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1.1 root 1:
2: Hatari
3: --------
4: Release Notes
5:
6:
1.1.1.12! root 7: Version 1.3.1 (2009-09-05):
! 8: ---------------------------
! 9:
! 10: This is only a bug fix release:
! 11: - GEMDOS HD emulation works together with ACSI HD image again
! 12: - Fix incorrect use of DESTDIR in python-ui installation
! 13: - Fix memdump/disasm in python-ui
! 14:
1.1.1.10 root 15:
1.1.1.11 root 16: Version 1.3.0 (2009-08-16):
17: ---------------------------
18:
19: Emulation:
20: - Hugely improved DSP emulation:
21: - Many more DSP using games/demos/apps work now
22: - Preliminary sound support (e.g. most DSP based .MOD-playback works)
23: - Better cycle counting / accuracy
24: - Many speed improvements
25: - Major rewrite of the internal work/structures of video.c :
26: - Allow to mix 50/60 Hz lines of 508/512 cycles and to keep correct
27: video/cpu sync (fixes TCB in SNY, DI in MindBomb, TEX in Syntax Terror).
28: This also adds support for dynamic calculation of HBL/Timer B positions
29: when freq/res are changed (fixes SHFORSTV by Paulo Simoes)
30: - Improved Timer B accuracy when starting it in a rare case
31: - Handle end of line as well as start of line for Timer B
32: in event count mode (using MFP's AER) (fixes Seven Gates Of Jambala)
33: - Add another 'O byte' line method (fixes No Buddies Land)
34: - Some more color alignment with the shifter when using movem.w/movem.l
35: (for spectrum512 like images)
36: - Improved Blitter timings / cycles counting
37: - GEMDOS emulation can emulate appropriately named host subdirectories
38: as separate partitions
39: - Bug fixes for GEMDOS HD emulation Fopen and Fseek calls
40:
41: Emulator:
42: - DSP changes:
43: - DSP state saved to memory snapshots
44: - Threading support removed from DSP emulation (for better synchronization)
45: - "keyDebug" configuration file setting was renamed to "keyPause"
46: - Major debugger improvements:
47: - Invoked with AltGR+Pause. New "keyDebugger" configuration file setting can
48: be used to change this
49: - Show PC/HBL/VBL/cycles when entering debugger
50: - Support multiple number bases. By default values are expected in
51: decimals; $-prefix is needed for hexadecimal and %-prefix for binary
52: values. Default number base can be changed
53: - Internal debugger can be used to debug also DSP code
54: - Support for (PC) address breakpoints and conditional breakpoints
55: (watchpoints), both on CPU and DSP. Watchpoints support multiple
56: conditions, register & memory values and some internal Hatari
57: variables like VBL, HBL, LineCycles, FrameCycles
58: - Support for stepping CPU and DSP code
59: - Emulated programs can now change Hatari options like --fast-forward,
60: --trace etc. by giving a suitable Hatari command line string to
61: XBios call 255. This is enabled when Hatari is started with
62: the --bios-intercept enabled
63: - Support Videl horizontal fine scrolling for 16 bpp and 32 bpp host screens
64: - Process successive motion events before returning from event handler
65: (to fix analog joystick jitter slowing Hatari input processing)
66: - FPS measurement shown when emulation is paused & --run-vbls option
67: - Mouse grab option (--grab)
68: - Some fixes for building Hatari with MS-VC6 and for the Wii
69: - Statusbar assert (bug #15512) fixed
70: - Reworked the main dialog of the GUI and split the disk dialog into two
71: separate dialogs, one for floppy setup and one for hard disk setup
72:
73: Utilities:
74: - New atari-hd-image.sh script for creating HD image files
75: - External Python GUI and CLI interfaces for Hatari in main repo
76:
77: Documentation:
78: - Debugging and performance sections added to manual
79:
80:
1.1.1.10 root 81: Version 1.2.0 (2009-01-24):
82: ---------------------------
83:
84: - The Hatari project has been moved from hatari.sourceforge.net to
85: http://hatari.berlios.de. Please update all bookmarks!
