move hints on how to run binaries from the target specific pages to the intro page, where they should be.

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<article>
<title>Gamate System specific information for cc65
<author>
<url url="mailto:groepaz@gmx.net" name="Groepaz/Hitmen">
<url url="mailto:groepaz@gmx.net" name="Groepaz">
<abstract>
An overview over the Gamate runtime system as it is implemented for the
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<sect>Other hints<p>
<itemize>
<item>The Gamate is emulated by MESS (<url url="http://www.mess.org/">),
run like this: <tt>mess gamate -debug -window -skip_gameinfo -cart test.bin</tt>
</itemize>
some resources on the Gamate:
<itemize>
<item><url url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamate">
<item>some resources on the Gamate: <url url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamate">
</itemize>
<sect>License<p>

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<url url="mailto:uz@cc65.org" name="Ullrich von Bassewitz">,<newline>
<url url="mailto:cbmnut@hushmail.com" name="CbmNut">,<newline>
<url url="mailto:greg.king5@verizon.net" name="Greg King">,<newline>
<url url="mailto:groepaz@gmx.net" name="Groepaz">,<newline>
<url url="mailto:stephan.muehlstrasser@web.de" name="Stephan M&uuml;hlstrasser">
<abstract>
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Start the desired version of the emulator (CBM610 programs run on
the CBM II &lsqb;<tt/xcbm2/&rsqb; emulator).
In the Windows versions of VICE, choose <bf>File&gt;Autoboot disk/tape
image...</bf>, choose your executable, and click <bf/OK/.
In the Unix versions, hold down the mouse's first button. Move the pointer to
<bf>Smart-attach disk/tape...</bf>, and release the button. Choose your
executable, and click <bf/Autostart/.
Choose <bf>File&gt;Autostart disk/tape image...</bf>, choose your executable,
and click <bf/OK/.
The file has a 14-byte header which corresponds to a PRG-format BASIC program,
consisting of a single line, similar to this:
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prompt.
<sect1>Gamate<p>
Before you can run the cartridge image produced by the linker, the binary has to
be patched using the <bf/gamate-fixcart/ tool that is included in the cc65
package in the util/gamata directory.
<tscreen><verb>
gamate-fixcart <image.bin>
</verb></tscreen>
<sect2>MESS<p>
Available at <url
url="https://www.mamedev.org">:
MESS (Multiple Emulator Super System) is a multi system emulator that emulates
various cc65 targets. It once started as a MAME fork, but was marged into MAME
again at some point.
<tscreen><verb>
mess gamate -debug -window -skip_gameinfo -cart <image.bin>
</verb></tscreen>
<sect1>GEOS<p>
Available at <it/Click Here Software's/ <url
url="http://cbmfiles.com/geos/index.html" name="GEOS download section">:
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</quote>
<quote>
VICE even has different ways that depend on which operating system is running
the emulator.
<itemize>
<item>In Windows, you must click on <bf/Options/ (in an always visible menu).
Then, you must click on <bf/True drive emulation/.
<item>In Unix, you must <em/hold down/ the second button on your mouse. Move
the pointer down to <bf/Drive settings/. Then, move the pointer over to
<bf/Enable true drive emulation/. (If there is a check-mark in front of
those words, that feature already is turned on -- then, move the pointer
off of that menu.) Release the mouse button.
</itemize>
In VICE, got to <bf/Settings/ -> <bf/Settings/, then <bf/Peripherial devices/ ->
<bf/Drive/. Then, you must enable the <bf/True drive emulation/ checkbox.
</quote>
Find the <bf/CONVERT/ program on the boot disk &lsqb;tap the 6-key; then, you
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The output is shown in a GEOS dialog box; click <bf/OK/ when you have finished
reading it.
Alternatively you can use the <bf/c1541/ program that comes with VICE to write the
file to a disk image directly in GEOS format, so it can be used in GEOS directly
without having to use the <bf/CONVERT/ program.
<tscreen><verb>
c1541 -attach geos.d64 -geoswrite hello1
</verb></tscreen>
<sect1>Nintendo Entertainment System<p>
<sect2>Mednafen (NES)<p>
Available at <url
url="https://mednafen.github.io/releases/">:
Mednafen is a multi system emulator that emulates a couple of the supported
targets of cc65: Apple II/II+, Atari Lynx, Nintendo Entertainment System and
PC Engine/TurboGrafx 16.
<tscreen><verb>
mednafen -force_module nes <image.bin>
</verb></tscreen>
<sect1>Ohio Scientific Challenger 1P<p>
The <tt/osic1p/ runtime library returns to the boot prompt when the main()
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After hitting the RETURN key, you should see the boot prompt again.
<sect1>PC Engine/TurboGrafx 16<p>
For the cartridge image produced by the linker to work in emulators and on real
hardware, its content must be rearranged so the first 8k block becomes the last
8k block in the image.
For example, for a 32k image this can be done using <bf/dd/ as follows:
<tscreen><verb>
dd if=infile.bin bs=8K skip=3 > outfile.pce
dd if=infile.bin bs=8K count=3 >> outfile.pce
</verb></tscreen>
<sect2>Mednafen<p>
Available at <url
url="https://mednafen.github.io/releases/">:
Mednafen is a multi system emulator that emulates a couple of the supported
targets of cc65: Apple II/II+, Atari Lynx, Nintendo Entertainment System and
PC Engine/TurboGrafx 16.
<tscreen><verb>
mednafen -force_module pce <image.pce>
</verb></tscreen>
<sect1>Contributions wanted<p>
We need your help! Recommended emulators and instructions for other targets

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<article>
<title>PC-Engine (TurboGrafx 16) System-specific information for cc65
<author><url url="mailto:groepaz@gmx.net" name="Groepaz/Hitmen">,<newline>
<author><url url="mailto:groepaz@gmx.net" name="Groepaz">,<newline>
<url url="mailto:greg.king5@verizon.net" name="Greg King">
<abstract>
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<sect>Other hints<p>
<itemize>
<item><url url="https://mednafen.github.io/" name= "Mednafen"> is a good
emulator to use for the PC-Engine.
</itemize>
Some useful resources on PCE coding:
<itemize>