[zx] ZEsarUX 12.1 Release Candidate Night Shift edition 28/08/2025

[1] faust @ !!! Piątek, 29 Sierpnia 2025 23:29 CET [17-06-2025 23:10 CET]

ZEsarUX to multiemulator maszynek ze stajni Sir Clive'a - znajdziemy w nim praktycznie wszystkie modele począwszy od ZX80, przez tradycyjne modele Spektrusia, łącznie z tymi, które pojawiły się już z logiem Amstrada, aż po egzotyczny Z88 Cambridge, gdyby nie brak QL można by było powiedzieć, iż emuluje on wszystko z tej rodziny. ZEsauRX poradzi sobie też z emulacją Sam Coupe, czy też CPC464 (o innych egzotykach nie wspomnę, jak np. emulacji CPC4128, czyli CPC464 + 128kb, nie obcy mu też sprzęt SEGI a dokładnie SEGA MASTER SYSTEM.

Nowa wersja oprócz paru dodatkowych klonów gumiaczka dodaje również emulację napędów microDrive.

The last full version of this very advanced Z80 emulator was released in 16/01/2025 with the number 12.0 marked as Bubble, Bobble Edition.

ZEsarUX 12.1 Release Candidate Night Shift edition 28/08/2025

New things added:

Added Streaming mode to ZENG Online for ZX Spectrum. It improves gaming experience: reduces lag and drops all game state inconsistencies between all players
Added ZXMMC+ emulation
Added second MMC/SD card emulation
Added support for steering wheel joystick (and other analog joystick controls) to racing games (using pre-defined modification for specific games or custom)
Added conversion of ZX81 files P to P81, and P81 to P
Allow to LOAD "name" of a ZX81 .P81 file
Added real joystick support for SDL2
Added direct functions to increase/decrease/silence Audio Volume
Allow to save ZX80/81 screen to .scr file
Allow to save text note on a ZSF snapshot
Allow to locate rom files running ZEsarUX from a current folder different than the rom path
Allow machine selection by family type (Spectrum, ZX80, ZX81, CPC, etc)
Added .ay file support to File Viewer
Added GENS file support to File Viewer
Allow to change configuration file path from the menu
Allow to view expanded file from Storage submenus (tape, dsk, etc)
Allow to view GO SUB Basic stack
Added configuration wizard when running ZEsarUX for the first time
Added support for up to 4 joystick fire buttons on:
- Kempston joystick (Spectrum): 4 buttons
- Amstrad CPC: 3 buttons
- Master System, SG1000, Colecovision: 2 buttons

Improvements:

Improved AY Player:
- Allow to load playlist
- Allow to save playlist (full playlist or just marked files)
- Allow to increase track length (for some tracks with incorrect length)
- Added direct functions to next/previous track/file
- Show tenths of a second on song length and time elapsed
- Better shuffle algorithm
- Fixed silence detection when playback paused
- Tell if no song is playing
Improved Sinclair QL emulation:
- Allow to increase RAM size
- Allow to load and save QL screen files
- Added QL Screen file previews on File Selector
- Allow to use win1_ device as an alias to mdv1_ (useful for QL-SD paths)
- Fixed Sinclair QL keyboard: allow fast text writing
- Allow display blanking
Improved ZX Vision:
- Allow to hide minimized windows
- Allow to place windows beyond ZEsarUX main window limits
- Do not reopen menu when closing a Window
- Allow fast text writing on input fields
- Show, with a dot, when an icon is an open window but minimized
- Keep ZEsarUX window size proportions (disallow different zoom x/y) by default
- Hide cursor when sending a window to background
- Allow to show short text for icons on ZX Desktop
- Preserve icon name when changing its type
- Changed charset for style ZEsarUX Plus: now uses the same as AtariTOS, it's a charset with better readability
- Added rzx files support for file selector: can be expanded (to z80 snap file), show file previews, convert to SCR, convert to Z80, use as ZX Desktop background
- Fixed glitch duplicating Main Menu when pressing F6 on Main Menu
Improved Debug CPU:
- Allow to see and go to previous address of an opcode in cpu history
- Show port number when port read opcode (IN, INI, etc). Show keyboard row when port is XXFEH on Spectrum
- Show view number inside the window and not in the window title
- Added pass count to breakpoints (a breakpoint that is triggered when the condition is hit a certain times)
- Improved edit breakpoint window
- Added option to enable/disable all breakpoints
- Fixed moving cursor up when address near 0
- Watches can show results in hexadecimal or decimal
- Allow to set labels in Watches
Improve Memory Cheat:
- Allow to set initial address
- Can delete watches
- Improve window layout
- Improved ZRCP:
- Allow to set Linemode Telnet (char mode): allow cursor up, backspace, tab, ctrl-c, ctrl-d
- Better CR+LF handling
- Added commands: cd, pwd
Improved External Audio Source window:
- Show frequency when detected pilot tone or bits 0/1
- Show approximate bytes read
- Show average frequency when unknown signal
- Allow to enable input from this window
Improved View Basic window:
- Allow lines > 9999, useful for protected programs
  -...
Improved conversion audio to P/P81 ZX81 files: added alternative enhanced algorithm
Improved Hexadecimal editor: follow expression is saved on configuration
Improved maximum sent keys to ZENG/ZENG Online
Improved Windows timing and any other system using SDL video driver. Now uses SDL Timing
Improved Mac timing by using native timer
Improved Watermark Logo: can be shown only when loading/saving, can change colors when loading/saving
Improved Adventure Map showing enter and exit directions
Improved File Selector: allow to use path to a FAT mounted image on all cases
Improved Visual Cassette Tape window: support standard tape too
Improved Custom rom setting adding a Reset machine option
Improved DivMMC, DivIDE and ZXMMC emulation: allow to enable them even if no MMC/SD card or IDE inserted

