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1.1 root 1:
2: Hatari
3: --------
4: Release Notes
5:
6:
1.1.1.10! root 7:
! 8: Version 1.2.0 (2009-01-24):
! 9: ---------------------------
! 10:
! 11: - The Hatari project has been moved from hatari.sourceforge.net to
! 12: http://hatari.berlios.de. Please update all bookmarks!
! 13: - New zip2st.sh shell script for converting .ZIP files into .ST disk images
! 14: - Fixed a bug that could write data to the wrong disk image (resulting
! 15: in data loss)
! 16:
! 17: Emulation:
! 18: - MIDI input supported in addition to output; --midi option is now
! 19: replaced with separate --midi-in and --midi-out options
! 20: - Support for STE hardware horizontal scrolling in medium res
! 21: - Make the FDC Read Address command always return success, even if
! 22: we don't really return the correct bytes for now (fixes a few game loaders)
! 23: - Improved shadow register when writing to the YM2149 (fixes X-Out music)
! 24: - Cleaner blitter code with improved timings
! 25: - Emulation of interrupts jitter for HBL and VBL + improved timing accuracy
! 26: - Improve color alignment with the shifter (for spectrum512 like images)
! 27: - Fix to the fire button detection reported in some games
! 28: - Added IDE hard disk emulation
! 29:
! 30:
1.1.1.9 root 31: Version 1.1.0 (2008-11-29):
32: ---------------------------
33:
34: Emulation:
35: - Falcon DSP emulation good enough to improve some few games/demos, e.g.
36: Virtual City. (most still work better with emulation disabled, though)
37: - New sound engine that fixes all problems with the old one
38: - 16-bit stereo sound (instead of 8-bit mono)
39: - Improved blitter emulation (blitter cycles emulation, blitter interrupt)
40: - Improved STE support for some video registers (hscroll, linewidth, ...)
41: - Improved printer emulation
42: - Improved STE microwire emulation
43: - Improved support for games & demos which are accessing IKBD directly
44: (including a fake 6301 emulation for the known IKBD programs)
45: - ACSI emulation fix to get HDDriver working
46: - Some other minor bugfixes to ST/STe emulation (FDC, MFP, PSG, RS-232)
47: - Improved MFP emulation
48: - Improved 68k emulation (move.b Ax,(Ay) and extb.l)
49: - Fixed bugs in the GEMDOS HD emulation (Pexec() etc.)
50:
51: Emulator:
52: - Statusbar and overlay led features
53: - Screenshots work also in VDI/TT/Falcon mode and are saved as PNGs
54: - Support for automatic frameskip and pausing emulation
55: - Support for embedding Hatari window (on X11) and control socket
56: - Improved memory snapshot function
57: - Improved the "trace" debug function
58:
1.1.1.7 root 59:
1.1.1.8 root 60: Version 1.0.1 (2008-03-30):
61: ---------------------------
62:
63: - This is just a bug-fix release, without new features.
64: - Fixed some compile problems on non-unix-like systems (like MingW).
65: - Fixed crashes in Spec512 emulation code ("Dan Dare 3" and little endian ARM).
66: - Blitter source address is not incremented anymore in operation mode 0 and 15.
67: - STE small overscan video effect is now displayed on the left side instead
68: of the right side (fixes "Just Musix 2" menu for example).
69: - Hatari now works on 256 color displays right again.
70: - Fixed PSG mirror register emulation (fixes e.g. sample sound in "Ooh Crikey
71: Wot A Scorcher" demo).
72:
73:
1.1.1.7 root 74: Version 1.0.0 (2008-03-17):
75: ---------------------------
76:
77: - The user's configuration files are now located in the directory ~/.hatari/
78: instead of the $HOME directory itself.
79: - Improved VDI resolution mode (resolution can now be change in small steps).
80: - The 'Frame Skip 8' option can now be correctly selected, too.
81: - Fixed some bugs/problems in the GEMDOS HD emulation (with Fopen & Fcreate).
82: - Keyboard shortcuts for saving and restoring memory snapshots.
83: - Hatari can now be compiled with CeGCC, too.
84: - Fixed some problems with the FPU emulation. NeoN Grafix renders now right.
85: - Writing to floppy disk images works now also with TOS 4.0x.
86: - A lot of source code clean-up and beautification.
87: - Monochrome mode now runs in 71 Hz, and 60 Hz color mode now also really runs
88: with 60 Hz refresh rate.
89: - Fixed memory snapshot files (some important data has not been saved before).
90: - It is now possible to automatically load/save memory snapshots at start/exit.
91: - Fixed some bugs in the file selection dialog.
92: - Some minor improvements in the GUI: Improved text edit fields, "Cancel"
93: buttons can now be activated by pressing the ESC key, and Hatari asks the
94: user before resetting and quitting the emulator.
