"Looks good" from wiz@ and obache@.
ChangeLog for 0.13.0 is not updated but there is a list in announcement:
This release consists of over 2,500 commits from 145 contributors.
Some major features were added in this release including:
- vhost-net: kernel-accelerating network backend for virtio devices (using KVM)
- qmp: significant improvements covering most monitor commands
- vnc: introduction of new encodings that dramatically improve bandwidth
(part of GSoC project)
- ivshmem: new shared memory device allowing multiple guests to share
a memory region
- mips: introduction of fulong mini-pc
- virtio-9p: introduction of a paravirtual file system passthrough mechanism
- hpet: many enhancements
- target-s390: support for s390 usermode emulation
- many more features and bug fixes
A special note about QMP support in 0.13.0. QMP is still considered
experimental in 0.13.0. There are no plans to change the protocol
in an incompatible way but there are likely to be missing features.
ChangeLog for version 0.12.5:
- audio/alsa: Handle SND_PCM_STATE_SETUP in alsa_poll_handler
- block: Handle multiwrite errors only when all requests have completed
- block: Fix early failure in multiwrite
- vpc: Use bdrv_(p)write_sync for metadata writes
- vmdk: Use bdrv_(p)write_sync for metadata writes
- qcow2: Use bdrv_(p)write_sync for metadata writes
- qcow: Use bdrv_(p)write_sync for metadata writes
- block: Add bdrv_(p)write_sync
- qcow2: Restore L1 entry on l2_allocate failure
- block/vdi: Fix image opening and creation for odd disk sizes
- block/vpc: Fix conversion from size to disk geometry
- qcow2: Remove abort on free_clusters failure
- vmdk: Fix COW
- qcow2: Fix creation of large images
- vmdk: fix double free
- qemu-options: add documentation for stdio signal=on|off
- target-arm : fix parallel saturated subtraction implementation
- target-arm : fix thumb2 parallel add/sub opcode decoding
- target-arm: fix addsub/subadd implementation
- target-i386: fix xchg rax,r8
- block/vvfat.c: fix warnings with _FORTIFY_SOURCE
- audio/alsa: Spelling typo (paramters)
- target-mips: fix DINSU instruction
- Correct definitions for FD_CMD_SAVE and FD_CMD_RESTORE
- qcow2: Fix corruption after error in update_refcount
- qcow2: Fix corruption after refblock allocation
- block: Fix multiwrite with overlapping requests
- qcow2: Fix error handling in l2_allocate
- qcow2: Clear L2 table cache after write error
- ide: Fix ide_dma_cancel
- usb-bus: fix no params
- Avoid crash on '-usbdevice <device>' without parameters
- Fix -usbdevice crash
- Fix multiboot compilation
- Fix missing symbols in .rel/.rela.plt sections
- target-ppc: fix RFI by clearing some bits of MSR
- Fix typo in balloon help
- arm_timer: fix oneshot mode
- arm_timer: reload timer when enabled
- qemu-sockets: avoid strlen of NULL pointer
- block: fix aio_flush segfaults for read-only protocols (e.g. curl)
- virtio-blk: fix barrier support
- block: fix sector comparism in multiwrite_req_compare
- pci: irq_state vmstate breakage
- qemu-img: use the heap instead of the huge stack array for win32
Pkgsrc changes:
patch-aa
patch-ao
patch-ba
patch-de
patch-ed
- lifted from previous (some adjustments per upstream changes)
patch-ab
- removed (looks similar fix applied in upstream)
patch-dd
- adjust configure for location of man page dir (as previous)
- fix detection for arm hosts
patch-dk
- removed (looks no longer applicable due to reorganized upstream)
patch-ee
- remove old e1000.c fix (pulled up to upstream)
- pull block/sheepdog.c build fix on *BSD hosts from upstream
patch-ef
patch-eg
patch-eh
patch-ei
- workaround for conflicts with SSP read() macro in NetBSD's <ssp/unistd.h>
(PR lib/43832: ssp causes common names to be defines)
patch-ej
- pull build/warning fixes in ui/vnc-enc-tight.c from upstream
patch-ek
- pull ATA PIO fix (by jakllsch@) from upstream
- pull warning fix from upstream
patch-el
- workaround for missing C99 FP macro on netbsd-4
(PR pkg/42899, but od(1) fixes for netbsd-4 not included)
patch-em
patch-en
- build fix on NetBSD/arm host using gcc-4.1.3
(built qemu binary on NetBSD/hpcarm host fails though)
patch-eo
patch-ep
patch-er
patch-es
- pull ESP SCSI DMA fixes (that might affect sparc) from upstream
patch-eq
- pull ESP SCSI DMA fixes from upstream
- disable broken ARC JAZZ floppy that causes hang on MIPS NT 4.0 guest
Makefile
- bump DISTNAME
- add makeinfo to USE_TOOLS
XXX: gets "qemu-doc.texi:7: warning: unrecognized encoding name `UTF-8'."