Fixes:

Fixed semaphore locking on Windows
Fixed cpu usage calculation when footer is disabled
Fixed setting esxdos handler root dir when loading a .nex file without path from command line
Fixed bug restoring ZSF snapshot with DivIDE enabled
Fixed segfault when pressing CTRL-C on console
Fixed PCW palette colour changes
Fixed Chloe keyboard: allow fast text writing
Fixed toggle breakpoint on a position that already had a breakpoint when breakpoints were disabled
Fixed smartloading a tape file when a dsk is inserted
Fixed visual casette tape when inserting an unsupported tape
Fixed write protect tab on visual hilow datadrive window
Fixed File Selector column for "
" text on folders with utf-8 characters
Fixed separator menu item on stdout video driver
Fixed showing minimum volume on External Audio Source window

ZEsarUX 12.1-Beta1 - Night Shift edition 17 July 2025

New things added:

Added Streaming mode to ZENG Online for ZX Spectrum. It improves gaming experience: reduces lag and drops all game state inconsistencies between all players
Added ZXMMC+ emulation
Added second MMC/SD card emulation
Added support for steering wheel joystick (and other analog joystick controls) to racing games (using pre-defined modification for specific games or custom)
Added conversion of ZX81 files P to P81, and P81 to P
Added direct functions to increase/decrease Audio Volume
Allow to save ZX80/81 screen to .scr file
Allow to save text note on a ZSF snapshot
Allow to locate rom files running ZEsarUX from a current folder different than the rom path
Allow machine selection by family type (Spectrum, ZX80, ZX81, CPC, etc)
Added .ay file support to File Viewer
Added configuration wizard when running ZEsarUX for the first time
Added support for up to 4 joystick fire buttons on:
- Kempston joystick (Spectrum): 4 buttons
- Amstrad CPC: 3 buttons
- Master System, SG1000, Colecovision: 2 buttons

Improvements:

Improved AY Player:
- Allow to load playlist
- Allow to save playlist (full playlist or just marked files)
- Allow to increase track length (for some tracks with incorrect length)
- Added direct functions to next/previous track/file
- Show tenths of a second on song length and time elapsed
- Better shuffle algorithm
- Fixed silence detection when playback paused
- Tell if no song is playing
Improved Sinclair QL emulation:
- Allow to increase RAM size
- Allow to load and save QL screen files
- Added QL Screen file previews on File Selector
- Allow to use win1_ device as an alias to mdv1_ (useful for QL-SD paths)
- Fixed Sinclair QL keyboard: allow fast text writing
- Allow display blanking
Improved ZX Vision:
- Allow to hide minimized windows
- Allow to place windows beyond ZEsarUX main window limits
- Do not reopen menu when closing a Window
- Allow fast text writing on input fields
- Show, with a dot, when an icon is an open window but minimized
- Keep ZEsarUX window size proportions (disallow different zoom x/y) by default
- Hide cursor when sending a window to background
- Allow to show short text for icons on ZX Desktop
- Preserve icon name when changing its type
- Added rzx files support for file selector: can be expanded (to z80 snap file), show file previews, convert to SCR, convert to Z80, use as ZX Desktop background
- Fixed glitch duplicating Main Menu when pressing F6 on Main Menu
Improved Debug CPU:
- Allow to see and go to previous address of an opcode in cpu history
- Show port number when port read opcode (IN, INI, etc). Show keyboard row when port is XXFEH on Spectrum
- Show view number inside the window and not in the window title
- Added pass count to breakpoints (a breakpoint that is triggered when the condition is hit a certain times)
- Improved edit breakpoint window
- Added option to enable/disable all breakpoints
- Fixed moving cursor up when address near 0
Improve Memory Cheat:
- Allow to set initial address
- Can delete watches
- Improve window layout
Improve maximum sent keys to ZENG/ZENG Online
Improved Windows timing and any other system using SDL video driver. Now uses SDL Timing
Improved Mac timing by using native timer
Improved Watermark Logo: can be shown only when loading/saving, can change colors when loading/saving
Improved File Selector: allow to use path to a FAT mounted image on all cases
Improved Visual Cassette Tape window: support standard tape too
Improved Custom rom setting adding a Reset machine option
Improved DivMMC, DivIDE and ZXMMC emulation: allow to enable them even if no MMC/SD card or IDE inserted
Improved View Basic window: allow lines > 9999, useful for protected programs

