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11th December, 2006 - GameEx 7.09

 

Enhancements:

 

* Plugin system 1.1:

* Enhanced timer event

* Updated C# Template

* A Visual Basic .net template now included

* New Plugin included, Just for fun and the source code is included. Small tribute to Dig Dug

* Theres a new setting - cab control friendly. This makes navigation of the user interface easier when using sensitive joysticks and gamepads. With this turned on, controls have to be held down to navigate left and right. So it should resolve accidentily navigating outside the game list or menus. Something I should have done a long time ago. I am sure some people did not use GameEx in their cab because of that.

 

Optimisations

 

* Lots of optimisations in this release

* GameEx starts up quicker uses less memory and may run a little quicker

* The configuration application starts up and runs significantly faster

* The gameex install should finish installation quicker

 

Fixes

 

* Fixes English (Default) selection missing from install in recent versions

* Fixes to emulator caching. This should fix all issues with lists not refreshing and changes to settings not taking affect.

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Yes just one last release at the request of R.Belmont.

Below is an extract from the Readme.

RMESS 0.111 (16/12/2006)

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Introduction

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This is the FINAL release of RMESS.

 

RMESS was created to allow me some latitude with drivers and coding methods that do not fit the MESS model.

 

The primary aim was to create a driver for the Dick Smith Super-80, and also to allow correct loading of the games I played long ago on the vz-200, the exidy sorcerer, and the microbee.

 

Some work was done with the Tandy (Radio Shack in the U.S.) TRS-80 Model I and clones, as (until recently) nobody seemed concerned about its broken state in MESS.

 

Since my aims have been achieved, this is the last release.

 

 

 

Quickload

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This facility allows programs with a Quickload header to be loaded and executed on the vz-200, super-80, exidy, and microbee. The header contains the load address, the end address, the execute address, the program name, and optional notes. Since each computer system is different, each driver contains quickload code specific to the needs of that driver. For instance, some initialisation of certain memory areas is required after loading a BASIC program, before it is run. Some games assume memory is at zeros when loaded; you may need to reboot the driver before loading an image on occasions.

 

Changes from MESS:

* Fix autorun issues

* Allow "wrap-around" loads

* Fix various Access Violation issues

* Add a dipswitch option to disable the Autorun feature

 

 

 

Cartridge loading

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This is enabled on the Microbee, the Super-80, and the Exidy Sorcerer. Only the Sorcerer had an actual cartridge slot. On the Super-80 and Microbee, you can use it to test new rom images without having to burn physical roms.

 

 

 

Auto-size option

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This is fitted to the microbee and the super80v driver. Some games may be squashed to the left of the screen, because they were ported from some other system. The auto-size option will automatically expand the characters so that the screen is filled.

 

 

 

Exidy Sorcerer (exidy and exidyd)

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Changes from MESS:

* Remove NOT_WORKING flag, since it works perfectly, apart from the cassette system

* Fix Quickload (above)

 

Notes:

* The system boots into the Monitor mode. You need to load the BASIC cartridge before you can load BASIC games.

* It is necessary to reload a cartridge after a Hard Reset.

* Existing cartridges (to my knowledge) are: Basic, Word Processor, Basic 1.01, Basic Rev.B, and the elusive EDASM.

* When you start the driver for the first time, adjust the DipSwitch so that Speaker is selected. This enables Sound.

 

 

 

Microbee (mbee, mbeepc, mbeepc85, mbee56)

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Changes from MESS:

* Reset modes work like a real machine

* Fix sound

* Fix colours

* Fix cursor modes

* Enable small character set

* Fix "extra insert" key

* Fix PIO addressing

* add Auto-Resize option

* fix Quickload (above)

 

Notes:

* The mbee56 driver hasn't been verified as I don't have the software to boot it.

* A few games still don't run but the vast majority do.