- adjust SUBST_FILES.qaudio per upstream changes
- enable nbd support *BSD per upstream update
PLIST
distinfo
- update per each file
pkgsrc changes: none.
upstream changelog:
3.2.1 to 3.2.2: (September 17, 2010)
* Fixed bug with window centering; if enabled and the the window was
larger than the desktop, the window would be moved offscreen.
-Have fun!
3.2 to 3.2.1: (August 25, 2010)
* Improved behaviour of joystick 'hat' movement. This should fix bugs
most visible in Yars' Revenge.
* Fixed bug in debugger rewind states; bankswitching wasn't being
performed during the rewind. Related to this, fixed a similar issue
with the debugger 'loadstate' and 'savestate' commands.
* Added game properties info and snapshot for the newly released
'Halo 2600' ROM.
3.1.2 to 3.2: (August 20, 2010)
* NOTE: because of the many event-related changes in this release, all
event mapping should be reset to defaults after starting Stella for
the first time. As well, because of other internal changes, older
save-state files are no longer valid.
* Many improvements to joystick handling code, particularly for analog
axes. Navigating the UI should be much smoother now, and remapping
events to analog axes should be less 'twitchy'.
* Added ability to assign and remap 'combo' events in emulation mode.
Combo events are basically a sequence of normal events (up to 8)
that are generated from a single event (ie, one button on a joystick
could generate up to 8 events). Updated Input Settings UI to
access and modify these events.
* Default mappings are now available in UI and emulation mode for the
first 'hat' detected on a joystick/gamepad. Related to this, a hat
now works exactly like an axis in UI mode (holding down a direction
continues that direction until the hat is released/centered).
* Several major improvements to the debugger:
- the disassembler can now process multiple entry points, and
caches entry points as they're encountered (ie, the disassembly
isn't 'reset' each time a bank change occurs or you exit and
re-enter the debugger)
- preliminary support for disassembling from zero-page RAM
- re-added ability to change banks with the 'bank' debugger
prompt command and within the ROM disassembly UI
- user labels in disassembly are now supported again
- 'runto' command is now case-insensitive, and shows a progressbar
while searching through the disassembly
- the debugger window can be resized between ROM loads (previously,
the app had to be restarted)
- fixed bug in Distella disassembler output, where it sometimes
generated addresses above $FFFF
- a vertical line separates the disassembly from the raw bytes
* Fixed behaviour of SWCHB and SWBCNT; pins set to output now remember
the values previously written. Some ROMs use this functionality for
extra storage. Special thanks to Omegamatrix of AtariAge for advice
and test ROMs in this area.
* Fixed bug when reading from illegal TIA addresses; a Space Invaders
hack was showing pink enemies instead of white ones. Again, special
thanks to to Omegamatrix of AtariAge for advice and test ROMs in this
area.
* Fixed bug in handling INPT4/INPT5 latches from VBLANK; a least one
ROM was working in Stella when it didn't on real hardware.
* Added 'ramrandom' commandline argument, which is used to randomize
all RAM in the system; otherwise, the RAM is zeroed.
* Added 'finishing touches' to some of the UI descriptions, giving a
better explanation of the functions. Related to this, certain
options now show a message box explaining the option in further
detail (particularly the ROM Audit mode). As well, when starting
Stella for the first time, a prompt appears to select a ROM
directory.
* Fixed bugs in the ROM launcher when viewing certain PNG images not
created by Stella. Related to this, the official PNG library is now
included in the Stella codebase (version 1.4.3). Also added composite
snapshots for those ROMs which consist of several games. Thanks go
to Buzbard of AtariAge for these images.
* Added several fixes for crashes on 'small' systems (those systems
where the maximum resolution is less than 640x480).
* Tweaked bankswitch autodetection for 0840, DPC+, E7 and UA schemes.
* Improved F8 bankswitch autodetection for Yars Revenge in 8in1 ROM.
* Updated DPC+ bankswitch scheme to latest specifications.
* Snapshots taken in continuous snapshot mode are now timestamped, so
older files are never overwritten.
* Fixed a TIA segfault that could occur with certain ROMs.
* The 'center' application window functionality can now be changed
without having to restart the application. Related to this, mouse
positioning bugs when using the Linux version in OpenGL mode with
SDL 1.2.14 have been fixed.
* Reworked the manual, dividing it into 'Getting Started' and
'Advanced Configuration' sections. It still contains the same info
as before, but hopefully in a better organized way.
* Updated Help dialog; it was showing incorrect info for some OSX
shortcuts.
* Updated OSX build script to not crash when a previous build is
detected, and to properly handle filenames with spaces.
* Updated included ZLib to latest release version (1.2.5).
3.1.1 to 3.1.2: (May 3, 2010)
* Modified 'showinfo' command to accept levels of output, where
increasingly larger numbers provide more debug output. Related to
this, added UI item to modify 'showinfo'.
* Updated DPC+ bankswitch scheme to latest specifications, including
support for 32K ROMs with ARM code (the ARM code is ignored for now).
