* Changes in VICE 1.22
======================
** C128 changes
---------------
- Added 2 MHz mode support (experimental).
- The cursor keys are mapped differently in C64-mode now.
- Fixed C64-mode autostart support.
** VIC20 changes
----------------
- Improved the sound emulation where the 'volume change click' is
concerned, and normalized the audio output level.
** VIC-II
---------
- The VIC-II border mode can be selected now (normal, full, debug).
- Some sprite fixes needed for Krestage 3 demo.
** Drive changes
----------------
- Improved drive LED emulation.
** Unix changes
---------------
- Fixed the "black screen" bug caused by some X11 library security
update.
- Fixed the usb support for bsd based platforms.
- Changed the preferred libdir and docdir for netbsd and freebsd.
- Xaw/XRandR fullscreen mode is supposed to work.
** C1541 changes
----------------
- Fixed some unlynx bugs.
* Changes in VICE 1.21
======================
** General
----------
- Added sound recording support.
- Added aiff, iff, mp3 and wav sound dump drivers.
** C128 changes
---------------
- Added digimax support.
- Fixed some minor VDC graphics bugs.
** C64 changes
--------------
- Added MMC64 support.
- Added digimax support.
- Added Action Replay III support.
- Improved compatibility of TFE emulation.
** PET changes
--------------
- Added SID cartridge support.
- Extended the PET REU emulation to include 512/1024/2048KB.
** PLUS4 changes
----------------
- Added SID cartridge support.
- Fixed some minor TED graphics bug.
** VIC20 changes
----------------
- Added SID cartridge support.
** Drive changes
----------------
- Added support for Dolphin DOS 2 & 3 and Professional DOS 1571.
The GUI is partially missing, command line switches have to be used.
** Unix changes
---------------
- New Hungarian translations.
- Fixed some bug in the XAW file selector.
- New fullscreen mode based on XRandR - although restriced to XVideo
HW scaling. See also BUGS.
- Raster synchronization based on openGL extension
`GLX_SGI_video_sync'. See openGL-sync.txt for details.
- Fixed colormap handling on certain Gnome systems (sporadic black
menus, e.g. reported by some FC users).
- ffmpeg support should work again.
** MS-Windows changes
---------------------
- Added Hungarian translations.
- Added giflib/libungif dll support.
** OS/2 changes
---------------
- Fixed a video resource bug that prevented VICE from running.
** Mac OSX X11 changes
----------------------
- Added Gtk+ Port
- Introduced single "smart" Application Bundle VICE.app
- Added command line launcher for Terminal.app and xterm
- Added build scripts for all external libraries and universal builds
of VICE
** AmigaOS changes
------------------
- Fixed some UI dialog bugs.
- Added Hungarian translations.
- Added more (previously missing) UI elements.
- Added native MorphOS icons.
- Fixed for native AmigaOS4 compile.
- Added VBCC build scripts.
- New experimental ppc-warpos port.
- New experimental ppc-powerup port.
** BeOS changes
---------------
- Fixed to also run on ZETA.
- New ppc-beos port.
- Added (previously missing) UI elements.
** Miscellaneous changes
------------------------
- Fixed the setting of illegal filenames.
* Changes in VICE 1.20
======================
** General
----------
- New GP2X port.
- New AmigaOS3, AmigaOS4, MorphOS and AROS (x86/ppc) ports.
- Mac OSX X11 port is included in the main distribution now.
- Fixed some unusual CPU opcodes.
** C64 changes
--------------
- Fixed some longstanding RMW to IO area VIC-II DMA timing bug.
- Added Mikro Assembler, Dela EP7x8, Dela EP256 and Rex EP256
cart support.
- Fixed the KCS cart emulation.
- Added swiftlink and turbo232 support.
- Added +256k memory expansion support.
- Added I/O source read collision detection support, making
simultanious use of multiple expansions possible, like on
the real machine.
- Fixed the RR-net address decoding and REU compatibility.
- Fixed a problem with traps using the SX Kernal ROM.
