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2012-11-16 21:03
blacky

Registered: Sep 2007
Posts: 41
VICE 2.4 has been released.

VICE 2.4 has been released.

VICE is the Versatile Commodore Emulator, it emulates the Commodore C64,
C128, VIC20, PET, PLUS4 and the CBM-II, as well as the C64 DTV, and it
runs on Win32, Unix, DOS, OS/2, BeOS, QNX, and AmigaOS systems.

VICE is *free* software released under the GNU General Public License,
and as such it comes with full source code.

The most important changes from the last version can be found at the end
of this posting.

For more information and download instructions check out the VICE home
page at:

http://vice-emu.sourceforge.net/

=======================================================================
Note that some of the binaries are not available yet (sunos 4.x and qnx 4.x), we are still working on them, they will be available soon.

=======================================================================

The VICE team.

----------------------------------------------------------------------

* Upgrading
===========

If you run into trouble please try removing any VICE configuration files
left from previous installs.
(vice.ini / .vicerc / vice2.cfg / vice-sdl.ini depending on platform)

* Changes in VICE 2.4
======================

** General
----------

- New SDL based MIPS Windows NT port.

- New SDL based native Dingoo port.

- New monitor commands: autostart and autoload.

- Rewrite of the sound system, output is now mono/stereo selectable.

- Split off the 5x0 model from the 6x0/7x0 models in xcbm2, new emulator is
called xcbm5x0.

- Split off sid player from c64, new program is called vsid.

- New maintainer for the polish translations, they are now 100% up2date.

- New IEC FD2000/4000 drive support.

- New 1541 drive sounds emulation.

- 1541 drive emulation has been greatly improved.

** C64/C128 changes
-------------------

- ACIA address now selectable.

- I/O conflict behaviour now selectable.

- Added Pagefox cartridge support.

- Added Silverrock cartridge support.

- Added Formel64 cartridge support.

- IDE64 support extended to be able to handle 4 devices.

- IDE64 FD/CD/CF support added.

- Added "Kingsoft" ("Business Basic" aka "S'more") cartridge support.

- SFX sound sampler, SFX sound expander and digimax extended to output in
stereo.

- Added Triple SID support.

- Added Nordic Replay support to the Retro Replay cartridge emulation.

- Added video to audio leak sound support.

- Added VICII 'no border' mode support.

- Magic Voice cartridge emulation improvements.

- Added support for the kingsoft and starbyte userport joystick adapters.

- Added MicroMys, SmartMouse, Atari CX-22 trackball, and Atari mouse
support.

- Added supercard+ support.

- Added DS12C887 RTC expansion support.

- Added userport RTC (58321a) expansion support.

** C64 changes
--------------

- Support for drive burst modification.

** C128 changes
---------------

- Improved the z80 cycle emulation.

- C128 model can be selected.

- Added internal function RAM and RAM+RTC support.

** VIC20 changes
----------------

- Added I/O conflict checking with selectable behaviour.

- Added masC=uerade adapter support, I/O-only C64 carts can now also be used
with the VIC20 emulation.

- The VIC border mode can be selected now (none, normal, full, debug).

- Added DS12C887 RTC expansion support.

** PLUS4 changes
----------------

- The TED border mode can be selected now (none, normal, full, debug).

- PLUS4 model can be selected.

** PET changes
--------------

- Added proper SuperPET support, including 6809(/6309) CPU emulation,
6702 (dongle) emulation, and the TPUG MMU board (for Super-OS/9).

** CBM2 changes
---------------

- CBM2 model can be selected.

** Cartconv changes
-------------------

- Display usage when -f/-t/-i/-o/-n/-l is given without an extra parameter.

** Petcat changes
-----------------

- Added Supergrafik support.

** Unix changes
---------------

- New Russian, Spanish and Korean translations of the UI elements and
command-line options.

- Added copy/paste support to the XAW GUI.

- Added 'drag and drop' support to the GTK+ GUI.

- Added monitor window support using VTE to the GTK+ GUI.

** MS-Windows changes
---------------------

- Alot of GUI fixes and improvements.

- New Russian, Spanish and Korean translations of the UI elements and
command-line options.

- Hotkeys are now configurable by editing the win_hotkeys.vhk files.

