MESSUI 0.144u4 is out

http://messui.the-chronicles.org/

Here is the changelog:

 

* MESSUI - The File, Load Savestate... option is now only available if the system supports savestates.

* MESSUI - The Background Images folder setting has been removed. It is now handled internally when you choose a background picture.

* MESSUI - Fixed some duplicate Alt-keyboard shortcuts.

http://mess.redump.net/downloads

0.144u4

 

New System Drivers Supported:

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- Fidelity Champion Chess Challenger (model CSC). [Lord Nightmare, Kevtris, Sandro Ronco]

- Acetronic Chess Traveller. [Curt Coder]

- Triumph-Adler's Alphatronic PC [ian Gledhill,Barry Rodewald,Robbbert]

 

System Driver Changes:

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-v1050: Added Winchester hard disk [Curt Coder]

-mac: match dumped Egret ROM versions to known machines. II/IIx/IIcx now default to Apple 4*8 video card instead of RasterOps board to better represent a common config and boot faster. [R. Belmont]

-lynx: Fixes a bug in the audio emulation that was causing mess to hang. [huygens]

Changed button ordering

Sprite scaling changes (Blue Lightning runway fixed)

-dc: added Katana Set 5 prototype BIOS (The Dumping Union)

-mac: Added preliminary Cuda skeleton. Doesn't sync up properly with 68k yet. [R. Belmont, Paul Pratt]

-lynx: removed clearing of collision depository for background sprites (Dirty Larry can now get to the second level, Scrapyard Dog goes in-game) [huygens]

-lynx: removed drawing of pad byte on end of scanline in completely literal sprite data (fixes score display in Qix, Blue Lightning).[huygens]

 

Software Lists:

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-v1050.xml: Added CP/M 3.0 (BIOS 1.4) to softlist. [rbramante]

-a7800.xml: Adding softlist information regarding known prototypes, verified descriptions, general set upkeep.. more work needed. [Tafoid]

-ibmpcjr_cart.xml: adding required field for DOS disk in the carts which needs it. [Kaylee]

 

Source Changes:

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-ipf: Cope with a probable image error (Chase H.Q. ST in particular) [O. Galibert]

Get the source here --> http://mamedev.org/updates.html

MAMEUI -> http://www.mameui.info/

Ash-build -> http://ashura.altervista.org/

MAMEinfo.dat -> http://mameinfo.mameworld.info/

renameSET.dat -> http://www.progettos.../renset_en.html

MAMEplus! -> http://www.emucr.com/search/label/MAME-Plus

0.144u4

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MAMETesters Bugs Fixed

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- 04556: [interface] Changing INC and DEC inputs, results in .cfg file issue (hap)

- 04569: [interface] Changing INC in UI menu changes DEC instead (Olivier Galibert)

- 04575: [interface] [uI] Box no longer drawn around physical DIP locations (Olivier Galibert)

- 04574: [speed] Many sets in snowbros.c: Graphic and gameplay slowdown (Angelo Salese)

- 04578: [Graphics] mwalk: Graphics corruption after a few seconds of gameplay (Alex Jackson)

- 04572: [Crash/Freeze] Many sets in dynax.c, royalmah.c: Failure to boot/Hang at Post (Angelo Salese)

- 04536: [sound] flicky, flickys2: Z80 PIO issues causing missing music (hap)

- 03457: [Graphics] choplift: Choplifter (8751 315-5151) scrolling problems (hap)

- 04558: [Gameplay] wboy and clones: 'gameplay smoothness' issue (hap)

- 04576: [Crash/Freeze] geebee, geebeeb, geebeeg: freeze when starting the game (hap)

- 04570: [Crash/Freeze] wof: Black screen (Brian Troha)

- 04562: [Crash/Freeze] All sets in namconb1.c: Failure to boot past post or disclaimer screen (Angelo Salese)

- 04564: [Crash/Freeze] dwex, drgw3 and clones: Access Violation after OK (Angelo Salese)

- 04566: [sound] rockragej, rockrage, rockragea: Stereo output is not implemented. (Angelo Salese)

- 04563: [Crash/Freeze] thedeep: Access Violation (Angelo Salese)

- 03538: [sound] salamand, lifefrce, lifefrcej, salamandj: Music is too quiet in Salamander and Lifeforce (Fujix)

- 04565: [sound] salamand, lifefrce: Reversed Stereo (Angelo Salese)

- 04559: [Documentation] m5draclb: The correct description is "Ooh Aah Dracula Club (Barcrest) (MPU5)".