- Some IDE64 ultimax bug has been fixed.
** PET changes
--------------
- Added 128kb REU memory expansion support.
** PLUS4 changes
----------------
- Added 256k csory memory expansion support.
- Added 256k, 1024k and 4096k hannes memory expansion support.
** Unix changes
---------------
- Gnome1 is no longer supported.
- Gnome2 is now supported - everthing except the Image preview with
CBM font should work.
- Gnome 2 port supports dimmable drive LED now.
- Added experimental ParSID support.
- Added support for minix3.
- Fixed some compile problems with the ffmpeg library.
** MS-Windows changes
---------------------
- Added experimental ParSID support.
** MS-DOS changes
-----------------
- Added experimental ParSID support.
** Mac OSX X11 changes
----------------------
- Added support for Intel build.
- Added USB joystick support.
** Miscellaneous changes
------------------------
- Added support for more 3rd party basic extenders to petcat.
- Added a c64/c128 cartridge conversion program (cartconv).
- Added binary distribution (package) creation functionality.
- Fixed a bug in the trap emulation with caused programs probing
devices on the IEC bus to fail.
- Lots of small fixes to the monitor.
Manually patch Makefile.in and configure to avoid dependency on autotools.
- Explicitly disable esd when not requested, it is found and used
with gnome enabled otherwise.
- Fixed "RESTORE key works only once" bug.
- Fixed compilation with GCC4.
- [C64] Fixed an opcode execute problem with the +60k expansion.
- [C64] New c64 256k expansion support.
- [VIC-II] Fixed switch from idle state to display state.
- [VIC-II] Added missing DEN bit scrolling feature.
- The experimental netplay feature has been extended to the Unix
platforms for testing.
- Added IPV6 support to netplay.
- Fixed crash if settings are saved.
- Fixed some Gnome1 annoyances (popup menus in status bar)
- Rework of gnome save media (screenshot) dialog
- Xaw Statusbar fixes and improvements (new buttons for recording).
- Added various new screenshot formats.
- Improved the image content lister to display at least the first part
of a circular directory listing.
- Made the tape routines able to cope with non-standard header sizes.
XXX: should use SUBST framework instead of home-grown code.
Updated during freeze to fix gcc4 compile problems, okayed by wiz.
includes <libintl.h>, then we must ensure that the resulting object
is linked against -lintl. This ensures that the correct *printf()
functions are used across all platforms.
* List the info files directly in the PLIST.
* Leave the HTML documentation where it is originally installed so that
it references image files correctly.
Bump the PKGREVISION to 3.
rely on counting of played samples, which can get out of sync.
This may work on other platforms too, but I cannot test it.
Update to 1.18:
- Fixed a bug that caused the emulator to crash after 72 minutes.
- Added internal zlib and lpng support if no native libraries are
found at compile time.
- Fixed video recording frame rate in NTSC mode.
- [C64] Added Structured Basic, Comal 80 and Ross cart support.
- [C64] Fixed the improper detaching of certain types of carts.
- [C64] The +60K expansion base address is now selectable for
compatibility with the oldest version of the expansion.
- [C128] Improved the VDC emulation.
- Added support for more 3rd party basic extenders to petcat.
- Compiling for QNX 6.x works now (binary package is available).
- [C64] Binary packages for Solaris machines are available.
- [C64] Added full GeoRAM memory expansion support with sizes from 64KB to
4MB.
- [C64] Added full RamCart memory expansion support.
- [C64] Added full +60K memory expansion support.
- [C64] Correct REU values after reset.
- [C128] Added full GeoRAM memory expansion support with sizes from 64KB to
4MB.
- [C128] Added RamCart memory expansion support without the read-only option.
- [C128] Fixed some C64 mode bugs.
- [C128] Correct REU values after reset.
- New dutch translation.
- Language support has been extended to include commandline-options.
- BSD platform problems with using the sounduss and soundsun driver
have been fixed.
- Problems compiling with older versions of libpng have been fixed.