86: - New zip2st.sh shell script for converting .ZIP files into .ST disk images
87: - Fixed a bug that could write data to the wrong disk image (resulting
88: in data loss)
89:
90: Emulation:
91: - MIDI input supported in addition to output; --midi option is now
92: replaced with separate --midi-in and --midi-out options
93: - Support for STE hardware horizontal scrolling in medium res
94: - Make the FDC Read Address command always return success, even if
95: we don't really return the correct bytes for now (fixes a few game loaders)
96: - Improved shadow register when writing to the YM2149 (fixes X-Out music)
97: - Cleaner blitter code with improved timings
98: - Emulation of interrupts jitter for HBL and VBL + improved timing accuracy
99: - Improve color alignment with the shifter (for spectrum512 like images)
100: - Fix to the fire button detection reported in some games
101: - Added IDE hard disk emulation
102:
1.1.1.11 root 103: Emulator:
104: - Pause/unpause shortcut
105:
1.1.1.10 root 106:
1.1.1.9 root 107: Version 1.1.0 (2008-11-29):
108: ---------------------------
109:
110: Emulation:
111: - Falcon DSP emulation good enough to improve some few games/demos, e.g.
112: Virtual City. (most still work better with emulation disabled, though)
113: - New sound engine that fixes all problems with the old one
114: - 16-bit stereo sound (instead of 8-bit mono)
115: - Improved blitter emulation (blitter cycles emulation, blitter interrupt)
116: - Improved STE support for some video registers (hscroll, linewidth, ...)
117: - Improved printer emulation
118: - Improved STE microwire emulation
119: - Improved support for games & demos which are accessing IKBD directly
120: (including a fake 6301 emulation for the known IKBD programs)
121: - ACSI emulation fix to get HDDriver working
122: - Some other minor bugfixes to ST/STe emulation (FDC, MFP, PSG, RS-232)
123: - Improved MFP emulation
124: - Improved 68k emulation (move.b Ax,(Ay) and extb.l)
125: - Fixed bugs in the GEMDOS HD emulation (Pexec() etc.)
126:
127: Emulator:
128: - Statusbar and overlay led features
129: - Screenshots work also in VDI/TT/Falcon mode and are saved as PNGs
130: - Support for automatic frameskip and pausing emulation
131: - Support for embedding Hatari window (on X11) and control socket
132: - Improved memory snapshot function
133: - Improved the "trace" debug function
134:
1.1.1.7 root 135:
1.1.1.8 root 136: Version 1.0.1 (2008-03-30):
137: ---------------------------
138:
139: - This is just a bug-fix release, without new features.
140: - Fixed some compile problems on non-unix-like systems (like MingW).
141: - Fixed crashes in Spec512 emulation code ("Dan Dare 3" and little endian ARM).
142: - Blitter source address is not incremented anymore in operation mode 0 and 15.
143: - STE small overscan video effect is now displayed on the left side instead
144: of the right side (fixes "Just Musix 2" menu for example).
145: - Hatari now works on 256 color displays right again.
146: - Fixed PSG mirror register emulation (fixes e.g. sample sound in "Ooh Crikey
147: Wot A Scorcher" demo).
148:
149:
1.1.1.7 root 150: Version 1.0.0 (2008-03-17):
151: ---------------------------
152:
153: - The user's configuration files are now located in the directory ~/.hatari/
154: instead of the $HOME directory itself.
155: - Improved VDI resolution mode (resolution can now be change in small steps).
156: - The 'Frame Skip 8' option can now be correctly selected, too.
157: - Fixed some bugs/problems in the GEMDOS HD emulation (with Fopen & Fcreate).
158: - Keyboard shortcuts for saving and restoring memory snapshots.
159: - Hatari can now be compiled with CeGCC, too.
160: - Fixed some problems with the FPU emulation. NeoN Grafix renders now right.
161: - Writing to floppy disk images works now also with TOS 4.0x.
162: - A lot of source code clean-up and beautification.
163: - Monochrome mode now runs in 71 Hz, and 60 Hz color mode now also really runs
164: with 60 Hz refresh rate.
165: - Fixed memory snapshot files (some important data has not been saved before).
166: - It is now possible to automatically load/save memory snapshots at start/exit.
167: - Fixed some bugs in the file selection dialog.
168: - Some minor improvements in the GUI: Improved text edit fields, "Cancel"
169: buttons can now be activated by pressing the ESC key, and Hatari asks the
170: user before resetting and quitting the emulator.
171: - The Hatari executable is now relocatable (so the RPM can be relocated, too).
172: - It's now possible to enable special trace output with the "--trace" option.
173: - The size of the borders can now be specified in the hatari.cfg file.
174: - Fixed Spec512 screen plotting on big endian machines.
175: - Native screen conversion functions for 32 bpp host display mode.
176: - Reworked the command line options.
177: - Added missing read for "clr" in 68000 CPU mode.
178: - Cycle correct MULU/MULS/DIVU/DIVS in 68000 CPU mode.