* Fixed bug in saving patched ROMs using DPC and DPC+ bankswitch
schemes; the saved image didn't actually include any changes made by
the user.
* Removed 'uselauncher' from the UI, since disabling it will remove
the ROM launcher on all future runs, and not allow one to enable it
again. It's still available from the commandline, for those that
have a need for it.
3.1 to 3.1.1: (April 26, 2010)
* Fixed program crash when using RIOT addresses and labels in the
debugger console prompt.
* Updated DPC+ bankswitch scheme to latest specifications.
3.0 to 3.1: (April 22, 2010)
* Fixed a major bug with text drawing in software rendering mode.
Switching between windowed and fullscreen mode while text was being
shown could result in garbled text or even a program crash.
* Fixed issues when using 'sleep' timing, whereby a lockup could occur
when changing video modes, and/or Stella would consume more CPU time
than was necessary.
* Integrated Distella disassembler, completely replacing the previous
disassembler. The entire infrastructure has not been completely
ported yet. As a result, labels defined by the user or from a
DASM symbol file aren't actually used in the disassembly, and almost
all distella config options are disabled. These will be addressed in
a future release.
* Completely reworked the debugger cartridge interface, so that
the disassembly is dynamic (ie, the debugger tracks when cart address
space has changed, and automatically performs a re-disassembly).
* All carts with extended RAM that differentiate between read and write
ports now behave correctly when a read from the write port occurs.
* Added more complete support for the more esoteric bankswitch
schemes in the debugger. These schemes now support accurate
disassembly and ROM patch functionality. Related to this, fixed a
bug in disassembler view when a failure to patch a ROM still showed
the (incorrect) patched results.
* Added ability to disable TIA object collisions, independent of
enabling/disabling the objects. Previously, one had to completely
disable an object to avoid collisions, but now an object can be
enabled (and seen) but still have its collisions disabled. These
actions are tied to the same keys as the enable ones, except the
'Shift' key is also used.
* Added preliminary support for 'DPC+' bankswitching scheme, thanks to
Darrell Spice Jr and Fred Quimby.
* Added '16in1' bankswitching scheme, which works with various
ROMs labeled '128-in-1 ...' (the database has been updated for
these). Related to this, switching between multicart ROMs for 2in1,
4in1, 8in1, 16in1 and 32in1 now shows a UI message indicating which
ROM is active.
* Reverted some of the TIA improvements with respect to 'starfield
effect' as seen in "Cosmic Ark" and "Stay Frosty". The emulation is
now more accurate as compared to the majority of consoles in use.
* Added debugger pseudo-register '_rwport', which traps on a read from
the write port. This differentiates from reads that are normally
part of a write cycle (ie, it traps only on inadvertent reads).
* Added 'resolvedata' commandline argument and associated UI item, used
to set the "resolve data sections" config option in Distella
(vs. treating all address space as code).
* Added 'runtopc' debugger command, used to step until encountering the
given program counter. This is also available in the ROM disassembly
UI from the right-click context menu.
* Added 'listfunctions' and 'delfunction' debugger commands to
access/remove user-defined functions. Related to this, fixed a bug
in 'function' command that could cause a program crash.
* Added 'cls' debugger command, used to erase the text and history
from the debugger prompt.
* Removed the 'listwatches' and 'poke' debugger commands, as they
were redundant.
* Removed the 'loadlst' debugger command and the ability to use a
DASM .lst file. This code was incomplete, and no longer fits with
the recent disassembler improvements. Support for this may return
in a future release.
* Modified 'disasm' debugger command to accept a second argument
indicating the number of lines to disassemble.
* Improved tab-completion in the debugger prompt; it now completes
on functions and pseudo-registers.
* Added emulation of the "Sega Genesis" controller, with two buttons
that are directly supported on a real system.
* The ZLib library is now included in the core code, so Windows
developers no longer have to track down the ZLIBWAPI archive.
* Many changes to the MacOS X port, bringing it more in line with
other systems:
The application is now known as 'Stella' (instead of StellaOSX).
Two versions are available: the first is a 32-bit Universal Binary
for OSX 10.4 - 10.6, and the second is 32/64-bit Intel-only for
OSX 10.6 (aka Snow Leopard). The Intel version is compiled with the
very latest compiler (LLVM/Clang), resulting in better performance.
The keyboard handling is changed to match other systems in terms of
where the keys actually are on the keyboard (ie, the OSX Command key
corresponds to Alt, and the OSX Control key corresponds to Control).
The application menu has been cleaned up and simplified, and it
now shows the correct shortcuts for menu items.
The settings file is now (according to Apple standards)
'~/Library/Preferences/net.sourceforge.Stella.plist'.
The base directory (where all other Stella stuff is located) is now
'~/Library/Application Support/Stella'.
Because of these changes, all your settings will have to be entered
again.
* Added 'ctrlcombo' commandline argument, which toggles the use of the
control key as a modifier key. This is useful if you want to press
'Control' and 'R' in a two player game, and not have the combination
treated as 'Control-R' (which will issue a ROM reload).