- Problems with MAXPATHLEN and PATH_MAX when compiling have been
fixed.
- New ALSA sound driver.
- Fixed some compile errors if GCC4 is used.
- Added support for more analog joysticks.
- Userport RS232 emulation should work as expected now.
Changes since 1.15:
** General
- Improved accuracy of 65xx processor core emulation.
** Drive changes
- Added support for idle traps to 1551 emulation.
** C64 changes
- Fixed crash using REU emulation.
- A timing problem has been fixed using old NTSC mode.
- Some stupid char ROM display bug has been fixed.
** C128 changes
- Fixed crash using REU emulation or CP/M mode.
** PLUS4 changes
- Added proper TAP support.
** Unix Changes
- Hardware scaling can be switched at runtime now.
- Fixed crash on machines with weird vidmode configurations.
- Fixed random crash if settings are saved.
** Miscellaneous changes
- Fixed some crash in the file system emulation.
- Improved datasette motor emulation.
** General
- Improved event recording and playback.
** C64 changes
- Fixed some CPU opcodes.
- Added support for Magic Formel cart (preliminary).
- Improved TFE cart emulation.
- Fixed Final Cartridge III freeze bug.
** VIC20 changes
- Four true drives are supported now.
- The sound code has been rewritten.
** PLUS4 changes
- Added cartridge support.
** VIC-II
- Improved IRQ timing during DMA.
** Unix Changes
- Improved ROM set support.
- Added TFE and IDE64 cart support.
- Fixed crash on 64bit archs.
- Added BSD USB joystick support.
- Complete rework of french translation. Credits to Paul (alias Kaddict)!
** Miscellaneous changes
- Made fsdevice emulation to list non-PRG files again.
- Improved REL file handling of the virtual drive emulation.
- Fixed some bugs in the petcat tokenizer.
- enable fullscreen support
- enable PNG screenshots
- only use esound if USE_ESOUND is yes
- add USB joystick support (okayed by kristerw)
PKGREVISION++
Changes from VICE 1.13 include:
** General
- Added IEC devices which allow to access printer or file system
devices even if true drive emulation is enabled.
** VIC-II
- Fixed some severe sprite collision detection bugs.
** Drive changes
- Increased the number of true drives to four.
- Support for 1570 and 1571CR drives has been added (1571CR is not
fully implemented though).
- 1581 emulation is much more accurate now.
** Printer changes
- Added Star NL10 printer emulation.
Changes since 1.12 include:
** General
- Added new Scale2x render.
- Fixed NMI line emulation bug.
** C64 changes
- Better processor port initialization (some carts depend on this)
- Fixed a bug reading old snapshot files.
- Added SS5 CRT support and fixed the SS5 screen distortion bug.
** C128 changes
- Fixed some fast IEC bus related drive bugs
- Added some opcodes to the Z80 emulation.
** PLUS4 changes
- Many TED fixes.
- User port parallel cable.
** VIC-II
- The character ROM is now displayed in bitmap mode.
- Fixed some minor DMA timing, ECM mode and sprite bugs.
** SID changes
- New HardSID support.
- Catweasel support should work now.
** Unix changes
- ACIA emulation has been fixed.
Changes since 1.11 include:
** General changes
- Added -autoload switch which acts like -autostart but without
actually starting the program.
- It is possible to use the printer emulation without switching off
true drive emulation now.
** C64 changes
- Mouse emulation should work again.
- Improved trap emulation compatibility.
** C128 changes
- Fixed some VDC crashs.
- Added support for national firmware and keyboard mappings.
- Implemented fast IEC bus.
** PLUS4 changes
- New emulator. Currently it contains many bugs and several features
are missing. Do not send any bug reports for now.
** VIC-II
- Fixed some raster interrupt emulation bugs.
- Some minor NTSC fixes.
- Reset should properly reset the VIC-II now.
** SID changes
- The ReSID state is saved in snapshots now.
** Drive changes
- Improved GCR sync detection.
- Added some more jobcodes to the 1581 emulation.