95: - The Hatari executable is now relocatable (so the RPM can be relocated, too).
96: - It's now possible to enable special trace output with the "--trace" option.
97: - The size of the borders can now be specified in the hatari.cfg file.
98: - Fixed Spec512 screen plotting on big endian machines.
99: - Native screen conversion functions for 32 bpp host display mode.
100: - Reworked the command line options.
101: - Added missing read for "clr" in 68000 CPU mode.
102: - Cycle correct MULU/MULS/DIVU/DIVS in 68000 CPU mode.
103: - Support for 68000 instructions pairing
104: - Better emulation of exception stack frame (bus/address error), used in some
105: protections.
106: - Don't change illegal 68000 opcodes $8, $a and $c if no cartridge is inserted.
107: - Ensure ACIA has consistent values when reset.
108: - More precise interrupt handling, allowing to mix CPU cycles and MFP cycles
109: with greater precision.
110: - Various improvements in MFP emulation (stop/start timer without writing to
111: data register, reading data register, handle pending cycles when timer
112: "wraps" (i.e. data register reaches 0), ...). Supports programs using some
113: very "fast" timers (Overscan Demos, ULM Demos) and requiring nearly cycle
114: exact synchronisation with the 68000.
115: - Mostly correct wait states when accessing sound registers (add wait state for
116: $ff8801/ff8803 when needed).
117: - Correct values of cycle counters read & write accesses for the most common
118: cases used for fullscreen/hardscroll.
119: - Correct values for Video_CalculateAddress, taking into account frequency and
120: left/right borders' state, needed for correct synchronisation between video
121: and cpu.
122: - Improve top/bottom border removal, including 60 Hz bottom border, as well as
123: "short" 50 Hz screen (171 lines)
124: - Support for all left/right border removal, including 0 byte lines.
125: - Support for hardscroll on STF, including the most recent ones using 4/5 lines.
126: - Support for 4 pixels horizontal hardscroll on STF (ST Connexion in Punish
127: Your Machine)
128: - Small adjustements in cycle precise color handling (spec512.c)
129:
130:
131: Version 0.95 (2007-05-12):
132: --------------------------
133:
134: - This release brings you basic Atari TT and Falcon emulation!
135: Please note that both new emulation modes are still highly experiemental,
136: some few games and demos work, but most still have more or less big
137: problems.
138: - Basic emulation of Falcon video shifter (Videl), NVRAM and DMA sound is in
139: place. The biggest drawback: There is no working Falcon DSP emulation yet.
140: - Screen/Shifter emulation timings have slightly been changed. Some things
141: now work better, some others work worse...
142: - Some patches for compiling on RiscOS and AmigaOS have been included.
143: - Compiling Hatari for Windows now works better.
144: - Added Hatari icon (hatari-icon.bmp).
145: - Fixed "movec" bug in 68020 CPU mode.
146: - Keyboard shortcuts for loading & saving memory snapshots (AltGr+k & AltGr+l).
147: - The built-in debugger has been slightly improved to be more user-friendly.
148: - Added "hmsa" tool - a little program for converting .MSA files to .ST and
149: vice versa.
150:
151:
1.1.1.6 root 152: Version 0.90 (2006-08-22):
153: --------------------------
154:
155: - Better Spectrum 512 support (60Hz support, improved I/O memory waitstates).
156: - STE right border opening support (used in Obsession, Pacemaker).
157: - Blitter Smudge mode support (used in Pacemaker demo).
158: - Wheel-mouse simulates cursor up and down.
159: - Work-around to FDC handling, --slow-fdc option is not anymore needed.
160: - Bugfix to MFP, sound works now in more YMRockerz releases.
161: - Bugfix to GEMDOS path handling (Hatari SIGSEGV).
162: - Bugfix to emulated memory initialization (4MB was cleared earlier, now
163: exactly the amount set up for Hatari. Saves memory on embedded systems
164: if less than 4MB is specified.)
165: - Re-written command-line option handling.
166: - (Again) lots of code const/static, type usage and indentation cleanup.
167: - Preliminary support for TOS 3.0x and 030 TT software that runs in ST
168: resolutions and doesn't need PMMU.
169: - Native GUI for Mac OSX.
170: - ACSI emulation fixes to get HD formatting to work with AHDI 5. HD emulation
171: now works quite fine with AHDI 5 (but other HD drivers are currently not
172: supported).
173: - Joystick shortcut changed to toggle cursor emulation between ports 0 and 1.
174: - Keys for all Hatari shortcuts can now be configured from hatari.cfg.
175: - Added command line option for setting ST keyboard mapping.