* Added 'usemouse' commandline argument and associated UI item. This
toggles the use of the mouse as a controller of any type.
* Added 'uimessages' commandline argument and associated UI item.
This toggles showing of UI messages overlaid on the screen.
Critical messages are still shown, though.
* Added ability to take multiple snapshots in a given interval every
x seconds. This is currently tied to the 'Alt-s' key and is not
remappable (for now). The interval can be set with the 'ssinterval'
commandline argument and within the UI, and defaults to 2.
* Many changes to the FrameBuffer and UI code for 'smaller' systems.
Stella will now scale correctly to small screens, down to 320x240
(which is the absolute lower limit supported). Related to this,
added 'maxres' commandline argument, which is useful for developers
testing on such systems.
* The About dialog now shows the version of SDL in use, and the type
of CPU the application is running on (i386, x86_64, etc).
* Improved 'listrominfo' commandline argument to list all information
from Stella's internal ROM database, including a heading. This
output can be imported into a spreadsheet or database program.
* Renamed 'tiafloat' commandline argument to 'tiadriven'. The
emulation of the behaviour of floating TIA pins is also much more
accurate.
* Reworked state files so that they're associated with the cartridge
type used, not the MD5sum of the ROM. This is useful for developers,
since the same state file can now be loaded from different ROMs,
as long as the cart type stays the same. This also fixes a bug
where loading from a non-existent state file could cause Stella
to crash. Because of these changes, old state files will no longer
work.
* Fixed bug in certain editable text fields, where pressing Return/Enter
would disable any further input.
Emulation:
- IDE improvements:
- Support for second drive (IDE slave)
- WIN_FORMAT command (allows HD Driver to format IDE drives)
- GEMDOS HDD emulation:
- Minor fixes to Fseek(), Fopen(), Fdatime() (e.g. Pure debugger works)
- On TOS v4 Fread() size arg is unsigned, on earlier TOS its signed
(bad code can use -1L to read whole file instead getting fail on TOS4)
- Prevent DTA and read/write functions accessing invalid memory areas
- Programs can now change read-only files to be writable
- Falcon sound emulation:
- Microphone (jack) emulation in Falcon mode (requires portaudio library)
- SSI direct sound entrance ("Audio Fun Machine" and winrec are working)
- DMA sound recording
- Crossbar handshake mode transfers
- Max VDI rez increased to TT-hi size (1280x960)
- 68020+FPU changed to 68EC030+FPU (no MMU 030) for Falcon and TT modes
(Some Falcon programs didn't work with 020)
- Video emulation on STF/STE:
- correctly shift the screen 4 pixels to the left when left border is removed
- add support for STE's 224 bytes overscan line without stabilizer
- when reading $ff8205/07/09 on STE, take into account the value
of horizontal scrolling/prefetch and linewidth
- when writing to $ff8205/07/09 on STE, correctly handle the case
where the write is made while display in ON
- LMC1992 emulation / STE sound filtering
0.8.D.2:
NES: Fixed a crash on certain x86_64 platforms(Mac OS X),
due to the sound filtering code dereferencing 32-bit
registers instead of 64-bit registers as it should have.
0.8.D.1:
Fixed a compilation error on gcc 4.5(thanks to hanno for
pointing it out).
0.8.D:
SMS: Some state that wasn't being saved in save states
now is, which should fix netplay desynch problems with
SMS/GG games.
Fixed a couple of remotely-exploitable(if connected to a
malicious server) stack manipulation bugs in the network
play code.
Fixed an incorrect object creation bug in pce/adpcm.cpp.
NES: Added a missing CPU emulator variable to save states.
PCE: Added a missing CPU emulator variable to save states.
0.8.D-rc1:
Lynx: Fixed a bug in the cart loader code that would cause
a crash if the ROM bank size was larger than the actual
data available in the file(as is the case with some homebrew
programs). Thanks to "Wookie" for the patch.
Build files were regenerated using autoconf 2.64 and aclocal
1.11(previously, they were generated with autoconf 2.61
and aclocal 1.10.1).
Fixed a crashing problem when entering an invalid menu
choice("0") in the cheat interface. Thanks to tsenart for
reporting the bug.
GB: The GameBoy module now respects the "filesys.disablesavegz"
setting in respect to saved battery-backed RAM.
Added support for "lurkers" on the network play server.
Previous versions of Mednafen don't lack support for this
per se, but there would be cosmetic issues with status
messages printed to the internal console.
SexyAL: Fixed a bug affecting the return value from
RawCanWrite() in the ALSA driver. The returned value was
typically too small by a factor of 4. The effects of this
bug included potential long periods of garbled sound during
netplay.
Fixed the return value from RawCanWrite() in the JACK
driver. It was being clamped to a value that was too small
by a factor of 4; however, the clamp value was already
excessively large in a way that this bug would should have
only been triggered if the "soundbufsize" setting was
excessively large. The effects of this bug would be similar
to the ALSA RawCanWrite() bug.
