| | blacky
Registered: Sep 2007
Posts: 41 |
VICE 3.0 has been released
VICE 3.0 has been released.
VICE is a program that runs on a Unix, DOS, Win32, OS/2, BeOS, Amiga
or Mac OS X machine and executes programs intended for the old 8-bit
computers. The current version emulates the C64, the C64DTV, the C128,
the VIC20, practically all PET models, the PLUS4 and the
CBM-II (aka C610/C510). An extra emulator is provided for C64 expanded
with the CMD SuperCPU.
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/
This release marks the start of a new release schedule. We will be
releasing a new source version every 3 months. The binaries that will
be built for a new version will depend on the downloads of the
previous version and available maintainer for the port. This means that
ports without maintainers and/or not enough downloads will no longer be
made. This means that this might be the last release for mac os x and
windows, since we do not have any official maintainers (or people
helping out) for those ports.
=======================================================================
Note that some of the binaries are not available yet, we are still
working on them, they will be added to the download page(s) as soon as
they become available.
=======================================================================
The VICE team.
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* 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 3.0
======================
** General
----------
- New SDL based Android port.
- New Windows RT port.
- New Sortix port.
- New SDL2 support.
- New SCPU64 emulator (xscpu64).
- New KoalaPad emulation.
- New high pass filter emulation for DAC based devices (SFX sound sampler,
DigiMAX cartridge, DigiMAX shortbus device, userport DAC,
userport DigiMAX device, DigiBlaster SIDcart add-on).
- New sampler sound input support, used by sfx sound sampler, digiblaster
and userport/joyport sampler devices.
- New tapeport system supporting the following devices: datasette, tapelog,
cp-clockf83, tape-sense dongle, (not yet working) dtl basic dongle.
- New Inkwell Systems lightpen emulation.
- New scroll wheel support for the Micromys mouse emulation.
- New "printer/plotter" Commodore 1520 emulation.
- New 1540 drive emulation.
- New native (koala/doodle) screenshot support.
- new godot screenshot support.
- New keyrah keymaps.
- Extended the 'RS232 net' support to all platforms that support networking.
- RTC offset and RAM contents can now be saved.
- Documentation in PDF and TXT format.
** C64(SC)/C128 changes
-----------------------
- New IDE64 v4.2 emulation.
- New IDE64 USB server emulation.
- New IDE64 DigiMAX short bus device emulation.
- New IDE64 ETFE short bus device emulation.
- New RGCD cartridge emulation.
- New Final Cartridge III+ emulation.
- New rrnet mk3 cartridge emulation.
- New easy calc result cartridge emulation.
- New GMod2 cartridge emulation.
- New MMC64, MMCReplay, RetroReplay and IDE64 clockport emulation.
- New RRNET clockport device emulation.
- New MP3@64 clockport device emulation.
- New joyport system which currently supports attaching the following
devices to the native ports: joystick, paddles, 1351 mouse, neos mouse,
amiga mouse, atari cx22 mouse, atari-st mouse, smartmouse, micromys
mouse, koalapad, generic lightpens, datel light pen, magnum light phaser,
stack light rifle, inkwell light pen, 2bit sampler, 4bit sampler, bbrtc,
paperclip64 dongle, coplin keypad, cardco cardkey 1 keypad, atari cx85
keypad, rushware keypad, atari cx21 keypad. And the following devices to
the various userport joystick adapters: joystick, neos mouse, amiga mouse,
atari cx22 mouse, atari-st mouse, 2bit sampler, 4bit sampler, bbrtc,
paperclip64 dongle, coplin keypad, rushware keypad.
- New Userport system which currently supports attaching the following
devices: rtc58321a, ds1307 rtc, dac, digimax, 4bit mono sampler, 8bit
stereo sampler, cga joystick adapter, pet joystick adapter, hummer
joystick adapter, oem joystick adapter, hit joystick adapter, kingsoft
joystick adapter, starbyte joystick adapter.