176: - Joystick command line option requires now parameter for a port for which
177: the joystick cursor emu is enabled.
178: - Fixed relative mouse event handling in zoomed low-rez.
179: - Hatari shows now more of the bottom borden (screen size is now 384x276
180: instead of 384x267).
181: - Fixed sync delay timings - sound should now be better (e.g. on Mac OS X).
182: - Added basic support for compiling Hatari with MinGW.
183:
184:
1.1.1.5 root 185: Version 0.80 (2005-10-12):
186: --------------------------
187:
188: - Support for STE hardware emulation: STE palette, STE shifter (horizontal fine
189: scrolling, split screen effects), DMA sound and STE joypads.
190: See the manual for a list of working STE applications/games/demos.
191: - Hatari can now emulate up to 14 MiB ST RAM instead of only 4 MiB.
192: - Support for parallel port joysticks.
193: - Improved GEMDOS HD emulation (added Fattrib() call).
194: - Adding and removing a GEMDOS or ACSI hard disk should now work correctly.
195: - Re-factoring of the screen conversion functions.
196: - Improved manual: Now with screenshots of the options dialogs.
197:
1.1 root 198:
1.1.1.4 root 199: Version 0.70 (2005-06-05):
200: --------------------------
201:
202: - As always: Code cleanup and bug fixes.
203: - No more crashes when a program tries to access illegal sector numbers.
204: - Improved built-in ROM cartridge.
205: - Rewrote the IO memory emulation code -> Better compatibility.
206: - Support for TOS 1.06 and TOS 1.62
207: - Emulated CPU can now also be run at 16 MHz or 32 MHz.
208: - File selection dialog scrollable with mouse wheel or cursor keys, too.
209: - Hatari now works on 64-bit host CPUs, too.
210: - Floppy disk images can now be set writable/write-protected in the GUI.
211: - Hatari can now also load a global configuration file (e.g. /etc/hatari.cfg).
212: - Configurable logging functions.
213:
214:
1.1.1.3 root 215: Version 0.60 (2004-12-19):
216: --------------------------
217:
218: - Again some code cleanup and bug fixes.
219: - Window/fullscreen mode is now correctly initialized from the configuration
220: file.
221: - Added --window command line option to force a start in window mode.
222: - Added alert boxes to show warnings, errors and information messages.
223: - PC mouse pointer is now better in sync with the ST mouse pointer.
224: - It's now possible to load an alternative cartridge image file.
225:
226:
1.1.1.2 root 227: Version 0.50 (2004-07-26):
228: --------------------------
229:
230: - A lot of internal code cleanup and bug fixes.
231: - Added a dialog for creating new blank floppy disk images.
232: - The source code has been optimized for better emulation speed.
233: - Added RS232 emulation (still very experimental and not very well tested! It
234: seems not to work reliable yet. Help for debugging is very appreciated!).
235: - Some bugs in the 68000 emulation have been fixed.
236: - The emulator now checks for double bus errors and stops the emulation if
237: necessary (instead of crashing the emulator).
238: - Timer-D is now patched correctly again.
239: - The old font has been replaced by two new fonts so that the GUI now looks
240: better in high resolutions.
241: - The fonts are now linked into the executable.
242: - Added support for DIM floppy disk images.
243:
244:
245: Version 0.45 (2003-10-30):
246: --------------------------
247:
248: - This is just a minor release on the way to version 0.50. It is not very
249: well tested, so be warned!
250: - New build system (with a "configure" shell script).
1.1.1.5 root 251: - A disk image destroying bug in the MSA compression function has been fixed.
1.1.1.2 root 252: - It is now possible to redirect the printer output into a file.
253: - Experimental MIDI output support.
254: - Added the possibility to save memory snap shots.
255: - Pending HBL and VBL interrupts are now emulated correctly (I hope).
256: - Some speed improvements.
257: - GEMDOS HD emulation now also works with EmuTOS.
258:
259:
1.1 root 260: Version 0.40 (2003-07-11):
261: --------------------------
262:
263: - Support for ZIP and GZIP compressed disk images!
264: - Configuration file support for loading and saving the emulator settings.
265: - Hatari now works on machines with Sparc CPUs, too.
266: - Fixed a problem that slowed down the emulator in monochrome mode when using
267: TOS 2.06.
268: - Inverted monochrome mode is now supported, too (some games like Maniac
269: Mansion use this).
270: - Added Mega-ST compatible real time clock (RTC) emulation.
271: - The GEMDOS HD emulation has been improved (it now also works with lower-case
272: file names) and many bugs have been fixed there.
273: - Improved keyboard mapping (added mapping via PC keyboard scancode and via
274: reloadable mapping files).
275: - The screen rendering routines have been generalized (less differences between
276: windowed and fullscreen mode).