The ALSA and OSS drivers will now try to set audio output
to 2 channels if the source data only has 1 channel, and
16-bit signed if the source data is 8-bit(automatic conversion
is done). This is done to allow for lower period/fragment
sizes, as, in ALSA's internals at least, the minimum period
sizes are expressed in bytes, not sound frames.
The ALSA and OSS drivers will now try to set lower
period/fragment sizes than previous versions of Mednafen
did. With default settings, for ALSA, the new period/fragment
size is 50% of what it was before, and for OSS, 25%. Also,
there's a new setting to override the SexyAL's driver's
preferred period/fragment sizes, named "sound.period_time"(default
value of 0: no override). The period/fragment size is
expressed in microseconds. If the new, lower fragment
sizes cause problems, the setting can be changed to "2666"
to approximate the fragment size selection in previous
versions of Mednafen when using ALSA output, and "5333"
when using OSS output.
Added a workaround to the OSS driver for a bug in ALSA(and
hence, ALSA's in-kernel OSS emulation) that could cause
the emulator to run far too fast for a short period of time
if a buffer underflow occurred.
The ALSA's driver's RawCanWrite() method now(finally) uses
snd_pcm_avail_update() instead of snd_pcm_delay(). This
should improve performance and frameskipping behavior when
the ALSA output is not routed directly to a physical device,
such as the case with PulseAudio(though PulseAudio is still
not recommended :b). CVS:
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fixes to get png, jpeg, and ffmpeg support.
* Changes in VICE 2.2
======================
** General
----------
- On autostart, do not change true drive emulation (TDE) anymore by
default. The old behaviour can be switched on again by specifiying
-autostart-handle-tde on the command line.
There is one drawback of this behaviour: If TDE is switched on, an
image attached must fit to the drive type set. For example, when you
attach a .D81, you must have the drive type set to 1581, or the
autostart will fail.
- Added automatic Warp mode during autostart. If this resource is enabled then
VICE automatically enables the warp mode and then loads a file. After
loading the warp mode is disabled again and then the program is started.
- Autostarting a PRG file can now be done in three different ways:
* "Virtual FS": This mode mounts the directory where the file resides as a
virtual filesystem on drive #8 and then loads the PRG via virtual drive
traps. This was the only way of autostarting in previous VICE versions
and is still the default.
* "Inject to RAM": The PRG file is loaded from VICE directly into the RAM of
the emulated machine. Then the memory setup of a Basic LOAD is simulated
and the program is run. This is the fastest mode available but may lack
compatibility as no actual load operation was performed in the emulator.
However, no drive setup is altered during the operation.
* "Diskimage": VICE creates a temporary new disk image and copies the
contents of the PRG file onto it. Then this image is mounted in drive #8
and the program is loaded from there. If TDE is enabled then the load
operation is most compatible. The disk image stays attached until a new
image is mounted.
- Improved PAL emulation is now available for Unix/Xaw XVideo mode, and
AmigaOS. Only the YUV packed modes work, the planar modes still use the
old code paths, though.
- Sound core has been reworked to enable lower latency of operation.
Approximately 50 ms latency values are now routinely reached, and some
people have reported that as low as 30 ms still works for them.
- New SDL port. See ReadmeSDL.txt for details.
- New win64 ports, both amd64/x64 and ia64 are supported (msvc compile only).
- New SDL based armle, mipsle, ppcbe and shle QNX 6.x ports.
- New SDL based M68k and sparc SunOS ports.
- New SDL based Syllable port.
- New SDL based Dingoo port.
- Remote monitor (in other words: TCP/IP interface to VICE monitor) added.
- Fixed non-6502/6510 CPU handling in monitor.
** C64/C128 changes
-------------------
- ReSID's resampler has been optimized with MMX assembly. Some long-standing
bugs in resample-interpolate mode were also fixed.
- ReSID-FP has been optimized, too. It clocks the analog parts at half the
rate now, which saves CPU during filter emulation especially for 6581 modes.
- Added SFX Sound Sampler and SFX Sound Expander emulation.
- Added EasyFlash cartridge emulation.
- Added paddle emulation.
- Added lightpen/lightgun emulation, currently only available for the following
ports: SDL, GTK+, cocoa, win32/win64 and msdos.
- Added support for the following userport joystick adapters: CGA/Protovision,
DXS/HIT, PET (normally only used on the PET/CBM2), Hummer (normally only
used on the C64DTV) and OEM (normally only used on the VIC20).
** C128 changes
---------------
- Added RAM banks 2 and 3 support.
- Improved the VDC emulation.
- Stereo SID $D7xx range support.
** VIC20 changes
----------------
- New cycle exact emulation core. Handles accesses to unconnected
address space and in-line graphics data changes correctly.
(fixes "Impossiblator 3" and others)
- Improved VIC emulation (in-line color/reverse mode changes on half-chars).
- Cartridge handling rewritten.
