Microbee emulator

19 February 2008 - SJK

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uBee512 v2.4.0

 

New for this release:

* LibDsk has been added allowing direct floppy access, various disk image formats DSK, EDSK, TD0, CopyQM, etc. Other disk drivers under Windows and Unices are also possible.

* Added --side1as0 option to allow disks in LibDsk to correctly read side 1 when the sector header contains side 0. Microbee DS80 and DS40 formats can have this problem depending on the format program that was used.

* Added a sector size probing option --psec to access protected floppy disks and edsk images.

* Added emulation of the FDC write track command. Format and Init programs now work when using LibDsk.

* Added +fdc_wtd and +fdc_wth write track debug output options.

* Model information and drive status now appears in the program's title bar.

* Added A libdskrc file containing common Microbee formats for LibDsk.

* Re-instated the alpha+ --vdu option functionality. Default is 2K for VDU memory (no banking), 8K banked can be selected.

* Re-instated the paging of the text output for the --help option in Windows as default buffers in the console are not large enough.

 

Fixed:

* Alpha+ VDU colour bank selection issue resolved by defaulting to 2K of VDU RAM instead of 8K.

* FDC status results.

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Rom Manager

clrmamepro 3.111

 

Going 64bit...

- misc: several internal 64bit updates

- misc: 64bit clrmamepro exe available as separate download

- misc: updated updateprogram to pick correct 32/64bit package

- misc: updated to latest fully licenced ziparchive non-mfc version & new 64bit unrar dll

- misc: remove-rebuilt-source files now works for all parts of a split-rar too

- misc: more detailed parse error messages showing the last successfully parsed set

- misc: some small internal preparations for upcoming new xml datheaders

- fixed: negative windows positions lead to not visible windows

- fixed: wrong parser error message when no setformat.xml is available

- fixed: new rebuilder destination folder isn't removed when stopping at rebuilder warning prompts

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Pinball machine emulators

What's new in Visual PinMAME:

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Version 1.59 (February 17th, 2008)

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- HSTD displayed in all player panels for GTS1 games

- Sound support for Zaccaria prototype games (strike, skijump, spacecty)

 

 

Version 1.59 (February 17, 2008) - "The lost sounds"

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And yet another bugfix release - just a little more than two weeks later!

 

Gottlieb's System 3 has now access to all of the content of the OKI chip's speech & sound roms, enabling some long-lost quotes like "Jackpot!" on Stargate, or "You need another coin" on Barb Wire. At the same time the sampling speed was adjusted, for it was playing too fast before, and made some game soundtack sound real bad (eg. Wipeout)!

 

Some preliminary sound was added for the Zaccaria 1-player games. It probably sounds nothing like the original, for lack of comparison sound clips mostly!

 

A few clones and new games were added, for instance the "Addams Family Values" coin dropper, and the newly-found Rock Encore. So nothing spectacular here.

 

Changes:

 

*** CORE/CPU ***

Full OKI 6295 rom support for Gottlieb System 3 games

Decreased sampling frequency by 5.6% for games using the OKI 6295 chip

HSTD flashing in all player score panels for Gottlieb System 1 games

Preliminary sound support for Zaccaria prototype machines

 

*** ROM SUPPORT ***

Added Addams Family Values (coin dropping game)

Added Rock Encore (different sound version for Premier's "Rock")

Added NBA Fastbreak U2 sound version 0.4 (gives a warning but still plays)

Added Baby Pacman home roms by Okaegi

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DS emulator

Here's changelog :

 

- Fixed a bug in Texture Coordinates Transformation.

- Fixed a bug in Import Saves.

- Fixed a bug in cycles S and N.

- Fixed a bug in MSR and MCR opcodes.

- Fixed a bug in Plugins management.

- Fixed a bug in ELF files management.

- Add support for DLDI Plugins.

- Add support for AceKard DLDI.

- A lot of speed up, added Optimize CPUs PipeLine and Optimize Loops.

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