179: - Support for 68000 instructions pairing
180: - Better emulation of exception stack frame (bus/address error), used in some
181: protections.
182: - Don't change illegal 68000 opcodes $8, $a and $c if no cartridge is inserted.
183: - Ensure ACIA has consistent values when reset.
184: - More precise interrupt handling, allowing to mix CPU cycles and MFP cycles
185: with greater precision.
186: - Various improvements in MFP emulation (stop/start timer without writing to
187: data register, reading data register, handle pending cycles when timer
188: "wraps" (i.e. data register reaches 0), ...). Supports programs using some
189: very "fast" timers (Overscan Demos, ULM Demos) and requiring nearly cycle
190: exact synchronisation with the 68000.
191: - Mostly correct wait states when accessing sound registers (add wait state for
192: $ff8801/ff8803 when needed).
193: - Correct values of cycle counters read & write accesses for the most common
194: cases used for fullscreen/hardscroll.
195: - Correct values for Video_CalculateAddress, taking into account frequency and
196: left/right borders' state, needed for correct synchronisation between video
197: and cpu.
198: - Improve top/bottom border removal, including 60 Hz bottom border, as well as
199: "short" 50 Hz screen (171 lines)
200: - Support for all left/right border removal, including 0 byte lines.
201: - Support for hardscroll on STF, including the most recent ones using 4/5 lines.
202: - Support for 4 pixels horizontal hardscroll on STF (ST Connexion in Punish
203: Your Machine)
204: - Small adjustements in cycle precise color handling (spec512.c)
205:
206:
207: Version 0.95 (2007-05-12):
208: --------------------------
209:
210: - This release brings you basic Atari TT and Falcon emulation!
211: Please note that both new emulation modes are still highly experiemental,
212: some few games and demos work, but most still have more or less big
213: problems.
214: - Basic emulation of Falcon video shifter (Videl), NVRAM and DMA sound is in
215: place. The biggest drawback: There is no working Falcon DSP emulation yet.
216: - Screen/Shifter emulation timings have slightly been changed. Some things
217: now work better, some others work worse...
218: - Some patches for compiling on RiscOS and AmigaOS have been included.
219: - Compiling Hatari for Windows now works better.
220: - Added Hatari icon (hatari-icon.bmp).
221: - Fixed "movec" bug in 68020 CPU mode.
222: - Keyboard shortcuts for loading & saving memory snapshots (AltGr+k & AltGr+l).
223: - The built-in debugger has been slightly improved to be more user-friendly.
224: - Added "hmsa" tool - a little program for converting .MSA files to .ST and
225: vice versa.
226:
227:
1.1.1.6 root 228: Version 0.90 (2006-08-22):
229: --------------------------
230:
231: - Better Spectrum 512 support (60Hz support, improved I/O memory waitstates).
232: - STE right border opening support (used in Obsession, Pacemaker).
233: - Blitter Smudge mode support (used in Pacemaker demo).
234: - Wheel-mouse simulates cursor up and down.
235: - Work-around to FDC handling, --slow-fdc option is not anymore needed.
236: - Bugfix to MFP, sound works now in more YMRockerz releases.
237: - Bugfix to GEMDOS path handling (Hatari SIGSEGV).
238: - Bugfix to emulated memory initialization (4MB was cleared earlier, now
239: exactly the amount set up for Hatari. Saves memory on embedded systems
240: if less than 4MB is specified.)
241: - Re-written command-line option handling.
242: - (Again) lots of code const/static, type usage and indentation cleanup.
243: - Preliminary support for TOS 3.0x and 030 TT software that runs in ST
244: resolutions and doesn't need PMMU.
245: - Native GUI for Mac OSX.
246: - ACSI emulation fixes to get HD formatting to work with AHDI 5. HD emulation
247: now works quite fine with AHDI 5 (but other HD drivers are currently not
248: supported).
249: - Joystick shortcut changed to toggle cursor emulation between ports 0 and 1.
250: - Keys for all Hatari shortcuts can now be configured from hatari.cfg.
251: - Added command line option for setting ST keyboard mapping.
252: - Joystick command line option requires now parameter for a port for which
253: the joystick cursor emu is enabled.
254: - Fixed relative mouse event handling in zoomed low-rez.
255: - Hatari shows now more of the bottom borden (screen size is now 384x276
256: instead of 384x267).
257: - Fixed sync delay timings - sound should now be better (e.g. on Mac OS X).
258: - Added basic support for compiling Hatari with MinGW.