- Added Mega-Cart cartridge emulation.
- Added Final Expansion cartridge emulation.
- Default memory configuration changed from full to unexpanded.
- Added paddle emulation.
- Added lightpen/lightgun emulation, currently only available for the following
ports: SDL, GTK+, cocoa, win32/win64 and msdos.
- Corrected the joystick support, since the VIC20 can only have one joystick
attached on the joystick port.
- Added support for the following userport joystick adapters: CGA/Protovision
(normally only used on the C64/C128), PET (normally only used on the
PET/CBM2), Hummer (normally only used on the C64DTV) and OEM.
** PLUS4 changes
----------------
- Added Digibooster SID Cart add-on emulation.
- Added SID Cart joystick port emulation.
- Fixed bug in tape recording.
- Improved graphics handling.
** C64DTV changes
-----------------
- Replaced old DTVSID emulation with ReSID-DTV.
- Minor bug fixes and emulation improvements.
- Added support for the following userport joystick adapters: CGA/Protovision
(normally only used on the C64/C128), PET (normally only used for the PET),
Hummer and OEM (normally only used on the VIC20).
** PET changes
--------------
- Corrected the joystick support, since the only way a PET can use a joystick
is by a userport joystick adapter, the following userport joystick adapters
are currently supported: CGA/Protovision (normally only used on the
C64/C128), PET, Hummer (normally only used on the C64DTV) and OEM (normally
only used on the VIC20).
** CBM2 changes
---------------
- Corrected the joystick support, since the only way a CBM2 can use a joystick
is by a userport joystick adapter, the following userport joystick adapters
are currently supported: CGA/Protovision (normally only used on the
C64/C128), PET, Hummer (normally only used on the C64DTV) and OEM (normally
only used on the VIC20).
** Unix changes
---------------
- Rudimentary PulseAudio sound driver has been added.
- Added support for dynamic loading of FFMPEG libraries.
- Added support for dynamic loading of OpenCBM and Lame library
* Changes in VICE 2.1
======================
** General
----------
- The VICEplus project has been joined with VICE. Thus, x64dtv is now
part of VICE.
- We can be contacted via IRC: #vice-dev on freenode
- Added a more accurate ReSID engine using floating point math (ReSID-FP).
- Added support for the USB HardSID.
- PAL emulation has been rewritten and optimized.
- Fixed the ACIA 6551 emulation. (x64/x128/xcbm2/xpet/xplus4)
- Monitor commands help text is now translated too
(in ports where translation is available at all)
- Monitor IO command now displays IO area even if it is currently
banked out.
- GCR file handling (.G64) issues an error message if the .G64 does not
have the expected outline. Before, VICE just silently ignored such
files.
- IRQ handling fix
** C64/C128 changes
-------------------
- Fixed the digimax sound generation.
- Added the RR clockport disable functionality at $DF00.0. Allows
to disable the RRnet.
- Improved REU compatibility and timing.
** C64 changes
--------------
- Added isepic cartridge emulation.
- Added Double Quick Brown Box cartridge emulation.
** VIC20 changes
----------------
- Improved the sound emulation.
- Fixed the lowest note bug.
- Improved VIC emulation (exact in-line color/reverse mode changes).
** C64DTV changes
-----------------
- New emulator.
** Unix changes
---------------
- XRandR fullscreen implemented
- Command line option `-fullscreen' is supposed to do something
useful.
- Vsync code imported from win32 (based on openGL extension).
see also doc/openGLsync-howto.txt.
- Vidmode (fullscreen support) is broken and therefore marked as
deprecated. It will be removed in the next release if no-one takes
responsibility to fix the broken code and is willing to maintain the
code.
- PAL Emulation (new implementation, improved speed) should be usable
again (it was broken on certain display depths).
- Log messages are always english.
- Only x11 keymaps will be installed when doing a 'make install'.
- MIDI cartridge emulation for x128, x64 and xvic.
* Changes in VICE 2.0
======================
** General
----------
- VICE development has moved to public services:
http://sf.net/projects/vice-emu
You can read the latest development in the Subversion
repository, file bug reports, and similar things.
Check it out!
- New Openserver 5.x, Openserver 6.x and Unixware ports.
- New AROS64 port.
- New QNX 4.x port.
- New HPUX (HPPA and IA64) ports.
- New SkyOS port.
- New Atari Mint port.
- New Solaris Express aka OpenSolaris aka Solaris 11 port.
** C64/C128 changes
-------------------
- Improved $01 behaviour with regards to unused bit fall-off.
- New experimental NEOS and Amiga mouse support.
- Added a working RTC to the emulation of the IDE64 cartridge.
- New more precise PAL emulation, works only with double size
and double scan.
- Added support for the Action Replay 4 and StarDos cartridges.
- Improved REU compatibility
- Fixed CPU timing bug introduced in 1.22 (demo "Borderless").