- 04557: [Documentation] m5bankrl: The correct description is "The Bank Roll (Barcrest) (MPU5)".

Source Changes

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Forte Card improvements: [Roberto Fresca]

* A lot of work on inputs.

* Added DIP locations.

* Lamps documentation and support.

* Added Lamps layout.

* Fixed and simplified inputs. Now Owner, Rental and Credits are proper toggled service keys.

* Improved the button-lamps layout with the half and double addition for betting in the gamble stage.

* Reverse engineering and partially documented the serial EEPROM data.

* Added a clean default NVRAM and serial EEPROM.

* Added company and year notes.

* Added technical notes.

Adjusted volume levels in nemesis.c to mirror observed levels from PCB recordings for Salamander/Lifeforce. Partially addresses MT Bug #3538 [Fujix]

Various fixes to California Chase, it currently completes the POST [Grull Osgo]

Fix to CD-I video code [fgs]

Preliminary save state support to Naomi / AW / DC driver [Angelo Salese]

Improved SN76477 interface. [Curt Coder]

vigilant.c: fix reversed Demo Sounds dipswitch in kikcubic [Alex Jackson]

Modernized MSM6242 RTC device [Angelo Salese]

Added incrementing time to MSM6242 device [Angelo Salese]

Added preliminary IRQ generation to the MSM6242, updated drivers that uses it accordingly and removed various related kludges [Angelo Salese]

Capcom ZN-1, ZN-2 updates [Team CPS-1]:

* Confirmed and documented game board # for every set

* Properly fixed ROMs labels and locations to match real pcbs

* Marked MASK ROMs in ts2, ts2j as BAD_DUMP, current dumps don't match real pcbs, added a note

* Replaced HR2-01M.3A in strider2 and clones with proper 32MBit dump to match real pcb, 2nd half was cutted out

* Added a more accurate title description to some games

* Added some documentation notes to various sets

* Reordered all sets per release date

* Minor cleanups and fixes

Properly hooked up MSM6242 device to Super Kaneko Nova System [Angelo Salese]

Various avt.c progresses, it now properly shows some gfxs [Angelo Salese]

Removed PC-based sound hack from Mirax [Angelo Salese]

Fix for 8042kbc.c irq generation, now California Chase correctly accept keyboard inputs [Grull Osgo]

Softlist support cleanup and addition of compatibility filtering [Miodrag Milanovic]

Documented MCU ports in The Deep, doesn't work yet due of a MCS51 core bug [Angelo Salese]

Some progresses with atamanot, got a garbled title screen and realized that the game is heavily protected [Angelo Salese]

Added, and made Mr. Do! use the U8106 soundchip, which as far as I can tell is 100% identical to the sn76489 non-a, pending further testing. [Lord Nightmare, plgDavid]

Added a note about pins held high on the Raiden 2 sound Z80. [Lord Nightmare, balrog]

Converted gamtor.c to use the RAMDAC device [Angelo Salese]

Hooked up VGA device to Photo Play [Angelo Salese]

eeprom.c: Changed the 'erase' function to force all data bits of the specified address to 1s. [Wilbert Pol]

Other improvements to California Chase, it shows Windows 98 logo [Grull Osgo]

Fixed VGA line compare register masking, makes Windows 98 logo to display correctly [Angelo Salese]

Fixed irq ack in Itazura Tenshi [Angelo Salese]

Merged dacholer.c and itaten.c drivers, fixes priority and sprite Y positions in Dacholer and Kick Boy [Angelo Salese]

Added proper ROM labels for Taxi Driver [f205v]

Various changes for Neo-Geo driver [Johnboy]:

* Marked quizkof MVS AND AES VERSION

* Cleaned up all labels (consistent for all protos now) for prototype sets (in 99.9% of the cases the correct labels are not known) to: proto_ID-XX.XX

* Identified product codes for viewpoint, savager and blazstar

* kotm2p m1/s1 parent/clone fix

* Documentation update

* Reflected changes in internal db to xml (except /* Plane x */ )

New games added or promoted from NOT_WORKING status

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Forte Card (Spanish) [Angelo Salese, Roberto Fresca, Rob Ragon]

Itazura Tenshi [Team Japump!!!, Hau, Yohji]

New games marked as GAME_NOT_WORKING

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Special Criminal Investigation (Tourvision PCE bootleg)

[Mariusz Wojcieszek, Clawgrip, Charles MacDonald, AUMAP]

This emulates the Atari 800.