** C128 changes
---------------
- New Swiss ROM support.
** C64(SC) changes
------------------
- New Sony CXA2025AS NTSC palette.
- New CP/M (Z80) cartridge emulation.
** C64SC changes
----------------
- New VICII VSP-bug emulation.
** C64DTV changes
-----------------
- New joyport system which currently supports attaching the following
devices to the native ports: joystick, 2bit sampler, 4bit sampler,
bbrtc, paperclip64 dongle, coplin keypad, rushware keypad. And the
following devices to the hummer userport joystick adapter: joystick,
2bit sampler, 4bit sampler, bbrtc, paperclip64 dongle, coplin keypad,
rushware keypad.
- New Userport system which currently supports attaching the following
devices: hummer joystick adapter.
** VIC20 changes
----------------
- New UltiMem cartridge emulation.
- New I/O-2 RAM cartridge emulation.
- New I/O-3 RAM cartridge emulation.
- New BehrBonz cartridge emulation.
- New mike's VFLI modification emulation.
- New joyport system which currently supports attaching the following
devices to the native port: joystick, paddles, 1351 mouse, neos mouse,
amiga mouse, atari cx22 mouse, atari-st mouse, smartmouse, micromys
mouse, koalapad, generic lightpens, datel light pen, magnum light phaser,
stack light rifle, inkwell light pen, 2bit sampler, 4bit sampler, bbrtc,
paperclip64 dongle, coplin keypad, cardco cardkey 1 keypad, atari cx85
keypad, rushware keypad, atari cx21 keypad. And the following devices to
the various userport joystick adapters: joystick, neos mouse, amiga mouse,
atari cx22 mouse, atari-st mouse, 2bit sampler, 4bit sampler, bbrtc,
paperclip64 dongle, coplin keypad, rushware keypad.
- New Userport system which currently supports attaching the following
devices: rtc58321a, ds1307 rtc, dac, cga joystick adapter, pet
joystick adapter, hummer joystick adapter, oem joystick adapter.
** PLUS4 changes
----------------
- New userport emulation.
- New joyport system which currently supports attaching the following
devices to the native port: joystick, neos mouse, amiga mouse, atari cx22
mouse, atari-st mouse, 2bit sampler, 4bit sampler, bbrtc, paperclip64
dongle, coplin keypad, rushware keypad. The following devices to the
various userport joystick adapters: joystick, neos mouse, amiga mouse,
atari cx22 mouse, atari-st mouse, 2bit sampler, 4bit sampler, bbrtc,
paperclip64 dongle, coplin keypad, rushware keypad. And the following
devices to the sidcart joystick port: joystick, paddles, 1351 mouse,
neos mouse, amiga mouse, atari cx22 mouse, atari-st mouse, smartmouse,
micromys mouse, koalapad, 2bit sampler, 4bit sampler, bbrtc, paperclip64
dongle, coplin keypad, cardco cardkey 1 keypad, atari cx85 keypad,
rushware keypad, atari cx21 keypad.
- New Userport system which currently supports attaching the following
devices: dac, pet joystick adapter, hummer joystick adapter, oem
joystick adapter.
** PET changes
--------------
- New PET HRE (High Res Emulator) board emulation.
- New 2-chip colour board emulation.
- New joyport system which currently supports attaching the following
devices to the various userport joystick adapters: joystick, neos
mouse, amiga mouse, atari cx22 mouse, atari-st mouse, 2bit sampler,
4bit sampler, bbrtc, paperclip64 dongle, coplin keypad, rushware
keypad.
- New Userport system which currently supports attaching the following
devices: rtc58321a, ds1307 rtc, dac, cga joystick adapter, pet
joystick adapter, hummer joystick adapter, oem joystick adapter.
** CBM6x0/7x0 changes
---------------------
- New joyport system which currently supports attaching the following
devices to the various userport joystick adapters: joystick, neos
mouse, amiga mouse, atari cx22 mouse, atari-st mouse, 2bit sampler,
4bit sampler, bbrtc, paperclip64 dongle, coplin keypad, rushware
keypad.