Fixes:

Fixed semaphore locking on Windows
Fixed cpu usage calculation when footer is disabled
Fixed setting esxdos handler root dir when loading a .nex file without path from command line
Fixed bug restoring ZSF snapshot with DivIDE enabled
Fixed segfault when pressing CTRL-C on console
Fixed PCW palette colour changes
Fixed Chloe keyboard: allow fast text writing
Fixed toggle breakpoint on a position that already had a breakpoint when breakpoints were disabled
Fixed smartloading a tape file when a dsk is inserted
Fixed visual casette tape when inserting an unsupported tape
Fixed write protect tab on visual hilow datadrive window
Fixed File Selector column for "
Fixed separator menu item on stdout video driver
" text on folders with utf-8 characters

→ NOWSZY [zx] ZEsarUX 11.1 RC1 The Way of the Exploding Fist edition 30/04/2026

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ZEsarUX 13 Release Candidate - The Way of the Exploding Fist edition. 29 April 2026

New things added:

Added macOS Silicon version
Added support for drag&drop on Windows and Linux (Xwindow) - was already supported on Mac and SDL2
Allow drag&drop of compressed files
Added lots of special effects for video output:
- Reduce, Unsteady, Flip Vertical, Flip Horizontal, Rotate, Twirl, Interferences, Sea, Waves, Magnetic Field, Shear, Lens, Radar
- Zoom, Zoom Mouse, Pixelate, Blur, Shader Border, LED, LED RGB, Hsync lost, Vsync lost, Vsync, Scroll Horizontal, Scroll Vertical, Fade In, Fade Out, Fade InOut
- Scanlines, Sepia, Red, RGB, Decolorize, Persistence, Contrast, Brightness, Nagravision, Random Lines, Decode Nagravision, Sortalike, Logo Rebound
- Restore Original, Copy to buffer, Mix from Buffer, Load BMP
Added Nagravision Audio effect
Added support for reading clipboard contents and send as keystrokes on systems: Mac, Windows, GNU/Linux (SDL2, Xwindow)
Rename function "Input File Spooling" to "Send Text as Keystrokes"
Allow to reduce display to half (1/2) and to a quarter (1/4)
Allow to reduce display on Colecovision, CPC, Master System, MSX, Prism, SG1000, Spectravideo, Spectrum, TSConf, ZX80, ZX81, Z88
Added f-key/icon to trigger an action ("SendKeysMenu") to send keys to menu, for example send keys "tti" to open input tape
Allow SDL driver to use a 8-bit color palette
Allow SDL driver to force window size
Allow DESTDIR environment varieble on make install step
Allow to accelerate loading and saving of diskette, microdrive, etc
Allow to insert a standard tape on ZX Spectrum when the cpu is already running the rom load routine
Added config setting for autoenable ay chip on Spectrum models without ay chip
Added ZSF snapshot previews for QL, ZX80 and ZX81 machines
Allow to see GO SUB stack of ZX80 and ZX81
Allow utf-8 characters on footer
Allow to save smartload history on a file
Added aggresive scanline effect
Added black & white video dither mode
Added RGB 8 bit color mode
Added lightgun scope
Added emulation of Optical Devices:
- Datel Lightwriter
- Defender Light Gun
- Spectrum Doodler Lightpen
- Stack Light Rifle
- Trojan Light Pen

Improvements:

Improved ZX80 and ZX81 emulation:

All timing and video code has been rewritten and fixed, near 100% perfect
Removed configuration settings: --vsync-minimum-length, --no-horiz-stabilization, --enablezx8081lnctradjust, --disablezx8081lnctradjust
Removed menu settings: Horizontal Stabilization, lnctr video adjust, Video x_offset
Improved vsync sound detection

Improved Debug CPU:

Allow to show opcode timings (setting not enabled by default)
Added function to run until the cpu finds a return opcode (any RET, RETI, RETN or RET with true condition)
Show when registers values are modified by last opcode execution
Views 5 and 6 use a different memptr ("memptx")
Show when memory is modified by last opcode execution on views 5 and 6
Direct key (t) to evaluate expressions
Added setting to stop on PC+2 when step over RST 8, useful when debugging esxdos calls
Added user variables VAR0, VAR1, ... VAR9
Added video frames counter
Allow to delete a breakpoint from the Edit breakpoint window
Reassign option key 'x' ("switch view mode") to 'y' ("change layout")
Reassign option key 'e' (RET) to 'E'

Improved Snapshots in RAM:

Browse visually all the stored snapshots in RAM, like on a "Time Machine"
Allow to save snapshots in RAM; you could do it before automatically at fixed intervals, now you can save it whenever you want

Improved ZX Vision:

Added new Top Menu (not enabled by default)
Added tooltips for upper bottons (menu buttons) and lower buttons (device buttons)
Added support for 4 pixel wide charsets
Allow to set charset size > 8
Added charset "ZEsarUXtiny" adequate for 4x6 charset configuration (same charset already used on icons)
Added GUI Styles "ZEsarUX Tiny" and "Pico-8"
Allow to press F-function keys from the menu
Allow to reduce available menu size to half size of Main Window
Allow to see file previews from the file selector on ZX Desktop background
Most windows can be moved/resized now using keys OPQAWSKL
Reordered settings & new menu: check settings -> Emulated Display, General, Main Window, ZX Vision, TV
Moved some settings to settings -> Hardware
Added shortcuts helper action to create icon to trigger recorded keys
Some settings dialogs can reset value to defaults
Added a slider on numeric input dialogs
Maximized windows that are restored on startup, will be restored to the maximum size available
Allow to send messages to windows, to trigger actions. Can send messages from Windows menu or from Process Management Window
Allow to select dark or light GUI style depending on current hour
Changed charset for styles Solarized Dark and Light: now uses the same as AtariTOS
Show window size when resizing
Show window position when moving
Changed windows border color when dragging for resizing: Warning color when a window has to be enlarged (because there is text beyond current size), otherwise Selected color
New widget type Triangle on View Sensors

Improved ZX Desktop:

Allow to set small values for ZX Desktop width size
Add setting to disallow enabling ZX Desktop
Allow to change background color for icons, lower and upper buttons
Added setting to automatically order icons on ZX Desktop
Added setting to add a stroke on icons
Windows are not closed when enabling ZX Desktop

Improved ZX Life:

Each generation of the game can advance to the rhythm of the AY chip's music
Allow to speed up game
Fix behaviour on board limits
Allow to see all hardware sprites at once on View Sprites window
Improved editing joystick to events/keys (allow to unasign easily)
Improved Trash icon
Improved decimal precision of Basic Variables window values
Improved code to allow compilation on other Unix systems, like AROS, FiwixOS, Sortix, Minix3
Improved ZENG Online protocol: allow to connect different ZEsarUX client and server versions (if they are compatible), add uptime to rooms
Improved inserting device files (mmc files, ide files, etc): now they are automatically enabled after inserting them
Improved ZEsarUX window title: unify title on all different drivers: SDL, X11, etc ...

Fixes:

Fixed fullscreen issues on macOS, Linux and Windows (drivers cocoa, xwindow, sdl, sdl2)
Fixed emulation of Magnum Light Phaser
Fixed reading port BFFD on Spectrum +2A/+3
Fixed emulation of DD/FD+EB opcode: EX DE,HL instead of EX DE,IX/IY
Fixed timing of inexistent DD/FD opcodes
Fixed disassemble of undocumented opcodes dd/fd + cb + res/set (ix+d) where the result is also stored on a register
Fixed loading tape with --tape and --realtape and autoload snapshot on start
Fixed C register after loading standard tape (undocummented feature) - fixes loading of game Sweet Fightin' +2
Fixed sdl parameter --sdl-force-win-size when using rgb24 bit color mode on SDL1
Fixed sdl parameters --sdl-force-win-size and --sdl-8bit-color on SDL2
Fixed uncompress tar and rar files with spaces in name
Fixed default timer on Mac OS X when not using cocoa driver
Fixed non-pthreads compilation
Fixed possible divide by 0 when getting bad cpu usage on Linux
Fixed fullscreen on macOS
Fixed possible segfault on macOS cocoa driver
Fixed glitch on border on Spectrum Next when changing turbo speed
Fixed showing submenu indicator (>) when the menu has vertical scroll bar
Fixed reopening windows that were closed and minimized (when setting "hide minimized windows" is enabled)
Fixed Amstrad PCW palette color change
Fixed some possible segfaults in several sections of the code
Removed some old/non-existent - Z80N Next opcodes

ZEsarUX 11.1-Beta 2 -The Way of the Exploding Fist edition 5 March 2026

New things added:

Added macOS Silicon version

Improvements:

Improved Debug CPU
- Added function to run until the cpu finds a return opcode (any RET, RETI, RETN or RET with true condition)
- Reassign option key 'e' (RET) to 'E'
Improved ZX Vision:
- Added tooltips for upper bottons (menu buttons) and lower buttons (device buttons)
- Added support for 4 pixel wide charsets
- Added charset "ZEsarUXtiny" adequate for 4x6 charset configuration (same charset already used on icons)
- Added GUI Styles "ZEsarUX Tiny" and "Pico-8"
- Allow to reduce available menu size to half size of Main Window
- Moved some settings to settings -> Hardware
- Allow to send messages to windows, to trigger actions. Can send messages from Windows menu or from Process Management Window
- Allow to select dark or light GUI style depending on current hour
- Changed charset for styles Solarized Dark and Light: now uses the same as AtariTOS
- Show window size when resizing
- Changed windows border color when dragging for resizing: Warning color when a window has to be enlarged (because there is text beyond current size), otherwise Selected color
- New widget type Triangle on View Sensors
Improved ZX Desktop:
- Windows are not closed when enabling ZX Desktop
Improved ZX Life:
- Each generation of the game can advance to the rhythm of the AY chip's music
- Allow to speed up game
- Fix behaviour on board limits
Improved ZENG Online protocol: allow to connect different ZEsarUX client and server versions (if they are compatible)
Improved inserting device files (mmc files, ide files, etc): now they are automatically enabled after inserting them
Improved ZEsarUX window title: unify title on all different drivers: SDL, X11, etc ...