- Source can now be compiled without DX.

** AmigaOS changes
------------------

- New Russian, Spanish and Korean translations of the UI elements and
command-line options.

- Alot of GUI fixes and improvements.

- Improved the library loading system, when 'optional' libraries fail to load,
the features needing the library will be disabled.

- Added support for the catweasel.device driver.

** DOS changes
--------------

- Added PCI Catweasel support.

- Added PCI HardSID support.

** Mac OS X changes
-------------------

** SDL UI changes
-----------------

- Added OpenCBM support.

** BeOS changes
---------------

- Alot of GUI fixes and improvements.

- Joystick keysets have been fixed (again.)

- "beos" sound driver can now be tested on Haiku (at your own risk) with
command-line option: -sounddev beos

** OS/2 changes
---------------

- Alot of GUI fixes and improvements.


Enjoy!

Signed, Marco van den Heuvel.
 
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2012-11-23 08:25
chatGPZ

Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 11130
Quote:
it should be an option if the user wants injection or the drive emulated autostart.

guess what - it is an option =P
Quote:
Ah finally got the colors right! Thanx 4 da tips!

showing correct c64 colors pretty much *requires* CRT emulation, btw. </rant>
2012-11-23 20:48
The Phantom

Registered: Jan 2004
Posts: 360
I haven't read it in this release, but was the sound issue fixed?

(Sound: Sound buffer overflow (cycle based))

This particular error always happened when I had an active vice window and say, I loaded winamp, or firefox, or vlc. Anything else with sound for that matter.

Was it fixed in this release?

I figured it was easier to ask, rather than install and go through all mentioned above.
2012-11-24 05:59
chatGPZ

Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 11130
that has been fixed - before 2.3 was out afair ?
2012-11-24 09:48
The Phantom

Registered: Jan 2004
Posts: 360
Thanks Groepaz. I'm using 2.2 at the moment. I'm not sure if it's the SAME 2.2 everyone else has because when I asked about an NTSC border bug fix, Andreas fixed it almost right away and gave me the fix. Not long after though, it was released.

Thanks again. I've downloaded it, but prolly won't install it until later today.

2012-11-24 14:08
Oswald

Registered: Apr 2002
Posts: 5022
1. where can I turn on injection mode for autostart?
2. emulation issue Deep Blue has a flickering sprite line at the start which I've never seen, neither in emu or real thing
2012-11-24 15:06
tlr

Registered: Sep 2003
Posts: 1718
Quote: 1. where can I turn on injection mode for autostart?
2. emulation issue Deep Blue has a flickering sprite line at the start which I've never seen, neither in emu or real thing


1. Which os?
2. x64 or x64sc? Which machine settings?
2012-11-24 17:13
dink
Account closed

Registered: Mar 2012
Posts: 30
Oswald: Settings -> Autostart settings -> "PRG autostart mode" -> Inject to RAM

The Phantom: edit vice.ini and increase the soundfragmentsize to 4, it will help with buffer problems (popup in 2.2) or crackles/jitters in 2.3+ (SoundFragmentSize=4)

2012-11-24 18:54
iAN CooG

Registered: May 2002
Posts: 3136
yeah, soundfragmentsize=4 will eliminate the noise when exiting from warp mode too, nice hint. would be nice if it was selectable in sound settings (large=2, VERY large=4) =)
2012-11-24 19:16
Oswald

Registered: Apr 2002
Posts: 5022
thanks for the help!

tlr: OS = XP, x64.exe, default settings. not 100% sure I did not see this bug on the real thing, been a few years I last saw this demo even in emu. anyway now checked and the sprite flicker bug is not present in 2.2.
2012-11-24 20:01
tlr

Registered: Sep 2003
Posts: 1718
Quote: thanks for the help!

tlr: OS = XP, x64.exe, default settings. not 100% sure I did not see this bug on the real thing, been a few years I last saw this demo even in emu. anyway now checked and the sprite flicker bug is not present in 2.2.


Ok, verified that this is a regression in x64 2.3. It's probably related to all cpu improvements done for x64sc.

x64 2.2 works. x64 2.3 & 2.4 bugs.
x64sc 2.3 and 2.4 works.

In general x64sc is much more accurate that x64.
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