This page groups most of the documents that I have written under the name DrCoolZic or Jean Louis-Guerin.
Original document written by me
- Atari Hard Disk & File Systems Reference Guide (Revision V1.2b Sept 2010): I have created this document as a reference manual that I use personally to find specific information related to usage of Hard Disks. It provides technical information about the different File Systems used on the Atari platform as well as a practical guide for partitioning Atari Hard Disks (mainly SD Cards connected to Satan / UltraSatan Drive). An old version of the documentation is still available if you are using HDDRIVER 8.x or 7.x Atari Hard Disk & File Systems Reference Guide - V1.1b Jan 2010
- Atari Copy Protection Based on Key Disk: This document describe the floppy disk protection mechanisms used on the Atari platform.
- Atari ST FD / HD Programming: This document gives information about programming access at the hardware level to the floppy disk and hard disk on Atari ST platform. Access to the FD / HD involves programming several of the Atari chips: the DMA (DMA + MMU + Glue), the FDC, the MFP, and the PSG chips.
- Atari System Startup Sequence - Picture of the Atari startup Sequence
- Atari Image File Formats: Several documents that describes the file formats used by Emulators
Document Edited by me
- Pure C English Overview - This is a formated version of the Pure C English overview by Dan Wilga
- A Hitchhiker's Guide to the BIOS - This an high quality edited version of the original documentation from Atari Corp.
- WD1772 Datasheet - A completed/corrected high quality version of the WD177X datasheet
- Introduction to the Discovery Cartridge Documentation
- Discovery Cartridge - Dbackup Documentation
- C-Manship Clayton Walnum: The ST programming manual that teaches both C and GEM programming techniques