- New Userport system which currently supports attaching the following
devices: rtc58321a, ds1307 rtc, dac, digimax, 4bit mono sampler, 8bit
stereo sampler, cga joystick adapter, pet joystick adapter, hummer
joystick adapter, oem joystick adapter.
** CBM5x0 changes
-----------------
- New joyport system which currently supports attaching the following
devices to the native port: joystick, paddles, 1351 mouse, neos mouse,
amiga mouse, atari cx22 mouse, atari-st mouse, smartmouse, micromys
mouse, koalapad, 2bit sampler, 4bit sampler, bbrtc, paperclip64 dongle,
coplin keypad, cardco cardkey 1 keypad, atari cx85 keypad, rushware
keypad, atari cx21 keypad.
** PETCAT changes
-----------------
- New Kipper Basic support.
- New Basic on Bails support.
- New The Tool 64 support.
- New Eve Basic support.
** VSID changes
---------------
- New RSID BASIC tunes support.
- New Compute Gazette SIDplayer files (mus/str) support.
- New psid v4 3sid support.
** Unix changes
---------------
- New multi-threaded GUI display.
- New joystick status items in the GTK GUI.
- New hardware SID I/O access system which allows PCI CW3,
ISA/PCI HardSID, ParSID and SSI2001 to work with and
without device drivers.
** MS-Windows changes
---------------------
- Documentation in CHM and HLP format.
- New hardware SID I/O access system which allows PCI CW3,
ISA/PCI HardSID, ParSID and SSI2001 to work with and
without device drivers.
** AmigaOS changes
------------------
- New hardware SID I/O access system which allows
clockport/Zorro/PCI CW3, ISA/PCI HardSID and SSI2001 to
work with and without device drivers.
- Documentation in AmigaGuide format.
** BeOS/Haiku changes
---------------------
- GUI fixes and improvements.
- New support for Haiku native x86_gcc2, x86, and x86_64 binaries.
- New "bsp" sound driver inspired by SDL (and used by default on Haiku,)
which should produce sound on all systems where SDL programs can.
This has been tested on Haiku R1 Alpha3 where the old "beos" driver
produces only crashes.
- New hardware SID I/O access system which allows PCI CW3,
ISA/PCI HardSID, ParSID and SSI2001 to work with and
without device drivers.
- Due to the addition of the hardware SID I/O access system, binaries built
for BeOS no longer run under Haiku. Please use Haiku native binaries.
** DOS changes
--------------
- New hardware SID I/O access system which allows PCI CW3,
ISA/PCI HardSID, ParSID and SSI2001 to work with and
without device drivers.
** OS/2 changes
---------------
- Documentation in INF format.
Enjoy!
Signed, Marco van den Heuvel. |
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| | bugjam
Registered: Apr 2003
Posts: 2476 |
Well, the only effect of Alt-Q seems to be the Windows cursor disappearing, but the cursor in AmicaPaint wouldn't move at all. No matter, I can keep 2.2 for that purpose; still have to figure out how to make the new VICE the default program to start .d64, .prg and so on - if anyone has a hint, I'd appreciate of course. |
| | Compyx
Registered: Jan 2005
Posts: 631 |
I have used an Amica Paint 1.8 version patched for the Amiga Mouse without problems in VICE trunk, a few months ago.
Of course I can't find the disk now. It was a disk which allowed one to select between joystick and mouse. Don't remember who cracked/patched it, but it wasn't a recent release.
I'll try to locate it. But I've never had any problems grabbing the mouse in VICE. |
| | iAN CooG
Registered: May 2002
Posts: 3132 |
Quote: Well, the only effect of Alt-Q seems to be the Windows cursor disappearing, but the cursor in AmicaPaint wouldn't move at all. No matter, I can keep 2.2 for that purpose; still have to figure out how to make the new VICE the default program to start .d64, .prg and so on - if anyone has a hint, I'd appreciate of course.