 

 

 

VZ-200 (and all vtech1 clones)

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Changes from MESS:

* Fix Quickload (as described above)

 

 

 

Tandy TRS-80 Model I/III/4 (trs80, lnw80, sys80, trs80l2, trs80l2a, trs80m3, trs80m4)

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Changes from MESS:

* Fix the black screen problem (it boots up now)

* Hook up the Disk System dipswitch, so that when it is turned off, the system is now a Cassette system.

* Fix 32-character mode (except model III/4)

* Added Model III and 4, they boot but there is no code for the I/O ports.

* Changed the operation of the 7-bit dipswitch

* The rom trs80.z33 was found to be a hack - the real one is now required to be used.

 

Notes:

* The dipswitches should be set to Floppy Disk Drives: OFF ; and Video RAM: 7 bit

* No file loading options have been tested, I suspect they are all broken.

* Since the LNW-80 character generator hasn't been decoded, the TRS80 generator is being used for now.

 

 

 

Dick Smith Super-80 (super80 and super80v)

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This was a kit computer sold by Dick Smith Electronics in 1981, in Australia and New Zealand. Apparently "several thousand" kits were sold, but now, less than a dozen remain. It has been emulated exclusively in RMESS, in an effort to avoid the complete extinction of this computer. It works except for these issues:

 

* Cassette system doesn't work

* The 6845 "interlace" and "interlace and video" modes are not emulated

* Keyboard interrupt doesn't work if keyboard isn't being scanned (MAME core limitation)

* Natural keyboard has problems when Shift key pressed

* The optional I/O board isn't emulated

 

Notes:

* For super80v, set the dipswitches this way: Colour Type=RGB ; Colour=ON ; Auto Resize=YES ; and then reboot driver.

* If you turn on colour for the super80 driver, you will get a black screen. This is because the colour RAM has not been initialised. At the monitor prompt, enter >F FE00 FFFF 4 (for example) before selecting colour.

>> Get it HERE.

BT client

v0.80 2006.12.15

 

* GUI Improved: new designed HTTP properties dialog layout

* GUI Improved: start preview video file while http downloaing from toolbar button or task context menu

* GUI Improved: support display URL with non-English UTF-8 characters correctly in English version Windows

* GUI Improved: display "Minimize to tray" in task-bar context menu of BitComet if enabled

* GUI Improved: new setting of "Optimize download strategy for preview" in Task setting page of preferences dialog

* GUI Improved: add move file to desktop and to My Document function in task context menu

* GUI Improved: after downloaded torrent file using BitComet, the torrent task properties dialog is displayed immediately

* GUI Improved: toolkit FlvPlayer support running under Windows 2003 now

* GUI Improved: toolkit FlvPlayer is able to seek while playing for most flv files now

* GUI Bugfix: fix the bug that the description info in HTTP properties dialog not been saved after user modified

* GUI Bugfix: fix the bug that the number of selected urls in url selection dialog not refreshed after applied filter

* GUI Bugfix: fix the bug that BitComet not able to launch FlvPlayer to play downloaded flv file in whose path has space character

* Core Improved: HTTP download task support video file preview, etc. play video file during downloading

* Core Improved: support to download URL with non-English UTF-8 characters in English version Windows

* Core Improved: able to change HTTP connection number during task running

* Core Bugfix: fix the bug that the program will lose response when decrease max downloading task number while any task running

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TG16/PCE emulator

2006/12/15 0.87 released

- The problem that "Kabuki Ittouryoudan" was not able to be started (generated from v0.80) was solved.

- In "Ys IV", the problem that some pictures and the sounds shifted was corrected. * Even ending did the confirmation completion. When CD drive environment not fast is used, the noise might enter the sound. In that case, please use virtual CD drive software.

- Operation speed & timing of CPU has been elaborately adjusted. (I was going to refer to experiment information on PC2E author's Mr.Ki.)

- "TurboButton(AutoFire)" timing of "LowSpeed" has been readjusted. (In "Ys IV", AutoFire has been Ok.)

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