Here is the "official" NetHack 3.2.1 binary for Atari computers.
It was compiled with gcc 2.3.3 and the MiNT library,
patchlevel 34. Source code for this program is available
from many sites, including the nethack archive on
ftp.uu.net.

Please see the file "nhdata/license" for copying
conditions. NetHack is free, but it is *not* public
domain.

The following things are required to run this version of
NetHack on your ST, TT, or Falcon:

(1) At least 2 megabytes of RAM.

(2) Lots of disk space. "Lots" means a hard disk,
    probably. It *might* be possible to run from
    a 1.44 megabyte floppy, but this is untested.

The file "NetHack.cnf" has the configuration information
on it. You can edit this file with any plain ASCII editor.
Lines starting with '#' are comments. Customize this
as you see fit. If you're using a floppy disk, make
sure you change the HACKDIR, LEVELS, and SAVE variables.
If you have a ramdisk (I highly recommend one, it speeds
things up a lot) make sure RAMDISK is set appropriately,
otherwise make sure it is commented out. Note that
if you are using a floppy, LEVELS should point to the
floppy disk and you should definitely have a ramdisk,
to which RAMDISK should be pointed. NetHack will use
the ramdisk for as many of its temporary files as possible,
and when it runs out of room there it will start swapping
to the LEVELS directory.

The "nhdata" subdirectory contains all the data files
that nethack needs to run. If you want to try a
floppy based setup, you should put "nethack.tos",
"nethack.cnf", and (if appropriate) "nethack.mnu"
on one floppy, and everything from nhdata on the
other. Run nethack.tos, and after it starts up
put the second floppy in the drive.

The file "nethack.mnu" will provide nice menus for the
nethack.tos program, but only if you're running
MultiTOS with MINIWIN 1.1 or better. If not, you can
ignore this file. (Actually, it probably will work with
older versions of MINIWIN, but only if you delete the
lines starting with '#' and all blank lines. It won't
work with TOSWIN, and in fact will cause trouble with
TOSWIN :-( ).

The game should run in any resolution. When booting in
a low resolution mode (i.e. 40 columns of text), you may
get some warnings about the screen. Ignore these and keep
playing; the game should work OK.

If you have a color monitor, you'll get colors unless you've
set the "nocolor" option (or have "BIOS" turned off in
nethack.cnf). The number of colors you'll see on screen
depends of course on your resolution; in a 4 color mode
you'll see only red, green, black, and white, so not many
things will be colored on screen. In a 16, 256, or true color
mode you'll get more colors.


Happy hacking!

Eric Smith
ersmith@netcom.com

Bug reports should be sent to:
nethack-bugs@linc.cis.upenn.edu.

Make sure you specify what kind of computer you're
using (*definitely* mention that it's an Atari,
and tell us as much as possible about your TOS
setup, AUTO folder programs, etc.), tell us the
version of NetHack (3.2.1 for the one here),
and describe your problem in as much detail
as possible. We get a lot of bug reports, for a lot
of different machines (NetHack runs on everything
from small micros to mainframes), so without this
information we'll have a much harder time tracking
down bugs.