- Fixed bugs in the CIA emulation (demo "So-phisticated",
W. Lorenz testsuite).
- Fixed various bugs in VIC-II emulation: Sprite x-positioning,
Latch X/Y, video mode changes, DEN bit handling, raster IRQ,
NTSC sprites and sprites in full/debugging border mode (list
of fixed demos/games too long to mention here).
- RESTORE key is handled differently now, fixing an NMI bug
because the NMI was asserted too long before.
** VIC20 changes
----------------
- Added unconnected c-bus floating byte support.
- New more precise PAL emulation, works only with double size
and double scan.
** PET changes
--------------
- Added support for toggling CB2 sound output line.
** PLUS4 changes
----------------
- New more precise PAL emulation, works only with double size
and double scan.
** Drive changes
----------------
- Fixed block allocation and interleave.
** Unix changes
---------------
- Broken DGA1/DGA2 code removed
- XRandR fullscreen implemented for all (but CRTC/VDC) videochips.
- XRandR/Fullscreen can now toggle the Statusbar/Menu
- Fixed unix mouse for single sized display.
- Fixed mouse grab and xaw menu popup.
- After a CPU jam user can select to resume emulation without
reset.
** Miscellaneous changes
------------------------
- Added support for more 3rd party basic extenders to petcat.
- Extended BMP saving to support 24bit.
- Fixed the joystick code of all emulators to handle state changes
on both joysticks at the same time.
- New monitor commands and features.
- New memmap feature which allows tracking of memory accesses,
activated by the configure option --enable-memmap.
- Fixed bug in ffmpeg/FFV1 driver. Should be really lossless now.
Based on PR#43567 by Ryo ONODERA.
2010/05/27 - version 0.9.10 released
New feature: GEM clipboard support that allows you to pass data between
GEM clipboard and the host one (MS Windows, Mac OS X and X Window System).
It's currently implemented in FreeMiNT only and uses its aranym.xfs
virtual filesystem (U:\host\clipbrd). Please see setup instructions
in http://wiki.aranym.org/gem_clipbrd
Also couple of important bugfixes:
o fixed two nasty crashes in HostFS (related to recent symlink fixes)
o fixed Xcode building universal binaries on PPC
o VIDEL autozoom feature with correct aspect ratio for non-square pixels
2009/09/05 - version 0.9.9 released
This time mostly bugfixes:
o fixed possible crash in HostFS when quitting ARAnyM (not serious)
o fixed possible crash due to bug in libSDL up to v1.2.13 (very serious)
o fixed some redrawing problems in 8 and 16 color depths with soft NfVDI
o fixed all compile time warnings and Categories entry in aranym.desktop
o fixed weirdness when mouse pointer was leaving the window on Win and OSX
o fixed problem with invalid HostFS symlink breaking directory list
o improvement: HostFS symlinks are now shown as relative if possible
o fixed indirect descriptors handling in MMU
o fixed HostFS symlinks for certain path configurations
o added Mode key in the set of ARAnyM hotkey modifiers
o fixed Alt+mouse click problem on Mac OSX
o fixed Right Shift detection upon startup
If you found ARAnyM crashing previously when moving windows around
or doing any other activity where VDI had to blit screen areas then
please upgrade to this version ASAP. We've added a workaround for
a serious bug in the libSDL that was causing these weird ARAnyM crashes.
2009/04/25 - version 0.9.8beta released
o CPU: fixed TRAPcc and FTRAPcc instructions (for Guillaume's mplayer :-)
o VIDEL: pixel precise horizontal scrolling implemented
o fixed BUSY signal handling on the parallel port
o fixed mouse grab/ungrab/autograb (see below)
o added new ARAnyM mouse cursor (white arrow)
o added middle mouse button handling (in Eiffel mode)
o added suport for reversing mouse Y-axis in IKBD (used in Linux-m68k)
o fixed many DSP56001 instructions
o fixed NFJPEG on 64bit hosts
o fixed several NF drivers to work under FreeMiNT (not rely on __NF cookie)
o buggy JIT-FPU was disabled. Now FPU is precise though slower in JIT mode
Mouse grab/ungrab/autograb has changed: first, ungrabbing when leaving
ARAnyM window was fixed (issue with autograb on the window border).
Then, ARAnyM got a new mouse cursor (white one) so you can recognize
now when the mouse is grabbed (the cursor pointer is black in TOS)
and when it's not (the cursor pointer is white now).
At last, mouse autograb upon entering ARAnyM window was disabled until
we can ensure the Atari mouse cursor is positioned in sync with host
mouse cursor (will require Atari OS support, probably in a form
of aranym.acc and AES implementing appl_tplay).
Also the "AutoGrabMouse" config option has been removed.
