MESS 0.145u7 released

[Robert]

http://mess.redump.net/downloads

 

0.145u7

 

Systems Promoted from GAME_NOT_WORKING:

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-SAPI 2 [Robbbert]

-Pyldin 601 [Robbbert]

 

Skeleton drivers:

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- Powertran Cortex [Robbbert,Kaylee]

 

System Driver Changes:

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-apple2: CFFA2000 now has savable settings EEPROM, plus default settings patched to enable two drives [R. Belmont]

-apple2: Thunderclock Plus card added [R. Belmont]

-apollo: add alternate layouts for a better experience on XGA (1024x768) and WXGA (1280x800) displays. [Hans Ostermeyer]

-apple2: Added Microsoft SoftCard. Works only on apple2 and apple2p for now, and only with Microsoft's CP/M boot disks. [R. Belmont]

-sms: Prevent a crash in sms1pal and some optimizations. [Enik Land]

-c64: Added support for the Currah Speech 64 cartridge, pitch is not spot on yet. [Curt Coder]

-c64: Added support for the NeoRAM cartridge. [Curt Coder]

-c64: Added support for the Commodore CP/M cartridge. VICE Team, your move [Curt Coder, R. Belmont]

-adam: Improved the cassette emulation:

-- added ddp tape image support

-- edited cassette.c to allow speed / direction / channel selection

-- changed cassimg.c so multichannel tapes work [huygens]

-c64: Added support for the 4040+Fast Hack'em cartridge. [Curt Coder]

-mk83: fixed video, computer responds to commands. [Robbbert]

-sapi: SAPI1 - modernised. SAPI2 connected to ascii keyboard, works. Sapi3 connected to terminal. Needs a boot disk & fdc. [Robbbert]

-apple2: Added Videx VideoTerm card emulation for slot 3 on II/II+ [R. Belmont]

-apple2: cards that don't take over c800 now don't have to. Fixes SoftCard compatibility with VideoTerm and IIe - CP/M now runs in 80 columns in those setups. [R. Belmont]

-apple2gs: writes to card CnXX and C800 space now honored. CFFA2 settings changes work. [R. Belmont]

-apple2: Fixed reset bit for Mockingboard/Phasor. Fixes stuck sounds in Mockingboard and Phasor utility programs. [R. Belmont]

-apple2: Enabled AE Phasor, it works pretty well now [R. Belmont]

-apple2: Added Super Serial Card. Not terribly useful at present, but should get interesting in the future. [R. Belmont]

-apple2: added /INH support to the slots for the D000-FFFF region and added IAI SwyftCard support. (It must go in slot 3 of a IIe!)

 

Software Lists:

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- pico.xml: added new Japanese dumps [Team Europe]

 

Source Changes:

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-3c505: Switched to using core device_network_interface [Hans Ostermeyer]

-Add multiread support (behind a define for now pending heuristics) to the dfi import support. Fix some inaccuracies regarding index decode position in dfi files. [Lord Nightmare]

-Modern apple 2 disk decoder for 16-sector disk images implemented using Olivier's new system for floptool. Only supports importing from .dfi 50mhz multi-read x3 images at the moment. [Lord Nightmare, Balrog, Jason Scott, Karsten Scheibler]

-fix dsk export from floptool so it can work with just one .dfi read instead of needing 3 reads. Tested at 50mhz sampling rate only. [Lord Nightmare]

-More work on dfi and apple2 modern disk stuff; most of the auto speed recognition stuff is in the dfi handler now but the actual data scaling to match the internal mfi 200mhz sample rate stream is not done yet. There are also some likely issues with beginnings and ends of index pulses. Brickwall windowing has been implemented for dfi for regeneration of missed transitions from marginal reads as well as discarding of noise. A histogram has been added (disabled by default) for dfi format as well. [Lord Nightmare, Phil Pemberton, Balrog]

-Some additional tweaks to ap2 and dfi stuff; disabled the horribly broken load() code in ap2_dsk. [Lord Nightmare, Balrog]

-ap2_dsk.c: beginnings of 13-sector format support. gives a warning if you try to read one so far.

-dfi_dsk.c: fix a bug involving offsets read from source file per track which caused an occasional 0xFF byte to end up in the stream (reading off end of file buffer) [Lord Nightmare]

-ap2_dsk now produces valid, runnable ProDOS-order .po disk images. [Lord Nightmare, adtpro]