Get it here --> http://virtualdub.org/altirra.html

Version 2.00 [December 24, 2011]:

Debugger: The step over command has been changed from s to o.

[features]

UI: Added OS Screen size setting.

UI: Added support for gzip compressed images (*.gz, *.atz).

UI: Arrow key behavior is now configurable.

UI: Added speed options.

UI: Added option to control whether emulation sees the Shift key pressed after a Shift+F5 cold reset.

UI: Added MRU list for booted images.

UI: Color settings can now be exported as a palette file (*.pal).

UI: Display API options can now be changed through the GUI (not just cmdline).

UI: Added full screen resolution options.

UI: Added single instance option.

UI: Request 1ms system timer precision only when unpaused.

UI: Added option to bind file associations in Windows for image types.

UI: Added /run, /disk, /tape, and /cart switches to force load types on the command line.

UI: Added mute option.

Debugger: Added command aliases (ac, al, as, a8).

Debugger: Added watch expression (wx) command.

Debugger: Added multiple memory panes.

Debugger: Added watch panes.

Debugger: Initial version of debug display.

Debugger: Disassembler can now display offsets from symbols.

Debugger: Profiler now distinguishes between VBIs and DLIs in function sampling mode.

Debugger: Profiler now shows unhalted cycle counts and DMA contention rates.

Debugger: Added call graph profiling support.

Debugger: Mouse wheel is now position-based instead of focus-based.

Debugger: Address range breakpoints can now trigger commands.

Debugger: Added log output filter commands (lfd/lfe/lfl/lft).

Debugger: Added .ide command.

Debugger: Enter (e) command now takes expressions.

Debugger: Added bitwise/low-byte/high-byte operators and address/value variables to expression evaluator.

Debugger: Break on expression command (bx) can now include address ranges.

Debugger: Added dump double words (dd) command.

Debugger: Go (g) command now has options to preserve and force source mode.

Debugger: Added batch (.batch) command.

Debugger: Added source mode control (.sourcemode) command.

Debugger: Commands can now be queued to run when an EXE loads or runs.

Debugger: Source line breakpoints can now be set prior to line debug information being available.

Debugger: A matching .atdbg file is now processed when an executable loads.

Debugger: startup.atdbg in the program directory is now processed on startup if present.

Debugger: Ctrl+Up/Down from output window command line now scrolls log pane by single lines.

Debugger: Added fill (f), search (s), and move (m) commands.

Debugger: Register ® command can now set individual flags.

Debugger: Improved output of .pia command.

Debugger: Call, loop, and interrupt collapsing in history window can now be toggled.

Debugger: History window can now show timestamps in cycles, unhalted cycles, and microseconds from an anchor point.

Debugger: Extended memory syntax now allows access to hidden RAM (r: prefix).

Debugger: Added .tape and .tapedata commands.

Disk: Added support for Write PERCOM Block command.

Disk: Added option to auto-detect firmware overrides of disk accesses and automatically disable SIO patch for those drives.

Disk: Live disk images can now be explored directly from the disk drive entry rather than requiring an unmount and remount.

Disk: Disk explorer shows timestamps.

Disk: .ARC compressed archives can now be explored.

Disk: Fixed a couple of bugs with DCM disk image decoding.

Cartridge: Added another Atrax 128K cartridge variant used for SpartaDOS X.

Cartridge: Added support for OSS 8K, Blizzard 4K, AST 32K, Atrax SDX 64K, Turbosoft 64K, and Turbosoft 128K types.

Cartridge: Added support for newer MaxFlash 1MB cartridges that power up in bank 0 instead of bank 127.

Cartridge: Added support for 1M Megacart (different type with similar name).

Cartridge: Added support for a 5200 64K cartridge with 32K banks.

Input: MultiJoy8 support.

Input: CX-80 and 5200 trackball support.

Input: 1200XL F1-F4 keys can now be enabled in keyboard options.

Input: ~ key is now an alternate mapping for the inverse key.

IDE: KMK/JZ IDE / IDEPlus 2.0 emulation support.

IDE: Initial SIDE emulation support.

IDE: Solid-state mode supports up through PIO mode 6.

IDE: Read-only physical disk access.

GTIA: SECAM support.

GTIA: Optimizations to mode 9 and mode 10 rendering.

MMU: Added 800 8K/24K/32K/40K configurations.

MMU: Added 320K and 576K Compy Shop configurations.

MMU: Sped up extended bank switching.

Simulator: Added XEGS support.

SoundBoard: Multiplier support.

