2.0.1
- updated (GB) internal name is 15 characters long only for GBC games. For GB
and SGB games it's 16 characters long. Updated ROM info and -n (by dbjh; thanks
to Anna Kubisty for reporting the problem and info)
- added (all) --xreset reset parallel port (by dbjh; thanks to Cyan Helkaraxe
for the idea)
- added (GBA) --sc convert to Super Card (CF to GBA Adapter)/SCZ; enables
"Saver patch", "restart to Menu" and "Real Time Save" (creates SAV and SCI
template) (by NoisyB)
- updated (NES) added support for new iNES header. Now --ntsc & --pal work also
for iNES files (by dbjh)
- updated (SMS/Game Gear) improved header length detection (by dbjh; many
thanks to Dweezledap for testing)
- added (N64) support for remaining 6101, 6103, and 6106 bootcodes (by
Parasyte)
- added (Coleco) recognition of Coleco ROMs (by NoisyB)
- added (Virtual Boy) recognition of Nintendo Virtual Boy ROMs (by NoisyB)
- updated (SMS/Game Gear) --smd produces a proper SMD header (by dbjh)
- updated (SMS/Game Gear) --smd does not interleave SMS or Game Gear files
anymore. As far as we know, no backup unit produces or is able to handle
interleaved SMS or Game Gear files (by dbjh; thanks to Matthias for verifying
this with his SMD)
- added (SNES) --idnum=NUM make --gd3 produce file names where first file has
numerical identifier NUM, next NUM + 1, etc. (by dbjh)
- updated (all) added alternative options for --rr83 & --force63 (--r83 &
--rjoliet respectively) (by NoisyB)
- updated (all) improved --r83 & --rjoliet (by dbjh)
- added (NDS) recognition of Nintendo DS ROMs (by NoisyB)
- added (Atari) recognition of Atari VCS 2600 ROMs (by NoisyB)
- added (all) --hfind=HEX find HEX codes in ROM (wildcard: '?') (by NoisyB)
- added (all) --hfindr=HEX like --hfind but looks also for shifted/relative
similarities (by NoisyB)
- added (all) --dfind=DEC find DEC codes in ROM (wildcard: '?') (by NoisyB)
- added (all) --dfindr=DEC like --dfind but looks also for shifted/relative
similarities (by NoisyB)
- updated (PCE) --multi now creates a multi-game file that will actually work
on the PCE-PRO (by dbjh; many thanks to Bryan Lama for reporting this bug and
for testing)
- updated (PCE) --xpce now correctly handles 3 and 4 Mbit games that are part
of a multi-game file (by dbjh; thanks to Bryan Lama for testing)
- updated (PCE, Genesis & SMS/Game Gear) --multi now produces more efficient
multi-game files which results in shorter upload times (by dbjh)
- updated (PCE, Genesis, SMS/Game Gear & SNES) all transfer options for ToToTEK
devices now check for the presence of the device (only the upload ROM options
used to do the check) (by dbjh)
- added (all) -r process subdirectories recursively (by NoisyB and dbjh)
- updated (SNES) improved reliability of --xgd3 (should reduce the frequency of
"File Size Error !") (by dbjh)
- added --help[=WHAT] WHAT=long,pad,dat,patch,backup,disc. Help output is now
smaller (by NoisyB)
- added (SNES) --mksrm create *.srm (SRAM) file with size based on ROM
information (by dbjh)
- updated FAQ with explanation about how to configure uCON64 for backup unit I/
O (through a parallel port) on 64-bit Windows (XP/2003/Vista/7/8/8.1/10) (by
dbjh)
- added (SNES) --xqd16 send ROM to Quickdev16 (by dbjh; thanks to David
Voswinkel for sending a patch)
2.0.2
- updated (SNES) --xqd16 can be aborted by pressing q on Mac OS X too (by dbjh;
many thanks to David Voswinkel for testing and sending a patch)
- updated (NES) --gg works properly for games using a mapper (by dbjh; thanks
to eadmaster for sending a bug report)
- updated (NES) --gg no longer accepts 6 digit codes. It lists all
corresponding 8 digit codes instead when given a 6 digit code (by dbjh)
- updated (Genesis) --gg modifies 2 bytes instead of 1 (by dbjh; thanks to
eadmaster for reporting the issue and testing)
- updated (Genesis) --ggd, --gge and --gg correctly handle Genesis patch values
(by dbjh; thanks to eadmaster for reporting the issue and testing)
- updated (SMS/Game Gear & GB) --gg can use the check byte (by dbjh)
2.0.3
- updated (NDS) fixed stupid mistake in reported device capacity (by dbjh)
- updated (NDS) fixed issue that caused ROMs with an incorrect SNES backup unit
header to be detected as Nintendo DS ROM dumps (by dbjh)
- updated (SNES) MinGW and Visual C++ ports can display colors again for --dbuh
(instead of ANSI escape sequences) (by dbjh)
- updated (SNES) fixed edge case in code of --dbuh for headered ROMs that are
not recognised as being for a specific backup unit (by dbjh)
- updated (all) upgraded unzip to version 1.01e. Did the same for libdiscmage
(by dbjh)
- updated (N64) fixed problem in Cygwin port of libcd64 with loading I/O
drivers (by dbjh)
