VICE 2.4 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:
** General
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- New SDL based MIPS Windows NT port.
- New SDL based native Dingoo port.
- New monitor commands: autostart and autoload.
- Rewrite of the sound system, output is now mono/stereo selectable.
- Split off the 5x0 model from the 6x0/7x0 models in xcbm2, new emulator is
called xcbm5x0.
- Split off sid player from c64, new program is called vsid.
- New maintainer for the polish translations, they are now 100% up2date.
- New IEC FD2000/4000 drive support.
- New 1541 drive sounds emulation.
- 1541 drive emulation has been greatly improved.
** C64/C128 changes
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- ACIA address now selectable.
- I/O conflict behaviour now selectable.
- Added Pagefox cartridge support.
- Added Silverrock cartridge support.
- Added Formel64 cartridge support.
- IDE64 support extended to be able to handle 4 devices.
- IDE64 FD/CD/CF support added.
- Added "Kingsoft" ("Business Basic" aka "S'more") cartridge support.
- SFX sound sampler, SFX sound expander and digimax extended to output in
stereo.
- Added Triple SID support.
- Added Nordic Replay support to the Retro Replay cartridge emulation.
- Added video to audio leak sound support.
- Added VICII 'no border' mode support.
- Magic Voice cartridge emulation improvements.
- Added support for the kingsoft and starbyte userport joystick adapters.
- Added MicroMys, SmartMouse, Atari CX-22 trackball, and Atari mouse
support.
- Added supercard+ support.
- Added DS12C887 RTC expansion support.
- Added userport RTC (58321a) expansion support.
** C64 changes
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- Support for drive burst modification.
** C128 changes
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- Improved the z80 cycle emulation.
- C128 model can be selected.
- Added internal function RAM and RAM+RTC support.
** VIC20 changes
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- Added I/O conflict checking with selectable behaviour.
- Added masC=uerade adapter support, I/O-only C64 carts can now also be used
with the VIC20 emulation.
- The VIC border mode can be selected now (none, normal, full, debug).
- Added DS12C887 RTC expansion support.
** PLUS4 changes
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- The TED border mode can be selected now (none, normal, full, debug).
- PLUS4 model can be selected.
** PET changes
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- Added proper SuperPET support, including 6809(/6309) CPU emulation,
6702 (dongle) emulation, and the TPUG MMU board (for Super-OS/9).
** CBM2 changes
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- CBM2 model can be selected.
** Cartconv changes
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- Display usage when -f/-t/-i/-o/-n/-l is given without an extra parameter.
** Petcat changes
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- Added Supergrafik support.
** Unix changes
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- New Russian, Spanish and Korean translations of the UI elements and
command-line options.
- Added copy/paste support to the XAW GUI.
- Added 'drag and drop' support to the GTK+ GUI.
- Added monitor window support using VTE to the GTK+ GUI.
** MS-Windows changes
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- Alot of GUI fixes and improvements.
- New Russian, Spanish and Korean translations of the UI elements and
command-line options.
- Hotkeys are now configurable by editing the win_hotkeys.vhk files.
- Source can now be compiled without DX.
** AmigaOS changes
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- New Russian, Spanish and Korean translations of the UI elements and
command-line options.
- Alot of GUI fixes and improvements.
- Improved the library loading system, when 'optional' libraries fail to load,
the features needing the library will be disabled.
- Added support for the catweasel.device driver.
** DOS changes
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- Added PCI Catweasel support.
- Added PCI HardSID support.
** Mac OS X changes
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** SDL UI changes
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- Added OpenCBM support.
** BeOS changes
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- Alot of GUI fixes and improvements.
- Joystick keysets have been fixed (again.)
- "beos" sound driver can now be tested on Haiku (at your own risk) with
command-line option: -sounddev beos
** OS/2 changes
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- Alot of GUI fixes and improvements.
Signed, Stefan Haubenthal.
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