POKEY: Rewrote sound core to defer repeating events whenever possible for extra speed.

[bugs fixed]

ANTIC: Added emulation of bus data displaying at the very right border of a wide scrolled playfield.

ANTIC: Improved accuracy of mid scan line changes to HSCROL and DMACTL.

ANTIC: Fixed phantom DMA data during WSYNC.

ANTIC: Implemented phantom DMA artifacts along right side of wide playfield.

ANTIC: Fixed NMIs not being reactivated after a write to NMIRES on cycle 7.

Disk: PERCOM block is now initialized for a drive without a disk.

Disk: Fixed errors in PERCOM block track and sectors per track counts.

Disk: Switching a disk from R/W to VirtRW mode now clears pending flush errors.

Disk: Fixed incorrect serial transfer rates for XF551 high speed Put/Write and Write PERCOM commands.

Disk: Fixed H: device not handling zero-byte get/puts properly with burst I/O enabled (affected GET/PUT from BASIC).

Disk: H: device now supports OPEN with AUX1=7 to fix directory listing from DOS 2.5.

Disk: Disk explorer now properly increments volume sequence number when modifying SpartaDOS X images.

Disk: DSKINV hook now supports writes to sectors bigger than 128 bytes.

Disk: Fixed crash with very short disk images.

CPU: Fixed undocumented $BB opcode using abs instead of abs,Y addressing mode.

CPU: Undocumented $6B opcode now supports decimal mode.

Debugger: Profiler sometimes lost track of intermediate call frames during function sampling.

Debugger: Mouse wheel now uses system wheel scroll setting.

Debugger: Improved parsing of MADS listings.

Debugger: Fixed command escaping so that escapes are no longer processed unless enabled, i.e. \"foo\nbar".

Debugger: Register ® can no longer clear bits 4 and 5 of P when unsupported by current CPU mode.

Debugger: _ and . are now accepted as part of symbol names in expressions.

Debugger: Fixed crash when attempting to load empty file as symbol file.

Debugger: Source path matching now allows partial path matches both ways and has improved behavior with duplicate filenames in different directories.

Debugger: Fixed wrapping of frame counter in history window.

Debugger: Built-in kernel symbols now take priority over loaded symbols.

Debugger: Fixed page scrolling in history window after enabling CPU history tracking.

IDE: Added mandatory Recalibrate, Read Verify, Read Multiple, Write Multiple, Seek, Set Multiple Mode, and Initialize Device Parameters commands.

IDE: Fixed response from device 1 status register.

IDE: Improved response from Identify Drive command.

IDE: Set transfer mode command is now supported.

Cartridge: Reverted OSS 034M mapper back to original bank order and added OSS 043M mapper mode for alternate bank layout.

Input: Fixed crash when activating triggers to unavailable controllers.

PIA: Implemented IRQB and control bit 6.

HLE: Fixed escape handling in display handler.

HLE: Screen setup now matches the display list and playfield addressing of the stock OS ROM.

HLE: Fixed cartridge handling so that cartridges are run after disk boot completes.

HLE: Added known RTS instruction at $E4C0.

HLE: CIO now allows SPECIAL commands to be issued on a closed IOCB.

HLE: Boot loader now sets DBYTLO/DBYTHI to $0400 before launching.

HLE: Fixed crash in CIO on OPEN command with unknown device.

HLE: S: now supports the Get Status, line, and fill commands.

UI: Disk sector display was incorrect for accelerated writes.

UI: Fixed crash if DirectX 9 is not installed.

UI: Display window can no longer be undocked in full screen mode.

UI: Adjusted default NTSC color preset. The old preset is still available.

UI: Command-line processing now better matches standard VC++ escaping rules.

UI: Direct3D9/OpenGL rendering now works over Remote Desktop with Windows Vista/7.

SoundBoard: Restricted $D5/D6xx mapping to $D500-D53F and $D600-D63F.

POKEY: Fixed incorrect latching on IRQST bit 4 (serial output ready IRQ).

POKEY: Fixed deassert timing for IRQST bit 3 (serial output complete IRQ).

POKEY: Added partial emulation of SKSTAT bit 4 (direct input) during disk transfers.

Cassette: Fixed data blocks being silently dropped when reading some .cas files.

Cassette: Fixed inaccuracy in data rate produced from loading .cas files.

GTIA: Fixed incorrect color for %%1000 pattern in mode 10 with lores ANTIC input.

VBXE: Warm reset no longer resets all registers like a cold reset.