Fixes:

Fixed sdl parameter --sdl-force-win-size when using rgb24 bit color mode on SDL1
Fixed sdl parameters --sdl-force-win-size and --sdl-8bit-color on SDL2
Fixed possible segfault on macOS cocoa driver
Fixed glitch on border on Spectrum Next when changing turbo speed
Fixed showing submenu indicator (>) when the menu has vertical scroll bar
Fixed Amstrad PCW palette color change

ZEsarUX 13 Beta 1 - xxx edition. 2 February 2026

New things added:

Added setting to automatically order icons on ZX Desktop
Allow drag&drop of compressed files
Allow to reduce display to half
Added f-key/icon to trigger an action ("SendKeysMenu") to send keys to menu, for example send keys "tti" to open input tape
Allow SDL driver to use a 8-bit color palette
Allow SDL driver force window size
Allow DESTDIR environment varieble on make install step
Allow to accelerate loading and saving of diskette, microdrive, etc
Added config setting for autoenable ay chip on Spectrum models without ay chip
Added emulation of Stack Light Rifle
Added emulation of Defender Light Gun
Added emulation of Trojan Light Pen
Added emulation of Datel Lightwriter
Added emulation of Spectrum Doodler Lightpen
Added lightgun scope
Added ZSF snapshot previews for QL, ZX80 and ZX81 machines
Allow to see GO SUB stack of ZX80 and ZX81
Allow utf-8 characters on footer
Allow to save smartload history on a file

Improvements:

Improved ZX80 and ZX81 emulation:

All timing and video code has been rewritten and fixed, near 100% perfect
Removed configuration settings: --vsync-minimum-length, --no-horiz-stabilization, --enablezx8081lnctradjust, --disablezx8081lnctradjust
Removed menu settings: Horizontal Stabilization, lnctr video adjust, Video x_offset
Improved vsync sound detection

Improved Debug CPU:

Allow to show opcode timings (setting not enabled by default)
Show when registers values are modified by last opcode execution
Views 5 and 6 use a different memptr ("memptx")
Show when memory is modified by last opcode execution on views 5 and 6
Direct key (t) to evaluate expressions
Added setting to stop on PC+2 when step over RST 8, useful when debugging esxdos calls
Added user variables VAR0, VAR1, ... VAR9
Added video frames counter
Reassign option key 'x' ("switch view mode") to 'y' ("change layout")

Improved Snapshots in RAM:

Browse visually all the stored snapshots in RAM, like on a "Time Machine"
Allow to save snapshots in RAM; you could do it before automatically at fixed intervals, now you can save it whenever you want

Improved ZX Vision:

Added new Top Menu (not enabled by default)
Reordered settings & new menu: check settings -> Emulated Display, General, Main Window, ZX Vision, TV
Added shortcuts helper action to create icon to trigger recorded keys
Some settings dialogs can reset value to defaults
Restored maximized windows on startup, will be restored to the maximum size available

Improved ZX Desktop:

Allow to set small values for ZX Desktop width size
Add setting to disallow enabling ZX Desktop
Allow to change background color for icons, lower and upper buttons
Added setting to add a stroke on icons

Improved editing joystick to events/keys (allow to unasign easily)
Improved ZX Life: allow to speed up game, fix behaviour on board limits
Improved Trash icon
Improved decimal precision of Basic Variables window values
Improve code to allow compilation on other Unix systems, like AROS, FiwixOS, Sortix

Fixes:

Fixed emulation of Magnum Light Phaser
Fixed reading port BFFD on Spectrum +2A/+3
Fixed emulation of DD/FD+EB opcode: EX DE,HL instead of EX DE,IX/IY
Fixed timing of inexistent DD/FD opcodes
Fixed disassemble of undocumented opcodes dd/fd + cb + res/set (ix+d) where the result is also stored on a register
Fixed loading tape with --tape and --realtape and autoload snapshot on start
Fixed uncompress tar and rar files with spaces in name
Fixed default timer on Mac OS X when not using cocoa driver
Fixed non-pthreads compilation
Fixed possible divide by 0 when getting bad cpu usage on Linux

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ZEsarUX 11.1-Beta 2 -The Way of the Exploding Fist edition 5 March 2026

New things added:

Added macOS Silicon version

Improvements:

Improved Debug CPU
- Added function to run until the cpu finds a return opcode (any RET, RETI, RETN or RET with true condition)
- Reassign option key 'e' (RET) to 'E'
Improved ZX Vision:
- Added tooltips for upper bottons (menu buttons) and lower buttons (device buttons)
- Added support for 4 pixel wide charsets
- Added charset "ZEsarUXtiny" adequate for 4x6 charset configuration (same charset already used on icons)
- Added GUI Styles "ZEsarUX Tiny" and "Pico-8"
- Allow to reduce available menu size to half size of Main Window
- Moved some settings to settings -> Hardware
- Allow to send messages to windows, to trigger actions. Can send messages from Windows menu or from Process Management Window
- Allow to select dark or light GUI style depending on current hour
- Changed charset for styles Solarized Dark and Light: now uses the same as AtariTOS
- Show window size when resizing
- Changed windows border color when dragging for resizing: Warning color when a window has to be enlarged (because there is text beyond current size), otherwise Selected color
- New widget type Triangle on View Sensors
Improved ZX Desktop:
- Windows are not closed when enabling ZX Desktop
Improved ZX Life:
- Each generation of the game can advance to the rhythm of the AY chip's music
- Allow to speed up game
- Fix behaviour on board limits
Improved ZENG Online protocol: allow to connect different ZEsarUX client and server versions (if they are compatible)
Improved inserting device files (mmc files, ide files, etc): now they are automatically enabled after inserting them
Improved ZEsarUX window title: unify title on all different drivers: SDL, X11, etc ...

Fixes:

Fixed sdl parameter --sdl-force-win-size when using rgb24 bit color mode on SDL1
Fixed sdl parameters --sdl-force-win-size and --sdl-8bit-color on SDL2
Fixed possible segfault on macOS cocoa driver
Fixed glitch on border on Spectrum Next when changing turbo speed
Fixed showing submenu indicator (>) when the menu has vertical scroll bar
Fixed Amstrad PCW palette color change

ZEsarUX 13 Beta 1 - xxx edition. 2 February 2026

New things added:

Added setting to automatically order icons on ZX Desktop
Allow drag&drop of compressed files
Allow to reduce display to half
Added f-key/icon to trigger an action ("SendKeysMenu") to send keys to menu, for example send keys "tti" to open input tape
Allow SDL driver to use a 8-bit color palette
Allow SDL driver force window size
Allow DESTDIR environment varieble on make install step
Allow to accelerate loading and saving of diskette, microdrive, etc
Added config setting for autoenable ay chip on Spectrum models without ay chip
Added emulation of Stack Light Rifle
Added emulation of Defender Light Gun
Added emulation of Trojan Light Pen
Added emulation of Datel Lightwriter
Added emulation of Spectrum Doodler Lightpen
Added lightgun scope
Added ZSF snapshot previews for QL, ZX80 and ZX81 machines
Allow to see GO SUB stack of ZX80 and ZX81
Allow utf-8 characters on footer
Allow to save smartload history on a file

Improvements:

Improved ZX80 and ZX81 emulation:

All timing and video code has been rewritten and fixed, near 100% perfect
Removed configuration settings: --vsync-minimum-length, --no-horiz-stabilization, --enablezx8081lnctradjust, --disablezx8081lnctradjust
Removed menu settings: Horizontal Stabilization, lnctr video adjust, Video x_offset
Improved vsync sound detection

Improved Debug CPU:

Allow to show opcode timings (setting not enabled by default)
Show when registers values are modified by last opcode execution
Views 5 and 6 use a different memptr ("memptx")
Show when memory is modified by last opcode execution on views 5 and 6
Direct key (t) to evaluate expressions
Added setting to stop on PC+2 when step over RST 8, useful when debugging esxdos calls
Added user variables VAR0, VAR1, ... VAR9
Added video frames counter
Reassign option key 'x' ("switch view mode") to 'y' ("change layout")

Improved Snapshots in RAM:

Browse visually all the stored snapshots in RAM, like on a "Time Machine"
Allow to save snapshots in RAM; you could do it before automatically at fixed intervals, now you can save it whenever you want

Improved ZX Vision:

Added new Top Menu (not enabled by default)
Reordered settings & new menu: check settings -> Emulated Display, General, Main Window, ZX Vision, TV
Added shortcuts helper action to create icon to trigger recorded keys
Some settings dialogs can reset value to defaults
Restored maximized windows on startup, will be restored to the maximum size available

Improved ZX Desktop:

Allow to set small values for ZX Desktop width size
Add setting to disallow enabling ZX Desktop
Allow to change background color for icons, lower and upper buttons
Added setting to add a stroke on icons

Fixes:

Fixed emulation of Magnum Light Phaser
Fixed reading port BFFD on Spectrum +2A/+3
Fixed emulation of DD/FD+EB opcode: EX DE,HL instead of EX DE,IX/IY
Fixed timing of inexistent DD/FD opcodes
Fixed disassemble of undocumented opcodes dd/fd + cb + res/set (ix+d) where the result is also stored on a register
Fixed loading tape with --tape and --realtape and autoload snapshot on start
Fixed uncompress tar and rar files with spaces in name
Fixed default timer on Mac OS X when not using cocoa driver
Fixed non-pthreads compilation
Fixed possible divide by 0 when getting bad cpu usage on Linux

→ [zx] ZEsarUX 12 Bubble Bobble edition 16/01/2025

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ZEsarUX 12 - Bubble Bobble edition. 16 January 2025

New things added:

Added ZX Microdrive emulation on ZX Spectrum: that includes:
- Standard MDR emulation. Allow to browse inside MDR files, see file map, fragmentation, rename files, sectors info, chkdsk and emulate bad sectors
- Raw microdrive emulation. Supporting other non-interface1 rom file formats, like extending microdrive space with Multiface 128 or CP/M for LEC memory. Allow to see microdrive raw map (gap zones, sync bytes, data) and have "real problems", like autogenerate bad sectors or stretching the microdrive when it's new.
- Simulate data sound on read and write
- Visual Microdrive: Allow to see a microdrive cartridge in action
Added Visual Cassette Tape window
Added LEC memory extension emulation
Added machines Czerweny CZ 1000, CZ 1500, CZ 1000 Plus, CZ 1500 Plus, CZ 2000, CZ Spectrum, CZ Spectrum Plus
Added Memory Cheat feature: useful to find counters of energy, bombs, ammo or any other cheat in a game
Added Find text string on memory menu
Added Quicksave screen function
Added setting to disable persistent writes on Z88 Cards
Added CPC Additional ROMS emulation
Added setting "--simplemenus" to have a very simple main menu

Improvements:

Allow save screen to bmp for most machines
Allow hotswap to Pentagon and to Spectrum +3
Allow hotswap from Spectrum 128 to Spectrum +3
Allow to load .SP snapshots of 64kb (like Shadow of Unicorn)
Improve Azimuth warning on External Audio Source Window
Added SDHC cards addressing support
Added Flash Color mode (128 colors)
Allow to not save snapshot when exiting ZEsarUX
Allow to load an additional config file .zesaruxdevrc
Allow to define Left Alt, Left Ctrl, Left Shift or TAB as Joystick Fire action
Allow to change current tape read position on Input Tape Viewer for .tap files
Allow loading a 8kb rom in ZX80 (for example the ZX81 rom, like an upgraded ZX80 to ZX81)
Allow magnify sprites on View Sprites
Added Sphere Meter Type to View Sensors
Improve compilation: settings --enable-memptr --enable-visualmem --enable-cpustats are enabled by default on ./configure
Improved Inves Spectrum+ emulation: alert when a game may crash due to the Inves write-on-interrupt bug
Improved Spectrum Z80 CPU emulation core: add wait state (needed to emulate microdrive)
Improved PCW emulation: add mode 3 (360x256x16), allow videomode changes by i/o port
Improved Sega Master System emulation: allow to swap controls player 1 <-> player 2
Improved ZSF snapshot: save Datagear DMA state
Improved ZX Recreated keyboard support: allow to use it also on menu
Allow saving .Z80 TC2048, TC2068, TS2068 snapshots. Allow loading .Z80 TC2048, TC2068 snapshots
Improved Spectrum Next emulation (the following allows, for example, run Atic Atac version for Next):
- Added Layer modes 6 and 7 (blend modes)
- Added stackless NMI
- Added DAC Channels A,B,C,D
- Allow tiles on RAM 7
- Improve display render when only ula enabled (6% less cpu on my computer)
- Fixed 128k/+2a/Pentagon timings
- Fixed DIVMMC mapping after RETN
- Fixed Copper timings
- Fixed esxdos handler call DISK_FILEMAP
- Fixed esxdos handler changing local directory when a .nex snapshot is loaded
- Fixed palette offset for layer 2
- Fixed ULA layer horizontal scroll
- Fixed sprite clipping on left and top border
- Fixed Tile wrapping at 16k/8k
- Fixed DMA burst mode when prescaler=0
- Fixed DMA Transfer restarting the byte count at the end of a transfer
- Fixed cpu speed when opening tape file
Improved Hilow Datadrive emulation:
- Added Raw emulation, like the real device
- Allow ddh variable size (from 3 up to 256 sectors)
- Allow to format only one side on ddh files
- Allow to clear contents when formatting ("c/borrado" or "s/borrado") on ddh files
Improved Debug:
- CPU history: allow to change memory pointer to the PC register show in history
- CPU history: allow to see full history
- Show when CPU is in wait state
- Dissassemble numeric parameters on Z80N (Z80 Spectrum Next) opcodes (NEXTREG NN,A, TEST N, etc)
- Added breakpoint action save-binary
- Allow to enable/disable breakpoint at an adress (not just enable/remove), using key 'L' uppercase. Disabled state is saved on configuration
- Added Symbol Table loading
Improved Hexadecimal editor:
- Now the data is refreshed when the window has the focus too
- Now the memory pointer can follow an expression (CPU register for example)
Improved ZX Vision:
- More GUI improvements following more guidelines from the (retro)-specification IBM CUA
- Menus show previous menus when selecting submenus
- When selecting ZX Vision Style, it is applied on moving cursor
- Improve cursor movement on menus when pressing PgDn/PgUp
- Allow keys Home/End on windows
- Added setting to allow use speccy keys for menu interaction: use keys 5678 as cursors, caps shift+space for ESC, caps shift+ctrl for TAB, caps shift+ctrl+m for Open Menu (F5)
- Video layers window can now be backgrounded
- Debug DMA window can now be backgrounded
- Warn on the resize mark when a window has to be enlarged (because there is text beyond current size)
- Allow a window to disable scroll actions
- Process switcher is located at bottom-left part of the display by default
- Now rainbow bars on windows title are visible on all GUI Styles when an error or splash message appears
- Added a direct function to open Breakpoints window
Improved ZX Desktop:
- Allow to enable/disable upper and lower buttons independently
- Allow right click on the device icons located on the lower part of the ZX Desktop