- RAM mirrors are properly emulated now.
Changes since 1.10:
** General
- The memory reset pattern can be configured now.
** C128 changes
- Fixed some MMU issues.
- Fixed color RAM support.
** PET changes
- A crash at startup has been fixed.
** VIC-II
- Improved sprite support.
- Fixed some video cache bugs.
- Fixed some IRQ emulation bugs.
** Drive changes
- Improved byte-ready line emulation.
- The track offset is calculated properly on track change now.
** Unix changes
- Real device access through OpenCBM library via XA1541/XM1541 cable.
- Added support to access 1581 formatted disks with the 3.5" host
drive (Linux only).
- Added event recording & playback (experimental).
** Miscellaneous changes
- The monitor can access disks attached to #8..11 now.
Changes since vice-1.9 include:
** General
- The keyboard handling has been reworked. In most ports the keys can
be assigned by *.vkm files.
- Fixed display bugs during warp mode.
- The autostart function prepares the drive with last accessed track,
sector and buffer data now.
- The opcode fetch of the 65xx CPU emulation is more accurate now.
** C64 changes
- A processor port bug has been fixed, so IWM Diamonds works again.
- Fixed a bug in the Retro Replay emulation.
- Added support for IDE64 interface emulation.
** C128 changes
- Added DIN charset support.
- Added support for second color bank.
** VIC20 changes
- Access to unconnected address space has been fixed.
** VIC-II
- $d016 xsmooth emulation is cycle exact now!
- Many small bugs in the VIC-II emulation have been fixed.
- Accessing unconnected address space returns last phi1 data read by
the VIC-II now.
- Fixed bug loading a snapshot image with sprites enabled.
** Drive changes
- Implemented firmware ROM mirrors.
** Tape changes
- The image content lister lists the contents of TAP images too.
Changes since vice-1.7 include:
** C64 changes
- The REU is emulated cycle exact now.
- Added support for Retro Replay cartridge.
- Fixed a CIA timer emulation bug.
- Frankie goes to Hollywood may work now.
** C128 changes
- VDC has been improved a lot (but not ready for RFO now).
- Fixed a stupid bug in the Z80 emulation.
- Fixed $ff01-$ff04 MMU register access.
- Added support for C64 type cartridges.
** VIC-II
- Fast PAL emulation has been added.
- Added VIC-II reengineered palette.
- Added also command line switches for:
brightness, contrast, saturation, gamma
- New style luminance signals
- Using internal/external palette
- Various fixes to make more demos work.
** Drive changes
- True drive emulation is default now.
- A reset during autostart restores true drive emulation if enabled
before.
- Relaxed disk change timing a bit and fixed the sync bit. More
programs will recognise the disk change now.
- Odd sized d64 images are supported now.
** General
- Real PAL filter emulation.
Changes in VICE 1.7
===================
** C64 changes
- REU support has been rewritten to support different types and
images.
- Fixed a processor emulation bug which caused a crash in Summer
Games II.
- Fixed a snapshot bug causing Castles of Dr. Creep to quit after the
snapshot has been restored.
** C128 changes
- REU support has been rewritten to support different types and
images.
- Added support for internal and external function ROM images.
- Tape emulation has been added.
- Added register 26 support to VDC emulation to make LUnix work.
- Support for the CAPS key has been added.
- There is a limited C64 mode now.
** VIC20 changes
- VIC video emulation now almost cycle exact (try vimm or vvv demos)
NTSC video mode is supported.
** CBM-II changes
- Implemented a C510 (aka P128) emulation, using the existing VIC-II
emulation.
- Fix a couple of bugs in the CBM-II emulation (C610-C720).
** Drive changes
- Implemented experimental DOS1 (670 blocks free) support with CBM
2040 emulation.
- The read-only bit of the 1581 disk drive is emulated now.
** Unix changes
- Added preliminary (beta) DGA2 support.
- French translation; Credits to Eric (meepmeep).
- Datasette control UI.
- Zlib is used for reading compressed images.