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blacky
Registered: Sep 2007
Posts: 41 |
VICE 2.1 has been released
VICE 2.1 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, RiscOS, OS/2, BeOS, QNX, SkyOS, AmigaOS and
GP2X systems.
VICE is *free* software released under the GNU General Public License,
and as such it comes with full source code.
Most important changes since the last version include:
* Changes in VICE 2.1
======================
** General
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- 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 and optimized.
- Fixed the ACIA 6551 emulation. (x64/x128/xcbm2/xpet/xplus4)
- Monitor commands help text is now translated too
(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
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- Fixed the digimax sound generation.
- Added the RR clockport disable functionality at $DF00.0. Allows
to disable the RRnet.
- Improved REU compatibility and timing.
** C64 changes
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- Added isepic cartridge emulation.
- Added Double Quick Brown Box cartridge emulation.
** VIC20 changes
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- Improved the sound emulation.
- Fixed the lowest note bug.
- Improved VIC emulation (exact in-line color/reverse mode changes).
** C64DTV changes
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- New emulator.
** Unix changes
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- XRandR fullscreen implemented
- Command line option `-fullscreen' is supposed to do something
useful.
- Vsync code imported from win32 (based on openGL extension).
see also doc/openGLsync-howto.txt.
- Vidmode (fullscreen support) is broken and therefore marked as
deprecated. It will be removed in the next release if no-one takes
responsibility to fix the broken code and 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 and xvic.
** MS-Windows changes
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- Watcom generated executables are more optimized.
- MIDI cartridge emulation for x128, x64 and 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={on|off}][xon={on|off}]
[odsr={on|off}][octs={on|off}][dtr={on|off|hs}][rts={on|off|hs|tg}]
[idsr={on|off}]
The above example specifies COM1 with a baud rate of 57600, no parity,
8 data bits and 1 stop bit.
Note that the leading \\.\ is used to distinguish between TCP/IP
targets and 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 and 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 colors
- fixed copy function from the VICE monitor window.
** AmigaOS changes
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** OS/2 changes
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- Fixed 24/32bit display depth problem.
** GP2X changes
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- Fixed black screen problem.
- Pause emulation while the menu is open.
- Added experimental support for USB keyboard and joystick.
- Removed vsid.
** Mac OS X changes
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- x64a.app and 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 and greater with more features
(see extended Resource Inspector)
- Completely rewritten joystick driver that supports user-definable buttons
for fire and all directions.
- Copy & Paste support for emulator and monitor/log window
- Added x2, x3, x4 view scaling like in Quicktime Player
- Store visibility and size of all windows in user's preferences
- Added Keyset Joystick toggle to quickly disable keyboard joysticks
- Added MIDI support
The VICE 2.1 source archive is available at:
http://zimmers.net/anonftp/pub/cbm/crossplatform/emulators/VICE..
The VICE 2.1 WIN32 binary archive is available at:
http://www.zimmers.net/anonftp/pub/cbm/crossplatform/emulators/..
The VICE 2.1 DOS binary archive is available at:
http://www.zimmers.net/anonftp/pub/cbm/crossplatform/emulators/..
The VICE 2.1 Mac OS X 10.3/10.4 native Cocoa binary package is available at:
http://www.zimmers.net/anonftp/pub/cbm/crossplatform/emulators/..
The VICE 2.1 Mac OS X 10.5 native Cocoa binary package is available at:
http://www.zimmers.net/anonftp/pub/cbm/crossplatform/emulators/..
The VICE 2.1 Mac OS X X11 Gtk+ binary package is available at:
http://www.zimmers.net/anonftp/pub/cbm/crossplatform/emulators/..
The VICE 2.1 Mac OS X X11 Athena Widgets binary package is available at:
http://www.zimmers.net/anonftp/pub/cbm/crossplatform/emulators/..
The VICE 2.1 M68K Amiga OS 3.x binary archive is available at:
http://www.zimmers.net/anonftp/pub/cbm/crossplatform/emulators/..
The VICE 2.1 PPC Amiga OS 4.x binary archive is available at:
http://www.zimmers.net/anonftp/pub/cbm/crossplatform/emulators/..
