Aaron Giles explains it -> HERE

Acorn Electron emulator

Beta 0.6 - 4/12/06

 

* Fixed a concurrency issue that could lead to a crash on hard reset

* Disc drives now respect mid-emulation changes of mind w.r.t. disc drive write protection

* GUI related memory leaks fixed

* Emulator now correctly loads BASIC source files passed to it at startup (e.g. through file associations)

* Reincorporated some fixes from 0.5c that had accidentally fallen by the wayside when I switched machines

* Devolved some configuration stuff from the ProcessPool to Components, which makes the code a bit more modular and therefore easier to maintain

* Fixed BASIC export of ASCII blocks following REM or DATA statements, and string literals

* Added visible notification if the CPU should hit a KILL opcode or an unknown opcode

* Added correct input for square brackets to the text pasting, fixed timing bug where the same physical key needs to be pressed lots of times in succession but with different shifts

* Fixed compatibility issues between 64 kB mode and the fast tape ROM - both now work together

* Made various fixes to make sure configuration changes propagate properly

* Fixed bug whereby autoconfig would install Disc FS ROMs, but not actually enable the Disc hardware

* Fixed bug that meant switching the 64 kB hardware on and off often wasn't handled correctly

* Fixed error that meant that BASIC tokens within the last 8 bytes of a source file weren't necessarily tokenised correctly

* BASIC import/export now works correctly in 64 kB mode

* [Mac OS X] Disabled (non-functional) ROMs entry on the menubar.

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Booster has released a new version of DevHook with 3.01 support! Here's whats new:

A few known bugs from 0.50 have been fixed, but debugging is still not complete, and thus the software continues to be in a testing phase.

The degree of stability is still unknown. Please test it on your own and refer to different people's test reports.

 

Known Issues

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- With the change to the API, previous version's launchers, vshex, etc. do not work.

- vshex (the settings display on top of the XMB) occasionally has issues.

- When a UMD game is launched from the XMD, the startup screen can sometimes hang.

- There are times when you cannot return from a game to the XMB.

 

V0.50.0000 -> V0.51.0000 Changelog

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- Loading bugs from the memory stick have been fixed > The web browser and the rest of the XMB

- Compatible with FW 3.01

- The clock setting bug in FW >=2.80 has been fixed.

- There's no need to replace audio.prx in FW >=2.80

- It can coexist with DH 0.46

- The launcher has been changed, scripting has been improved and it is compatible with mok's fbmprint system and multi language support.

- Leaving DEVHOOK from the XMB has been reimplemented (still being worked on)

 

Regarding the execution of FW 2.82 (3.01,2.80,2.71)

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- As of ver.0.50.0000, the supported firmware's are only 2.71, 2.82, and 3.00.

1.50's No UMD mode has been removed, however other bits of code haven't yet been confirmed and still remain.

- If you have a need for 1.50-2.60, I request that you try them individually and decide on whether and how they run. (translator's note: I could use some help on this sentence, it seems kind of weird...I guess the implication is that old firmware's may still be able to run, but are hit or miss because they aren't actively supported)

- There is a slight risk associated with installing files to flash1, but this is highly recommended.　

If files are not installed to flash1 on > FW 2.71, there's a risk that random files will be destroyed when certain actions are taken on the XMB. Depending on the crosslinking, unrelated files may be destroyed, so please be prepared for any file to be lost when using it.

- You will know if files have been destroyed if you connect to a PC via USB and run checkdisk.

 

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todo

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- Launcher menu scripting language

The scripting language is currently a fairly half-baked, simple language; I'd like to make it C-like.

 

Sorry for the slow and piecemeal translation. The todo list is the same as the last release, except that 3.01 is now supported.

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No games added this time but a rather big change, the option to store friendcodes is removed due to the growing list of games and high maintenance level. I recommend using a site like DSmeet or Witendofi for this feature.

Changelog for 1.3.11 - December 3, 2006

* Added support for Wii errorcodes

* Removed option to store friendcodes

* Moved help links to tray menu

* Reduced startup time

* Updated 2 boxarts

* Fixed some minor issues

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