ARAnyM 0.9.4beta released

[Robert]

Atari emulator

 

Changes:

2006/09/22 - version 0.9.4beta released

 

This release has one major highlight: two last MMU emulation bugs have

been fixed and ARAnyM now runs Linux-m68k stable for days without any

single issue. I can now fully recommend ARAnyM for Linux-m68k kernel

development and also Debian-m68k development. Hoping that it will help

the m68k linux platform to survive for a little longer.

 

There is also a great new feature for those who are tired of setting up

virtual disk drives for booting to TOS/GEM system: ARAnyM now supports

bootstrapping directly from host filesystem! You need new versions of

both EmuTOS and FreeMiNT kernel (with built-in HostFS driver) and

the following configuration (in the [GLOBAL] section of ARAnyM config file):

------ aranym config --------

Bootstrap = /path/to/mint.prg

BootstrapArgs = DEBUG_LEVEL=1 BOOT_DELAY=0 MEM_PROT=NO

BootDrive = C

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Of course you also need to define the BootDrive (C:) host path in the

[HOSTFS] config section. FreeMiNT tries to locate the modules and other

files in usual C:\MINT\ path that is redirected to your host filesystem.

 

Other news and fixes:

 

o new command line parameter -P (as in Position) will position the ARAnyM

window to your desired location - enter the coordinates of upper left

window corner ("-P 50,50") or try to center the window with "-P center".

This should help especially on MS-Windows where the ARAnyM window often

ended partially off screen.

 

o Host desktop AES clipboard interconnection. Currently for MS-Windows

only. You need a special FreeMiNT driver that creates a new filesystem

in FreeMiNT where you can point the AES to store the Clipboard. Find

more information in documentation at http://wiki.aranym.org/

 

o various improvements in graphics area - major speed up for bitplane modes,

speed up of graphics on Mac OS X, OpenGL alpha mask fix and others.

 

o Mac OS X: Swapped meaning of CTRL and META key for Mac OS X back to

"the logical way": The Apple key(s) represent left and right meta key

and CTRL key is mapped to Atari CTRL key.

A new, more Mac like set of keyboard shortcuts defined:

Left Apple +, = Open preferences dialog

Left Apple + q = Quit

Left Apple + r = Reboot

Left Apple + escape = Grab/Ungrab mouse cursor

Left Apple + d = Enable debugger (if built-in)

Left Apple + s = Save screenshot

Left Apple + f = Toggle fullscreen mode

 

o MS-Windows: corrected/improved window/fullscreen toggle.

 

o bug #1521310 fixed: Shifters are now released before the GUI thread

is started.

 

o MIDI now outputs raw data which could be used for mapping the MIDI port

to host MIDI directly (untested)

 

o new compile-time configuration (--enable-protect2k) improves compatibility

with ST/TT/Falcon where hardware protects first 2 kB of RAM against

user mode accesses. Enabled by default in MMU build only since it can

cause some performance degradation.

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