The VICE 2.1 PPC MorphOS binary archive is available at:
http://www.zimmers.net/anonftp/pub/cbm/crossplatform/emulators/..
The VICE 2.1 Intel AROS binary archive is available at:
http://www.zimmers.net/anonftp/pub/cbm/crossplatform/emulators/..
The VICE 2.1 PPC AROS binary archive is available at:
http://www.zimmers.net/anonftp/pub/cbm/crossplatform/emulators/..
The VICE 2.1 AROS64 binary archive is available at:
http://www.zimmers.net/anonftp/pub/cbm/crossplatform/emulators/..
The VICE 2.1 SkyOS binary package is available at:
http://www.zimmers.net/anonftp/pub/cbm/crossplatform/emulators/..
The VICE 2.1 GP2X binary archive is available at:
http://www.zimmers.net/anonftp/pub/cbm/crossplatform/emulators/..
The VICE 2.1 RiscOS binary archive is available at:
http://www.zimmers.net/anonftp/pub/cbm/crossplatform/emulators/..
The VICE 2.1 Intel BeOS binary archive is available at:
http://www.zimmers.net/anonftp/pub/cbm/crossplatform/emulators/..
The VICE 2.1 PPC BeOS binary archive is available at:
http://www.zimmers.net/anonftp/pub/cbm/crossplatform/emulators/..
The VICE 2.1 QNX 4.x binary package is available at:
http://www.zimmers.net/anonftp/pub/cbm/crossplatform/emulators/..
The VICE 2.1 QNX 6.x binary package is available at:
http://www.zimmers.net/anonftp/pub/cbm/crossplatform/emulators/..
The VICE 2.1 OS/2 binary archive is available at:
http://www.zimmers.net/anonftp/pub/cbm/crossplatform/emulators/..
The VICE 2.1 Minix 3.x binary package is available at:
http://www.zimmers.net/anonftp/pub/cbm/crossplatform/emulators/..
The VICE 2.1 Atari Mint binary package is available at:
http://www.zimmers.net/anonftp/pub/cbm/crossplatform/emulators/..
The Solaris ports can be found at:
http://www.viceteam.org/solaris.html
The SCO openserver and unixware ports can be found at:
http://www.viceteam.org/sco.html
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 wishes you all a Merry Christmas!
Signed, Marco van den Heuvel.
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Tao
Registered: Aug 2002
Posts: 115 |
Thanks for an excellent holiday present! |
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chatGPZ
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 11350 |
german linux users might also like these:
http://hitmen.c02.at/temp/x11_posger.vkm
http://hitmen.c02.at/temp/x11_symger.vkm |
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Frantic
Registered: Mar 2003
Posts: 1646 |
I experienced random crashes, and then I deleted all the config files, and now it seems to work. Just in case someone cares. I use the MacOSX cocoa 10.5 2.1 thingy. (No, don't point me to some bugtracker.) |
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linde
Registered: Jul 2006
Posts: 47 |
Cool! I can finally use PAL emulation without slow-down on my PC, and the MIDI emulation is interesting and welcome.
Here are some ideas for features I had: Quick alt+* keyboard command to enable/disable the joystick (rather than going through the menu), and a function to delay the video to synchronize with the sound (would be perfect for demos, where sync is important and real-time input is less so :)) and a quick keyboard command for it. What say ye? |
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daison
Registered: May 2005
Posts: 90 |
Hmm, when I attach an image it doesn't show it's contents anymore... did i mess something up or is it a bug...? |
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Scout
Registered: Dec 2002
Posts: 1570 |
Good to see that the Vice and VicePlus teams teamed up!
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Radiant
Registered: Sep 2004
Posts: 639 |
Antti Lankila's SID patches rule so much. :-D |
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Stainless Steel
Registered: Mar 2003
Posts: 966 |
Quoting RadiantxAntti Lankila's SID patches rule so much. :-D
Where would one find those?
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The Shadow
Registered: Oct 2007
Posts: 304 |
Good version, finally I can see the bottom of the screen in NTSC mode. |
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Mr. Mouse
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 235 |
Keep it up, VICE team! :D |
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