259:
260:
1.1.1.5 root 261: Version 0.80 (2005-10-12):
262: --------------------------
263:
264: - Support for STE hardware emulation: STE palette, STE shifter (horizontal fine
265: scrolling, split screen effects), DMA sound and STE joypads.
266: See the manual for a list of working STE applications/games/demos.
267: - Hatari can now emulate up to 14 MiB ST RAM instead of only 4 MiB.
268: - Support for parallel port joysticks.
269: - Improved GEMDOS HD emulation (added Fattrib() call).
270: - Adding and removing a GEMDOS or ACSI hard disk should now work correctly.
271: - Re-factoring of the screen conversion functions.
272: - Improved manual: Now with screenshots of the options dialogs.
273:
1.1 root 274:
1.1.1.4 root 275: Version 0.70 (2005-06-05):
276: --------------------------
277:
278: - As always: Code cleanup and bug fixes.
279: - No more crashes when a program tries to access illegal sector numbers.
280: - Improved built-in ROM cartridge.
281: - Rewrote the IO memory emulation code -> Better compatibility.
282: - Support for TOS 1.06 and TOS 1.62
283: - Emulated CPU can now also be run at 16 MHz or 32 MHz.
284: - File selection dialog scrollable with mouse wheel or cursor keys, too.
285: - Hatari now works on 64-bit host CPUs, too.
286: - Floppy disk images can now be set writable/write-protected in the GUI.
287: - Hatari can now also load a global configuration file (e.g. /etc/hatari.cfg).
288: - Configurable logging functions.
289:
290:
1.1.1.3 root 291: Version 0.60 (2004-12-19):
292: --------------------------
293:
294: - Again some code cleanup and bug fixes.
295: - Window/fullscreen mode is now correctly initialized from the configuration
296: file.
297: - Added --window command line option to force a start in window mode.
298: - Added alert boxes to show warnings, errors and information messages.
299: - PC mouse pointer is now better in sync with the ST mouse pointer.
300: - It's now possible to load an alternative cartridge image file.
301:
302:
1.1.1.2 root 303: Version 0.50 (2004-07-26):
304: --------------------------
305:
306: - A lot of internal code cleanup and bug fixes.
307: - Added a dialog for creating new blank floppy disk images.
308: - The source code has been optimized for better emulation speed.
309: - Added RS232 emulation (still very experimental and not very well tested! It
310: seems not to work reliable yet. Help for debugging is very appreciated!).
311: - Some bugs in the 68000 emulation have been fixed.
312: - The emulator now checks for double bus errors and stops the emulation if
313: necessary (instead of crashing the emulator).
314: - Timer-D is now patched correctly again.
315: - The old font has been replaced by two new fonts so that the GUI now looks
316: better in high resolutions.
317: - The fonts are now linked into the executable.
318: - Added support for DIM floppy disk images.
319:
320:
321: Version 0.45 (2003-10-30):
322: --------------------------
323:
324: - This is just a minor release on the way to version 0.50. It is not very
325: well tested, so be warned!
326: - New build system (with a "configure" shell script).
1.1.1.5 root 327: - A disk image destroying bug in the MSA compression function has been fixed.
1.1.1.2 root 328: - It is now possible to redirect the printer output into a file.
329: - Experimental MIDI output support.
330: - Added the possibility to save memory snap shots.
331: - Pending HBL and VBL interrupts are now emulated correctly (I hope).
332: - Some speed improvements.
333: - GEMDOS HD emulation now also works with EmuTOS.
334:
335:
1.1 root 336: Version 0.40 (2003-07-11):
337: --------------------------
338:
339: - Support for ZIP and GZIP compressed disk images!
340: - Configuration file support for loading and saving the emulator settings.
341: - Hatari now works on machines with Sparc CPUs, too.
342: - Fixed a problem that slowed down the emulator in monochrome mode when using
343: TOS 2.06.
344: - Inverted monochrome mode is now supported, too (some games like Maniac
345: Mansion use this).
346: - Added Mega-ST compatible real time clock (RTC) emulation.
347: - The GEMDOS HD emulation has been improved (it now also works with lower-case
348: file names) and many bugs have been fixed there.
349: - Improved keyboard mapping (added mapping via PC keyboard scancode and via
350: reloadable mapping files).
351: - The screen rendering routines have been generalized (less differences between
352: windowed and fullscreen mode).
353: - Hatari can now be cross-compiled, too. You can even compile it for MiNT now.
354: However, it does not run very well there yet.
355: - Support for RAM TOS images.