- updated (all) fixed --hfind, --hfindr, --dfind and --dfindr, which I broke in
2.0.1. Also, 0 is no longer a wildcard and can be properly searched for.
Improved handling of non-printable characters (by dbjh)
2.1.0
- added (SNES) preliminary support for native Super UFO Pro 8 SD file format.
Use --ufosd to convert a file to Super UFO Pro 8 SD format. More information is
required for a full implementation and any help will be appreciated (by dbjh;
thanks to cage for his help)
- added (SNES) --ufosds convert *.srm (SRAM) file to Super UFO Pro 8 SD (by
dbjh; thanks to cage for the SRAM files)
- updated (SNES) added crack for Diddy's Kong Quest & Dixie Kong's Double
Trouble that makes those games run properly on the Super Flash. It has been
added to snescopy.txt, not to the internal cracks, because it may interfere
with the already present cracks of those games. Apply it with --pattern (by
dbjh, based on post by Tomy of ToToTEK on ToToTEK's Help & Support Forum)
- updated (all) fixed --xreset to really remove power from all programmable
pins (by dbjh)
- added (all) support for EPP when using a PCIe parallel port card that has its
ECP Extended Control register at a non-standard offset, i.e., most PCIe
parallel port cards. Specify the offset in the configuration file by changing
the line that starts with ecr_offset=. See the FAQ (question 53 and 54) for a
more elaborate explanation (by dbjh)
- updated (all) fixed several mistakes in how different pieces of code tried to
enable EPP or simply relied on a BIOS to have configured it right. As a result
the meaning of the switches --xfalm, --xgbxm and --xplm has been reversed (the
associated options use EPP mode by default and use SPP as fallback). Another
consequence is that UserPort can no longer be used as I/O driver (by dbjh)
- updated (SNES) improved --id to the point where its help text can be shown
(by dbjh)
- updated (SNES & Genesis) fixed several edge cases in MGD splitting code (by
dbjh)
- updated (SNES) fixed crash when splitting files in Game Doctor SF3 format >=
100 Mbit (by dbjh)
- updated (all) made --pattern more verbose when -v is specified (by dbjh)
- updated (GBA) made --crp more verbose when -v is specified (by dbjh)
- updated (SNES) made -k, -f & -l more verbose when -v is specified (by dbjh)
- updated (Genesis & PCE) made -f more verbose when -v is specified (by dbjh)
- updated (all) fixed bug in code of --pattern that caused changes to be
omitted in the output file (by dbjh)
- added (SNES & Genesis) --smgh split ROM for MGH. Its main purpose is
splitting SNES HiROM games in MGH format. Splitting is required to make them
run with an MGH (by dbjh, thanks to Mystic_Merlin for information and testing)
- added (SNES & Genesis) --mgh convert to Magic Game Hunter/MGH format. For
SNES this does the same as --gd3, except that the resulting file will have an
MGH name and no header. For Genesis this does something very similar to --mgd,
but the resulting file will have an MGH name. For both consoles an MGH name
file will be produced (by dbjh, thanks to Mystic_Merlin for information and
testing)
- updated (NES, SNES, Genesis & NeoGeo Pocket) fixed --ns (by dbjh)
- updated (SNES) fixed bug in checksum calculation code if the cartridge size
byte of the internal header is 0 (by dbjh, thanks to Mystic_Merlin for
providing the PD ROM that triggered the bug)
- updated (SNES) added support for a few more cartridge configurations to
--ufosd. Still more information is needed, specifically about the header of 8
Mbit HiROMs (by dbjh, thanks to Mystic_Merlin for sending the output of --dbuh
