VICE 2.0 has been released
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VICE is the Versatile Commodore Emulator, it emulates the Commodore
C64,
C128, VIC20, PET , PLUS4 and the CBM-II, 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 2.0
======================
** General
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- VICE development has moved to public services:
http://sf.net/projects/vice-emu
You can read the latest development in the Subversion
repository, file bug reports, and similar things.
Check it out!
- New Openserver 5.x, Openserver 6.x and Unixware ports.
- New AROS64 port.
- New QNX 4.x port.
- New HPUX (HPPA and IA64) ports.
- New SkyOS port.
- New Atari Mint port.
- New Solaris Express aka OpenSolaris aka Solaris 11 port.
** C64/C128 changes
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- Improved $01 behaviour with regards to unused bit fall-off.
- New experimental NEOS and Amiga mouse support.
- Added a working RTC to the emulation of the IDE64 cartridge.
- New more precise PAL emulation, works only with double size
and double scan.
- Added support for the Action Replay 4 and StarDos cartridges.
- Improved REU compatibility
- Fixed CPU timing bug introduced in 1.22 (demo "Borderless").
- Fixed bugs in the CIA emulation (demo "So-phisticated",
W. Lorenz testsuite).
- Fixed various bugs in VIC-II emulation: Sprite x-positioning,
Latch X/Y, video mode changes, DEN bit handling, raster IRQ,
NTSC sprites and sprites in full/debugging border mode (list
of fixed demos/games too long to mention here).
- RESTORE key is handled differently now, fixing an NMI bug
because the NMI was asserted too long before.
** VIC20 changes
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- Added unconnected c-bus floating byte support.
- New more precise PAL emulation, works only with double size
and double scan.
** PET changes
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- Added support for toggling CB2 sound output line.
** PLUS4 changes
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- New more precise PAL emulation, works only with double size
and double scan.
** Drive changes
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- Fixed block allocation and interleave.
** BeOS changes
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- Fixed to also run on Haiku.
- Lots of fixes to the dailogs.
- Fixed the joystick system.
- Added warning dialog when the monitor is accessed without
having an open console window.
- Added the ability to copy and paste text from and to the
VICE window.
** Miscellaneous changes
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- Added support for more 3rd party basic extenders to petcat.
- Extended BMP saving to support 24bit.
- Fixed the joystick code of all emulators to handle state changes
on both joysticks at the same time.
- New monitor commands and features.
- New memmap feature which allows tracking of memory accesses,
activated by the configure option --enable-memmap.
- Fixed bug in ffmpeg/FFV1 driver. Should be really lossless now.
The VICE 2.0 source archive is available at:
http://www.zimmers.net/anonftp/pub/cbm/crossplatform/emulators/VICE/vice-2.0.tar.gz
The VICE 2.0 Intel BeOS binary archive is available at:
http://www.zimmers.net/anonftp/pub/cbm/crossplatform/emulators/VICE/BeVICE-2.0.x86.zip
The VICE 2.0 PPC BeOS binary archive is available at:
http://www.zimmers.net/anonftp/pub/cbm/crossplatform/emulators/VICE/BeVICE-2.0.powerpc.zip
For more information check out the VICE home page at:
At the time this was written the VICE home page was not updated yet,
rest assured that it will be updated soon.
Signed, Marco van den Heuvel.