356: - Improved memory mapping (the different memory regions should now behave much
357: more like on a real ST).
358: - Improved M68k exceptions (bus errors and exception cycle timings).
359: - Fixed some bugs in the extended VDI resolution mode (now it is working with
360: EmuTOS, too).
361: - Some games that poll the write-protection signal of the FDC to check for
362: disk changes should now be working, too.
363:
364:
365: Version 0.30 (2003-03-12):
366: --------------------------
367:
368: - Some parts of the code accessed the SR directly to read the IPL -
369: however the UAE CPU core only updates the SR when doing a MakeSR() first.
370: So this is done in the affected code parts now, too.
371: - The IPL wasn't raised when a MFP interrupt occured - fixed now.
372: - Full screen resolution for ST-Low can now be selected from the screen setup
373: dialog.
374: - The IKBD emulation does not longer duplicate joystick fire buttons when
1.1.1.9 root 375: a game tries to use both, joystick and mouse
1.1 root 376: - Improved audio timer function - the code should now be a little bit faster.
377: - Resynced Hatari's UAE CPU core with UAE 0.8.22 - this fixes some bugs in 68k
378: instructions like ABCD and SBCD.
379: - Added patches for TOS 2.05 so that this TOS version should now work, too.
380: - Rewrote TOS patching routine. It is much more flexible now.
381: - Removed 0xa0ff opcode for VDI resolutions; using GEMDOS_OPCODE now instead.
382: - Fixed MMU RAM size configuration bug.
383: - Rewrote some more screen conversion functions in C.
384: - When a bus or address error occurred, the PC was often not set to the
385: right exception handler routine. This has been fixed now.
386:
387:
388: Version 0.25 (2002-12-30):
389: --------------------------
390:
391: - Patches for big endian systems (Spectrum 512 pictures are now working there).
392: - Hatari now also compiles and runs under Mac OS X.
393: - Blitter emulation has been added.
394: - There is now the possibility to save YM or WAV sounds.
395: - Big VDI resolutions (e.g. 800x600) are now supported, too.
396:
397:
398: Version 0.20 (2002-02-18):
399: --------------------------
400:
401: - Added graphical user interface for configuration of the emulator settings.
402: - Real joysticks can now also be used to simulate the ST joysticks.
403: - Yet another bugfix for BeOS (lseek again...)
404: - Support for hard disk images.
405:
406:
407: Version 0.11 (2001-10-10):
408: --------------------------
409:
410: - High level (GEMDOS) harddisk emulation.
411: - ST-Med/ST-Low mixed mode now works.
412:
413:
414: Version 0.10 (2001-08-16):
415: --------------------------
416:
417: - Improved CPU cycles emulation.
418: - Added Spec512 support.
419: - Some keyboard shortcuts.
420: - Added the possibility to switch between fullscreen and window mode.
421: - ST Medium resolution conversion routine.
422: - Built-in debugger.
423: - Added possibility to grab screenshots.
424: - Sound support (not working very well yet).
425:
426:
427: Version 0.05 (2001-06-01):
428: --------------------------
429:
430: - Joystick emulation via cursor keys.
431: - ST-LOW resolution conversion routine is now working on big-endian machines.
432:
433:
434: Version 0.04 (2001-05-27):
435: --------------------------
436:
437: - Added Stefan Berndtsson's patch for big-endian machines.
438: Hatari now runs also with non-x86 Linux machines! Thanks Stefan!
439: - Rewrote the ST-LOW resolution conversion routines in C ==> ST-LOW now works!
440: - Added some of the WinSTon patches Paul Bates recently published
441: at the WinSTon BBS (Thanks to Ladislav Adamec for the hint).
442: - Cleaned up the source tree a little bit.
443:
444:
445: Version 0.03 (2001-04-03):
446: --------------------------
447:
448: - Rewrote some more assembler functions. FDC emulation now works!
449: - SDL Keyboard code finished and included a SDL-Key -> ST-Scancode table.
450: - Added mouse support.
451:
452:
453: Version 0.02 (2001-03-28):
454: --------------------------
455:
456: - Added very simple SDL support.
457: - Rewrote a lot of assembler functions in C (e.g. intercept.c).
458: - Adapted the UAE CPU. Now Hatari is able to boot a TOS 1.0x ROM, the
459: Desktop shows up, but no mouse and keyboard interaction yet.
460:
461:
462: Version 0.01 (2001-03-21):
463: --------------------------
464: - Made the WinSTon source code compilable with GNU-C.
465: - Added the UAE CPU sources.
466:
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