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