for dumps made with his UFO SD)
- updated (SNES) --ufosd fixes the checksum and pads the output to a valid size
for the UFO SD (by dbjh, thanks to Mystic_Merlin for information and testing)
- added (N64) support for Nintendo 64 DAT files containing CRC32 values of ROMs
in Mr. Backup Z64 format, like what DAT-o-MATIC produces. It can be turned on
by setting the property variable n64_dat_v64 to 0. See the FAQ question 57 (by
dbjh)
- updated (all) fixed double suffix issue when using DAT-o-MATIC DAT files (by
dbjh; thanks to eadmaster for reporting the issue)
- updated (SNES) completed --ufosd by adding support for 8 Mbit HiROM (by dbjh,
thanks to Mystic_Merlin and cage for the information)
This switch is meant to be used by packages requiring an implementation of the
former libusb (as in devel/libusb). The original implementation can be
chosen by setting LIBUSB_TYPE to "native".
The alternative implementation libusb-compat (as in devel/libusb-compat) wraps
libusb1 (in devel/libusb1). This implementation can be chosen by setting
LIBUSB_TYPE to "compat". On NetBSD, it has the advantage of not requiring root
privileges to locate and use USB devices without a kernel driver.
This second part switches packages using libusb to this framework. It does not
change compilation options or dependencies at this point.
Compile-tested on most packages affected and available on NetBSD/amd64.
Problems found with existing digests:
Package suse131_libSDL
1c4d17a53bece6243cb3e6dd11c36d50f851a4f4 [recorded]
da39a3ee5e6b4b0d3255bfef95601890afd80709 [calculated]
Package suse131_libdbus
de99fcfa8e2c7ced28caf38c24d217d6037aaa56 [recorded]
da39a3ee5e6b4b0d3255bfef95601890afd80709 [calculated]
Package suse131_qt4
94daff738912c96ed8878ce1a131cd49fb379206 [recorded]
886206018431aee9f8a01e1fb7e46973e8dca9d9 [calculated]
Problems found locating distfiles for atari800, compat12, compat 13,
compat14, compat15, compat20, compat30, compat40, compat50,
compat50-x11, compat51, compat51-x11, compat60, compat61,
compat61-x11, fmsx, osf1_lib, vice, xbeeb, xm7.
Otherwise, existing SHA1 digests verified and found to be the same on
the machine holding the existing distfiles (morden). All existing
SHA1 digests retained for now as an audit trail.
As previously predicted, the horrible code in archive.c wouldn't last long
before breaking. There were a few dozen errors erupting when libz 1.2.7
header was used. The previous patch-af was appended, but the previous fix
for linux was changed because that was broken too.
Info: typedef of gzFile changed from void* at version 1.2.6, so its use
is no longer optional with libz versions >= 1.2.6.
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uCON64 - THE tool for all your video game console concerns.
- Support for 14+ different cartridge and disc-based video game console system
- Support for ALL common patch file formats like: IPS *), APS, BSL, PPF and
Game Genie
*) with RLE compression
- Support for 10+ different backup units to backup/restore ROM(s), disc(s) and
SRAM(s) like: Flash Advance Linker, Flash 2 Advance, Doctor V64 (Junior),
Super Wild Card, Game Doctor, Dexdrive, Super Magic Drive, Game Boy Xchanger
Mad Catz Camera Link, Lynxit, MD-PRO, SMS-PRO, PCE-PRO, GG-PRO, Super Flash
and your CD-writer.
Including:
*VERY* verbose ROM information for ALL systems, detection of bad dumps using
internal checksums or DAT files, CRC32 calculation, ROM comparison,
modification (strip, pad, etc...), SRAM conversion (emulator <-> backup
unit), DiscJuggler and Nero image conversions, complete gzip and zip support
for all file-related funtions, etc...
