MESS 0.128 released

[Robert]

New System Drivers Supported (in no particular order):

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- Amstrad CPC6128 (Sweden/Finland) [iggy Drougge, Curt Coder]

- Atari 7800 Prototype [incog]

- Consul 2717 [Miodrag Milanovic]

- HT-1080Z / HT-1080Z/64 [Miodrag Milanovic]

- Primo B32/ Primo B48/ Primo C64 [Miodrag Milanovic]

- Homelab 2/3/4 (not working) [Miodrag Milanovic]

- SAPI-1 [Miodrag Milanovic]

- Vector-06c (not working) [Miodrag Milanovic]

- Irisha (not working) [Miodrag Milanovic]

- PP-01 (not working) [Miodrag Milanovic]

- Ondra (not working) [Miodrag Milanovic]

- PK-8020 Korvet (not working) [Miodrag Milanovic]

- Kramer MC [Miodrag Milanovic]

- RCA Cosmac VIP (VP-111) [Curt Coder]

- Spectrum clones [Miodrag Milanovic]

-- HC85/HC90/HC91/HC128/HC2000/CIP-03/Jet

-- Didaktik Gama 87/88/89

-- Didaktik Skalica 90,M 91/93,Kompakt

-- Mistrum

-- Blitz/Byte/Orizon/Kvorum 48/Magic 6/Kompanion

- MSX machines [Wilbert Pol, Miodrag Milanovic]

-- Al Alamiah AX-170/AX-350/AX-370

-- Canon V-10/V-20

-- Daewoo CPC-300E

-- Gradiente 1.1/1.3/2.0

-- JVC HC-7GB/Pioneer PX-07/Sanyo MPC-100/Goldstar FC-200

-- Mitsubishi ML-F80/ML-FX1

-- Philips VG-8235F/VG-8240

-- Sharp HB-8000 Hotbit 1.3b/HB-8000 Hotbit 1.3p

-- Sony HB-201/HB-55D/HB-55P

-- Spectravideo SVI-728/SVI-738 Swedish

-- Talent DPC-200/DPC-200A/TPC-310

-- Toshiba HX-10S/HX-20/HX-23/HX-23F

-- Yamaha CX5M/CX5M-128/CX5MII/YIS303/YIS503/YIS503II/YIS503M/CX7M/CX7M-128

-- Yashica YC-64

 

 

 

System Driver Changes:

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- [ABC80] Made keyboard a little less hacky. [Curt Coder]

 

- [ABC800M] Added keyboard hack to enable system use. [Curt Coder]

 

- [ARCADIA] Cleanups, and fixed colors. (bug #1399) [Manfred Schneider]

 

- [C16] Added support for tape emulation using MESS core functions (only

loading, both .wav and .tap formats) [Fabio Priuli, Roberto Zandona]

 

- [C16] Refactored cartridge code to rely on MESS core functions. As

a result carts are now working. Also removed -cart2 device, since

C16 / C116 / Plus4 had only a single cartridge port. [Fabio Priuli]

 

- [C16] Fixed behavior of Joystick Ports Swapping: if you press F1 in

partial keyboard emulation, Joy1 keys will go to Joy2 port (as if you

had plugged your joystick in port 2). This helps with games which expect

joystick inputs from port 2 of the C16 [Fabio Priuli]

 

- [C128] Added support for tape emulation using MESS core functions

(loading and saving, both .wav and .tap formats) [Fabio Priuli]

 

- [C128] Refactored cartridge code to rely on MESS core functions.

Currently, .crt emulation uses unmodified C64 cart code and therefore

support has not improved (yet) [Fabio Priuli]

 

- [C64] Added support for tape emulation using MESS core functions

(loading and saving, both .wav and .tap formats) [Fabio Priuli, Roberto Zandona]

 

- [C64] Fixed border color during tape loading [Roberto Zandona]

 

- [C64] Partial cleanup of memory bankswitch, based on docs [Fabio Priuli]

 

- [C64] Modified VIC II implementation: for every raster interrupt

the chip draws only one line. [Roberto Zandona]

 

- [C64] Modified VIC II implementation: modified resolutions for NTSC and

PAL modes [Roberto Zandona]

 

- [C64] Refactored cartridge code to rely on MESS core functions and

generally cleaned up cart code. Support is still limited to Type 0 Carts

(8k and 16k images) [Fabio Priuli]

 

- [C64] Fixed behavior of Joystick Ports Swapping: if you press F1 in

partial keyboard emulation, Joy1 keys will go to Joy2 port (as if you

had plugged your joystick in port 2). This helps with games which expect

joystick inputs from port 2 of the C64 [Fabio Priuli]

 

- [C64] Fixed memory leaks with floppies [Oliver Stoneberg]

 

- [C64] Fixed floppy unmounting [Oliver Stoneberg]

 

- [C65] Added preliminary cartridge support through MESS core functions.

Currently, .crt emulation uses unmodified C64 cart code and therefore

is not working [Fabio Priuli]

 

- [CBMB] Refactored cartridge code to rely on MESS core functions. Disabled

.crt support (.10, .20, .40 and .60 files working as before) since I

doubt these CBM-II computers used the same format as C64. More work

when/if more documents will be available [Fabio Priuli]

 

- [CGENIE] Properly implemented the cassette loading. [Wilbert Pol]

 

- [COMMODORE] Properly fixed asserts / freezes / crashes in systems with

VC1540 / VC1541 floppy support which had been promoted from TESTDRIVER

status. However, they are flagged as NOT_WORKING because the floppy

emulation is not implemented yet. [Fabio Priuli]

 

- [COMMODORE] Cleaned up documentation and comments in c16.c, c64.c, c65.c,

c128.c, cbmb.c, pet.c and vc20.c. Added missing BASIC revisions, new

sets and new clones. Removed models and configurations which were never

sold. In particular, I've tagged as BAD_DUMPS most of the C128/C128D PAL

BIOSes and started to use split kernal & character ROMs to make clear

their origin and possible incompleteness. When dumps will be confirmed,

we will start to use the correct ones. If you own a C128 PAL, please

dump its BIOS to verify its content. [Fabio Priuli]

 

- [EXIDY] Added support for cassette images. [Robbbert, Wilbert Pol]

 

- [EXIDY] Fixed Centronics printing. [Robbbert]

 

- [FAMICOM] Fixed small Disk loading bug which caused "Disk Trouble Err.