I told in my reply what to do, in settings/Control port settings you have to set which port is joystick, mouse or anything else.
To make Vice default for those extension is like any other program under windows, right click on file, "open with", select x64.exe or x64sc if you prefer it, and set it as default for this extension. |
| | bugjam
Registered: Apr 2003
Posts: 2476 |
Ah sorry, "control port settings" it was indeed. Will have to play around more, to figure out things; so far it seems to overtax my system, with framerates between 10 - 40 fps only.
Re: default setting, that doesn't seem to work - if I choose x64 from the file browser, it simply brings me back to the previous menu, and the VICE icon is not there to choose. I had that problem before, if I only could remember how I solved it... |
| | Compyx
Registered: Jan 2005
Posts: 631 |
Quoting bugjamAh sorry, "control port settings" it was indeed. Will have to play around more, to figure out things; so far it seems to overtax my system, with framerates between 10 - 40 fps only.
The control port settings shouldn't cause any FPS drops, what are you running VICE on, a 486?
Quote:
Re: default setting, that doesn't seem to work - if I choose x64 from the file browser, it simply brings me back to the previous menu, and the VICE icon is not there to choose. I had that problem before, if I only could remember how I solved it...
Where did you install the latest VICE? Usually OS's have an option to select an 'atlernative' program to asscociate with *.d64 etc, maybe use that? As in "C:\Documents and a ridiculous long path\x64sc.exe" |
| | bugjam
Registered: Apr 2003
Posts: 2476 |
Its a dual core i3 at 2.53 GHz.
The slowdown did not refer directly to the controlport settings, just to VICE in general - but it appears to be an OS or h/w problem for sure. Old VICEs occassionally dropped massively in their performance as well, albeit not so fast at 3.0, it seems.
I have VICE on my D drive, but I tried copying it to other locations on C as well, including to Program files - to no avail. |
| | Compyx
Registered: Jan 2005
Posts: 631 |
Quoting bugjamIts a dual core i3 at 2.53 GHz.
The slowdown did not refer directly to the controlport settings, just to VICE in general - but it appears to be an OS or h/w problem for sure. Old VICEs occassionally dropped massively in their performance as well, albeit not so fast at 3.0, it seems.
Perhaps, I usually run VICE on a dual core E6750 @ 2.66MHz, and even x64sc with memmap and debugging it runs at full frame rate with ReSID at its most accurate settings and CRT emulation enabled. Basically the same performance in Haiku or FreeBSD VMs running on an i-3 laptop.
Quote:
I have VICE on my D drive, but I tried copying it to other locations on C as well, including to Program files - to no avail.
Don't move VICE to anything you don't have write access to. This is a know Windows bug. All ports use $HOME to store their settings and such, except the Windows port. Which our (missing) Windows maintainer should fix. |
| | Steppe
Registered: Jan 2002
Posts: 1510 |
I'm missing the resid-fp settings. Are they incorporated into the regular resid now? If so, is there a way to pick my preferred blend of 6581 somewhere? |
| | iAN CooG
Registered: May 2002
Posts: 3132 |
There is no more resid-fp in vice since 2.4.5, circa 3 years ago. Now there are 3 settings in the sid settings/resid tab that can be altered, but don't ask me what they are for =)
from http://vice-emu.pokefinder.org/index.php/Developer_log_old
Quote:
r27549
Resid-FP has been removed.
To compensate for the missing SID-Type selection, GUI items (slider) should be added for the following Resources: SidResidPassband (0..90), SidResidGain (90..100), SidResidFilterBias (-5000...5000)
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| | bugjam
Registered: Apr 2003
Posts: 2476 |
@Compyx: I was really hopeful when I found that there was indeed no write permission for /users in the VICE folder - unfortunately the change did not have the desired effect. I'll reboot and see if that helps maybe. |
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