in the cartridge ROM area. There should be other ways to do this, making that
> area free for real cartridges. That would also follow the principle of Hatari
> of not being distinguishable from real HW; currently a user program could just
> look at the cartridge area and check some magics there.

Hi

yes, maybe it could be written differently and intercept OS calls in a 
"stealthier" way, but I never really looked at this part to see what 
this would imply.

It's true that as it appears like a cartridge, some programs (a few 
demos) will refuse to start when HD emulation is ON, because it could be 
a "ripper" cartdridge. It's in the documentation, but it's sure it might 
not be obvious for newcomers.

Nicolas