277: - Hatari can now be cross-compiled, too. You can even compile it for MiNT now.
278: However, it does not run very well there yet.
279: - Support for RAM TOS images.
280: - Improved memory mapping (the different memory regions should now behave much
281: more like on a real ST).
282: - Improved M68k exceptions (bus errors and exception cycle timings).
283: - Fixed some bugs in the extended VDI resolution mode (now it is working with
284: EmuTOS, too).
285: - Some games that poll the write-protection signal of the FDC to check for
286: disk changes should now be working, too.
287:
288:
289: Version 0.30 (2003-03-12):
290: --------------------------
291:
292: - Some parts of the code accessed the SR directly to read the IPL -
293: however the UAE CPU core only updates the SR when doing a MakeSR() first.
294: So this is done in the affected code parts now, too.
295: - The IPL wasn't raised when a MFP interrupt occured - fixed now.
296: - Full screen resolution for ST-Low can now be selected from the screen setup
297: dialog.
298: - The IKBD emulation does not longer duplicate joystick fire buttons when
1.1.1.9 root 299: a game tries to use both, joystick and mouse
1.1 root 300: - Improved audio timer function - the code should now be a little bit faster.
301: - Resynced Hatari's UAE CPU core with UAE 0.8.22 - this fixes some bugs in 68k
302: instructions like ABCD and SBCD.
303: - Added patches for TOS 2.05 so that this TOS version should now work, too.
304: - Rewrote TOS patching routine. It is much more flexible now.
305: - Removed 0xa0ff opcode for VDI resolutions; using GEMDOS_OPCODE now instead.
306: - Fixed MMU RAM size configuration bug.
307: - Rewrote some more screen conversion functions in C.
308: - When a bus or address error occurred, the PC was often not set to the
309: right exception handler routine. This has been fixed now.
310:
311:
312: Version 0.25 (2002-12-30):
313: --------------------------
314:
315: - Patches for big endian systems (Spectrum 512 pictures are now working there).
316: - Hatari now also compiles and runs under Mac OS X.
317: - Blitter emulation has been added.
318: - There is now the possibility to save YM or WAV sounds.
319: - Big VDI resolutions (e.g. 800x600) are now supported, too.
320:
321:
322: Version 0.20 (2002-02-18):
323: --------------------------
324:
325: - Added graphical user interface for configuration of the emulator settings.
326: - Real joysticks can now also be used to simulate the ST joysticks.
327: - Yet another bugfix for BeOS (lseek again...)
328: - Support for hard disk images.
329:
330:
331: Version 0.11 (2001-10-10):
332: --------------------------
333:
334: - High level (GEMDOS) harddisk emulation.
335: - ST-Med/ST-Low mixed mode now works.
336:
337:
338: Version 0.10 (2001-08-16):
339: --------------------------
340:
341: - Improved CPU cycles emulation.
342: - Added Spec512 support.
343: - Some keyboard shortcuts.
344: - Added the possibility to switch between fullscreen and window mode.
345: - ST Medium resolution conversion routine.
346: - Built-in debugger.
347: - Added possibility to grab screenshots.
348: - Sound support (not working very well yet).
349:
350:
351: Version 0.05 (2001-06-01):
352: --------------------------
353:
354: - Joystick emulation via cursor keys.
355: - ST-LOW resolution conversion routine is now working on big-endian machines.
356:
357:
358: Version 0.04 (2001-05-27):
359: --------------------------
360:
361: - Added Stefan Berndtsson's patch for big-endian machines.
362: Hatari now runs also with non-x86 Linux machines! Thanks Stefan!
363: - Rewrote the ST-LOW resolution conversion routines in C ==> ST-LOW now works!
364: - Added some of the WinSTon patches Paul Bates recently published
365: at the WinSTon BBS (Thanks to Ladislav Adamec for the hint).
366: - Cleaned up the source tree a little bit.
367:
368:
369: Version 0.03 (2001-04-03):
370: --------------------------
371:
372: - Rewrote some more assembler functions. FDC emulation now works!
373: - SDL Keyboard code finished and included a SDL-Key -> ST-Scancode table.
374: - Added mouse support.
375:
376:
377: Version 0.02 (2001-03-28):
378: --------------------------
379:
380: - Added very simple SDL support.
381: - Rewrote a lot of assembler functions in C (e.g. intercept.c).
382: - Adapted the UAE CPU. Now Hatari is able to boot a TOS 1.0x ROM, the
383: Desktop shows up, but no mouse and keyboard interaction yet.
384:
385:
386: Version 0.01 (2001-03-21):
387: --------------------------
388: - Made the WinSTon source code compilable with GNU-C.
389: - Added the UAE CPU sources.
390:
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