2008/11/08 - version 0.9.7beta released
Mostly small fixes at various places plus a lot of work went into
improving the DSP56001 emulation. Also the sound DMA emulation is improved
to a point where GSXB driver should be unnecessary.
o improved automatic network setup on Mac
o reworked audio DMA emulation. Also added configurable host sound frequency
o one MMU bug fixed (regarding TTR)
o special support for halting ARAnyM on linux-m68k reboot (--halt)
o SDL GUI fixed (missing events after alerts)
o EMULOP is now privileged so if some old ARAnyM TSR starts crashing this is why
o joypads are now emulated
o joysticks and joypads can be configured in the config file
o '<>' and 'End' keys' scancodes made Atari compatible
Check the doc/config example file for the new [JOYSTICKS] and [AUDIO] sections.
0.74
- Several small game specific fixes/hacks/support. (Offensive,
Roadhog, GTA installer, Kingdom O' Magic soundcard detection,
Pirate booter, Armored Fist installer)
- Add the S3-specific 640x480 256 color mode. (fixes regression in "Wooden
Ships and Iron Men" and "I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream")
- Fix a stack overflow that could crash DOSBox.
- Add fake microphone input. (fixes Talking Parrot)
- Modify adlib turn off code, so that it doesn't turn off in
cases where the same sound is repeated over and over again.
- Several small fixes to the CDROM audio code. (HOMM2, Redneck
Rampage and others)
- Several improvements to the CDROM emulation code. (fixes Alpha
Storm and GT Racing 97)
- Some small CPU fixes that might fix something.
- Handle opcode 0xff subcode 7 as invalid instruction. (fixes dif-2 & others)
- Some hercules fixes. (Testdrive)
- Improve support for blanked parts that wrap around to the start of
the screen. (fixes Magic Circle demo and Sid&Al)
- Remove old OPL cores as the new ones seem to work very nicely.
- Modify movie recording code so that the movies aren't corrupt when
you exit dosbox without stopping the movie.
- Change RGB3x scaler to look more pretty.
- Improve initial register values compatility of the GUS.
- Added autodetection for Gameblaster. (games can find it now)
- Change render preferences a bit to be more compatible with Windows 7.
- Add DOS fixes to terminate program. (fixes Fortune Teller)
- Add FFREEP. (fixes Trucks)
- Improve FPU ST80 in C mode when writing zero. (fixes Antigok)
- Add special int10 scanline function. (fixes mz700 and probably lots
of games that mess with them)
- Fix scrolling in rarely used video modes. (fixes Orphee)
- Modify game specific hacks a bit so that Kick off 3 works again.
- Lots of fixes to the INT10 video parameter table. (Seven spirits
of ra and others)
- Add VGA blanking in machine=vgaonly. (used by Alien Carnage)
- CGA, PCJr, Tandy: Add video blanking, change display start latch
timing, sync pulse width correction.
- PCJr, Tandy: implement vertical retrace interrupt.
- PCJr, CGA: line-by-line video emulation.
- PCJr: support on-screen change of color modes 4medium to 16low. (used
by Ghostbusters booter)
- Hercules: Add green and amber monochrome support.
- All machines: only update the video timing when needed. (Jungle Hunt,
others that synchronize to the video screen might profit)
- Several small DOS fixes.
- Some UMB related fixes. (The Legacy without UMB)
- Fix version number of DSP for SB 1.5. (fixes a few games)
- Several VGA emulation improvements. (Allertone football manager)
- Some Tandy fixes. (Mech Warrior)
- Small improvements and fixes to the OPL emulation.
- Add low level Tandy DAC emulation.
- Some EMS fixes. (fixes Mortal Kombat and others)
- Change SoundBlaster DSP reset mechanism, add sb irq acknowledge logic.
(fixes stmik-based applications)
- Some interrupt pointer location modifications. (fixes Tinker Tales)
- Some fixes to the BOOT code. (fixes Last Mission)
- Respect write-only file information. (fixes Champions of Zulala)
- Some RTC fix. (fixes Tully Bodine and others)
- Improve mouse emulation to work better with Water World.
- Hopefully fix the translation of the configuration file.
- Speed up and fixes for the recompiler core. (pitfall2 pcjr)
- Change memory start location. (fixes 7th Guest installer)
- Several fixes to the batch file handling. (Shift and
use the typed first %0 instead of the parsed %0)
- Improve file redirection and redirected line ends. (fixes
Phantasmagoria 2 DOS installer)
- Fix compilation with new MAC os X version.
- Add 16C550A FIFO support to the serial port emulation.
- Improve modem emulation to get higher speeds.
- Change default samplerates to 44100, blocksize to 1024 and prebuffer to 20,
so that hopefully certain soundcards produce more fluent sound playback.
- Add some rarely used, but for some games critical flags to
the internal commands.
- Add -userconf flag, so that the userspecific configuration can
easily be used together with -conf configfile.
- Improve internal timing with repeating timers (especially with
the dynamic core).
(missed those and *emacs* the first time round because they pull
in their png dependencies via default-on options; they were included
in the test bulk build though)
The new version of tme, 0.8, can also emulate an Ultra 1, and
on x86 hosts with a supported host OS, the SPARCstation 2 and Ultra 1
emulations will now do dynamic binary translation. NetBSD 5.x seems
to run pretty well on the different emulations.