22" with all disk images (remaining part of bug #1479). Famicom Disk

System is back to working status [Fabio Priuli]

 

- [GENESIS / MD] Added possibility to choose between a 3 buttons and a 6

buttons Joypad. [Fabio Priuli]

 

- [GENESIS / MD] Fixed SRAM saving & loading in many games [Fabio Priuli]

 

- [GENEVE] Fixed RTC to start on Sunday. [Michael Zapf]

 

- [iNTV] Added partial support for images in .int/.itv/.bin format. Images

in .rom format are still preferred. [Fabio Priuli]

 

- [LYNX] Added support for images in .lyx format [Fabio Priuli]

 

- [OSCNANO] Implemented RUN/MONITOR keys properly, changed video to

black and white, and fixed quickloading. System is now fully

working, including the "Sakkijarven polkka" program. [Curt Coder]

 

- [JUPITER] Fixed regression; driver works again. [Wilbert Pol]

 

- [MAX] Fixed cart loading (both bug #1618 and a problem with the loading

address). Commodore Ultimax / Max Machine / VIC-10 is now working. [Fabio

Priuli]

 

- [MK1/MK2] Added clickable artwork [Hobie Troxell]

 

- [Mephisto 8/16/32 Bit] Added clickable artwork [Dirk Verwiebe]

 

- [MSX] Added some Brazilian clones [Miodrag Milanovic]

 

- [MSX] Updated some MSX machines ROMs (bug #1425, #1474) [Miodrag Milanovic]

 

- [MSX/MSX2] Updated several rom sets to match their original hardware

configurations. [Wilbert Pol]

 

- [PET] Refactored cartridge code to rely on MESS core functions. Disabled

.crt support (.a0 and .b0 files working as before) since I doubt these

computers used the same format as C64. More work when/if more documents

will be available [Fabio Priuli]

 

- [sG1000] Lightgun crosshair is now shown only if TV Draw cartridge is

loaded. [Curt Coder]

 

- [sNES] Improved special chips detection (if you run MESS with -log you will

be warned of the presence of unemulated chips in error.log), memory

handling, cart and SRAM mirroring [Fabio Priuli]

 

- [sNES] Fixed inputs in Super Street Fighter 2 (bug #437) [Fabio Priuli]

 

- [sNES] Added support for the emulation of the DSP-2 and OBC-1 add-on chips.

Code based on byuu's implementation in BSNES (thanks byuu) [Fabio Priuli]

 

- [sPECTRUM] Added lot of Spectrum clones and custom ROM's [Miodrag Milanovic]

 

- [TI99] Changed ESC key to map to F12. [Michael Zapf]

 

- [TMC2000] Fixed quickloading. [Curt Coder]

 

- [TRS80] Added proper cassette emulation support (both .wav and .cas.

formats) [Wilbert Pol]

 

- [VIC20] Added support for tape emulation using MESS core functions

(loading and saving, both .wav and .tap formats) [Fabio Priuli]

 

- [VIC20] Refactored cartridge code to rely on MESS core functions. As

a result carts are now working (fixed remaining half of bug #1603). Also

added proper banking for cart2, making defender, submarin and other

multifile carts work [Fabio Priuli]

 

- [VIP] Fixed memory banking, added discrete sound, added tape support,

and improved quickloading so that the CHIP-8(X) interpreter is automatically

loaded alongside .c8 files. [Curt Coder]

 

- [VIP] Added VP-590 color board, VP-595 Simple Sound Board, and a

single VP-580 Auxiliary Keyboard emulation. The VIP Blockout game can

now be played in color with sound using 2 keypads. [Curt Coder]

 

- [X68000] Fixed SASI harddisk device info [Oliver Stoneberg]

 

 

 

User Interface Changes:

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- Fixed a file manager bug that could cause the working directory to be lost when inside ZIP files. [Nate Woods]

 

- Fixed a tape control bug that caused the counter to fail to update. [Nate Woods]

 

- Added "Keyboard Mode" menu to switch between emulated and natural keyboard during emulation. [Oliver Stoneberg]

 

- Fixed toggling through multiple cassettes in Tape Control menu [Oliver Stoneberg]

 

- MESSUI now shows the actual values of the system configuration settings instead of the defaults. (bug #1679) [Curt Coder]

 

- BIOS selection from MESSUI is now possible. (bug #1681) [Curt Coder]

 

- [Windows GUI] Fixed internal debugger. (bug #1712) [Nate Woods]

 

 

 

Source Changes:

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- The core is based on MAME 0.128. This incorporates all features of the update to this core. [MAME team]

 

- Refactored ZIP path code out of src/mess/image.c, made more testable. [Nate Woods]

 

- Removed MESS_DEBUG and the TESTDRIVER define and enabled a lot of non-working drivers [Oliver Stoneberg]

 

- Changed the cassette implementation into a regular mame device. [Wilbert Pol]

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