Atari 800: v2 core-option categories + fix boot-tape reload on reset#137
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The option list had grown long and mostly uncategorized (24 options in the flat root plus a stray reference to a non-existent "5200" category). Distribute every option across the v2 categorized menu so the list reads at a glance: - System: Atari model, OS/BASIC ROMs, RAM expansions (Mosaic/Axlon/ MapRAM), XEP80, R-Time 8, stereo POKEY, legacy config file - Video / Input: unchanged, plus Joystick Autofire and the 5200 analog center moved into Input (the latter also fixes its dangling "5200" category_key) - Media (new): SIO acceleration, cassette boot, slow binary loading, cartridge autodetect, host P:/R: device redirection - On-Screen Display (new): speed %, disk/tape activity, sector/block counter, 1200XL LEDs Data-only change to option_defs_us category keys + option_cats_us; no behaviour change. Builds clean; RetroArch registers it via SET_CORE_OPTIONS_V2_INTL with no errors.
A machine-language boot tape loaded fine the first time but would not reload on Reset -- the machine came up on the green self-test screen instead. Cause: the cassette boot handshake in gtia.c consumes CASSETTE_hold_start once the tape boots (`CASSETTE_hold_start = CASSETTE_hold_start_on_reboot`), and hold_start_on_reboot defaulted to 0. So after the first boot hold_start was 0, and retro_reset's cold-start no longer held START, so the (rewound) tape never booted and the machine fell through to self-test. Set CASSETTE_hold_start_on_reboot alongside CASSETTE_hold_start from the "Cassette boot" core option: enabled -> 1 (hold_start survives the boot and every subsequent reset re-boots the tape), disabled -> 0 (unchanged; BASIC/CLOAD tapes still come up at the prompt for manual loading, so the recent reset fix for those is preserved).
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Two small Atari 800 improvements.
1. Group the flat option list into v2 categories
The core-options list had grown long and mostly uncategorized — 24 options sat in the flat root, plus a
pot_analog_centerreferencing a"5200"category that doesn't exist. This distributes every option across the v2 categorized menu:"5200"category key)Data-only change; no behaviour change. The intl file needs no edits (
options_intl[]only wires English).2. Reboot boot tapes on reset instead of dropping to self-test
A machine-language boot tape loaded fine the first time but would not reload on Reset — the machine came up on the AltirraOS/self-test screen instead.
Cause: the cassette boot handshake in
gtia.cconsumesCASSETTE_hold_startonce the tape boots (CASSETTE_hold_start = CASSETTE_hold_start_on_reboot), andhold_start_on_rebootdefaulted to 0. So after the first boothold_startwas 0, andretro_reset's cold-start no longer held START — the rewound tape never booted. NowCASSETTE_hold_start_on_rebootis set alongsideCASSETTE_hold_startfrom the "Cassette boot" option (enabled → 1, disabled → 0), so every reset re-boots the tape; BASIC/CLOAD tapes (disabled) still come up at the prompt.Verified end-to-end with a real .cas boot tape (Ace of Aces): with the fix, Reset reloads to the game's title screen; without it, Reset lands on the AltirraOS boot screen.