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VICE 2.1 released
VICE is the Versatile Commodore
Emulator, it emulates the C64, C128,
VIC20, PET, PLUS4 & CBM-II, as well as
the C64 DTV. It runs on Win32, Mac OS
X, Unix, DOS, RiscOS, OS/2, BeOS, QNX,
SkyOS, AmigaOS and GP2X systems.
VICE is *free* software released under
the GNU General Public License, & as
such it comes with full source code.
Most important Changes in VICE 2.1
include:
* General
- The VICEplus project has been joined
with VICE. Thus, x64dtv is now part
of VICE.
- We can be contacted via IRC:
#vice-dev on freenode
- Added a more accurate ReSID engine
using floating point math (ReSID-FP)
- Added support for the USB HardSID
- PAL emulation has been rewritten &
optimized
- Fixed the ACIA 6551 emulation
(x64/x128/xcbm2/xpet/xplus4)
- Monitor commands help text is now
translated to (in ports where
translation is available at all)
- Monitor IO command now displays IO
area even if it is currently banked
out.
- GCR file handling (.G64) issues an
error message if the .G64 does not
have the expected structure. Before,
VICE just silently ignored such files
- IRQ handling fix
C64/C128 changes
- Fixed digimax sound generation
- Added the RR clock port disable
functionality at $DF00.0. Allows to
disable the RRnet
- Improved REU compatibility & timing
C64 changes
- Added isepic cartridge emulation
- Added Double Quick Brown Box
cartridge emulation
VIC20 changes
- Improved sound emulation
- Fixed the lowest note bug
- Improved VIC emulation (exact in-
line colour/reverse mode changes)
C64DTV changes
- New emulator
Unix changes
- XRandR full screen implemented
- Command line option -full screen' is
supposed to do something useful
- Vsync code imported from win32
(based on openGL extension). See
also doc/openGLsync-howto.txt
- Vidmode (full screen support) is
broken & therefore marked as
depreciated. It will be removed in
the next release if no-one takes
responsibility to fix the broken code
& is willing to maintain the code
- PAL Emulation (new implementation,
improved speed) should be usable
again (it was broken on certain
display depths)
- Log messages are always English
- Only x11 keymaps will be installed
when doing a 'make install'
- MIDI cartridge emulation for x128,
x64 & xVIC
MS-Windows changes
- Watcom generated executables are
more optimized
- MIDI cartridge emulation for x128,
x64 & xVIC
- When specifying the target for the
RS232 communication (Menu Settings/
RS232 Settings), the target can be
specified by name now. Before, you
had to use the IP address
- Fixed some minor errors with the
RS232 communication via TCP
connections
- RS232 can use real devices now, too
To use this feature, you have to
specify the COM port used in
Settings/RS232 Settings like:
\\.\com1: baud=57600 parity=N
data=8 stop=1
The characters after the colon can be
used to specify additional settings
for the COM port. The string must
have the same form as the mode
command's command-line arguments:
[baud=b][parity=p][data=d][stop=s]
[to={SHIFT-+}on{CBM--}off{SHIFT--}][xon={SHIFT-+}on{CBM--}off{SHIFT--}]
[odsr={SHIFT-+}on{CBM--}off{SHIFT--}][octs={SHIFT-+}on{CBM--}off{SHIFT--}]
[dtr={SHIFT-+}on{CBM--}off{CBM--}hs{SHIFT--}]
[rts={SHIFT-+}on{CBM--}off{CBM--}hs{CBM--}tg{SHIFT--}][idsr={SHIFT-+}on{CBM--}off{SHIFT--}]
The above example specifies COM1
with baud rate of 57600, no parity,
8 data bits & 1 stop bit.
Note that the leading \\.\ is used
to distinguish between TCP/IP
targets & real devices, thus, you
have to use it,
(Sorry, no fancy UI yet)
- vsid GUI reworked:
* infoline appears only by
pressing "I"
* raises process priority.
Otherwise, when in background,
looses CPU power & music is not
played at correct speed
* drag & drop support; window also
gets focus back on drop
* correct display of emulated SID
model (when using -keepenv)
* changed colours
- fixed copy function from the VICE
monitor window
AmigaOS changes
OS/2 changes
- Fixed 24/32bit display depth
problem.
GP2X changes
- Fixed black screen problem
- Pause emulation while the menu is
open
- Added experimental support for USB
keyboard & joystick
- Removed vsid
Mac OS X changes
- x64a.app & x64dtv.app (Cocoa) are
now feature complete
* added flip lists
* added netplay dialog
* added ROM resources
* added video settings dialog
* added record snapshot dialog
- Introduced new control window that
replaces old peripherals drawer
* with tape control buttons
* attach/eject buttons for each drive
* drag & drop of disk/tape images
- Introduced Cocoa compile for Mac OS
X 10.5 & greater with more features
(see extended Resource Inspector)
- Completely rewritten joystick driver
that supports user-definable buttons
for fire & all directions
- Copy & Paste support for emulator &
monitor/log window
- Added x2, x3, x4 view scaling like
in QuickTime Player
- Store visibility & size of all
windows in user's preferences
- Added Keyset Joystick toggle to
quickly disable keyboard joysticks
- Added MIDI support
For more information check out the
VICE home page at:
http://www.viceteam.org/
At the time this was written the VICE
home page was not updated yet, rest
assured that it will be updated soon.
In the meantime, please use:
http://vice-emu.sourceforge.net/
The VICE team.
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