Fixes:

Fixed ZX Vision:
- Fixed right click on upper buttons when menu closed and no windows open
- Fixed alt key pressed when changing to another window by using alt-tab on xwindow, cocoa, sdl1 and sdl2 drivers
- Fixed recovering window position after restore/unminimize
- Fixed bug reopening menu when executing run command on debug cpu and --allow-background-windows setting was disabled
- Fixed text-to-speech on menu (bugs reading text on submenus and windows)
- Fixed left clicking on an icon when menu was open
Fixed cpu+memory leak bug using Linux and Xwindow driver. This is a bug that has always existed (a "long life bug" XD)
Fixed ZX81 Online browser
Remove buffer full indicator when pressing shift+e on External Audio Source window
Fixed TZX autoload as Real Tape on Spectrum +3
Fixed inserting TZX file with invalid header type
Fixed saving .scr screen when located on RAM 7
Fixed esxdos handler call F_GETCWD when root directory (/)
Fixed esxdos handler call F_GETCWD when directory does not exist
Fixed hotswap ZX80 to ZX81, ZX81 to ZX80
Fixed Amstrad CPC Scroll
Fixed Cassette out sound: allow to hear it on computers: Jupiter Ace, CPC, MSX, Spectravideo
Fixed memory map and behaviour on Jupiter Ace: now it's perfect and better than any other emulator
Fixed loading .nex snapshots and Layer 2 not being initialized (fixes errors on Head Over Heels for Next, for example)
Fixed loading .nex snapshots and MMU not managed correctly
Fixed Search menu feature. Now it's enabled by default
Fixed bug saving .ZSF Z88 snapshot when RAM or Memory Card block is not compressed
Fixed showing footer message F5/Button menu
Fixed MSX keyclick sound
Fixed ZX-Uno write on addresses 0000h-3fffh when using Chloe MMU and segment is not ROM

* As always, there are some other minor bugfixes and improvements

→ [zx] ZEsarUX 11.1 Beta 2 Bubble Bobble edition 18/12/2024

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ZEsarUX 11.1-Beta2 - Bubble Bobble edition. 18 November 2024

Improvements:

Added SDHC cards addressing support
Added Sphere Meter Type to View Sensors
Improved Spectrum Next emulation:
- Added Layer modes 6 and 7 (blend modes)
- Added stackless NMI
- Added DAC Channels A,B,C,D
- Allow tiles on RAM 7
- Improve display render when only ula enabled (6% less cpu on my computer)
- Fixed 128k/+2a/Pentagon timings
- Fixed DIVMMC mapping after RETN
- Fixed Copper timings
- Fixed esxdos handler call DISK_FILEMAP
- Fixed esxdos handler changing local directory when a .nex snapshot is loaded
- Fixed palette offset for layer 2
- Fixed ULA layer horizontal scroll
- Fixed sprite clipping on left and top border
- Fixed Tile wrapping at 16k/8k
- Fixed DMA burst mode when prescaler=0
- Fixed DMA Transfer restarting the byte count at the end of a transfer
- Fixed cpu speed when opening tape file
Improved Debug:
- Show when CPU is in wait state
- Dissassemble numeric parameters on Z80N (Z80 Spectrum Next) opcodes (NEXTREG NN,A, TEST N, etc)
- Allow to enable/disable breakpoint at an adress (not just enable/remove), using key 'L' uppercase. Disabled state is saved on configuration
Improved ZX Vision:
- Allow keys Home/End on windows
- Video layers window can now be backgrounded
- Debug DMA window can now be backgrounded
- Now rainbow bars on windows title are visible on all GUI Styles when an error or splash message appears
- Added a direct function to open Breakpoints window

Fixes:

Fixed right click on upper buttons when menu closed and no windows open
Fixed esxdos handler call F_GETCWD when root directory (/)
Fixed esxdos handler call F_GETCWD when directory does not exist
Fixed Cassette out sound: allow to hear it on computers: Jupiter Ace, CPC, MSX, Spectravideo
Fixed Search menu feature. Now it's enabled by default
Fixed recovering window position after restore/unminimize
Fixed MSX keyclick sound
- As always, there are some other minor bugfixes and improvements

→ [zx] ZEsarUX 11.1 Beta 1 Bubble Bobble edition 18/11/2024

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ZEsarUX 11.1-Beta1 - Bubble Bobble edition. 15 November 2024

New things added:

Added ZX Microdrive emulation on ZX Spectrum: that includes:
- Standard MDR emulation. Allow to browse inside MDR files, see file map, fragmentation, rename files, sectors info, chkdsk and emulate bad sectors
- Raw microdrive emulation. Supporting other non-interface1 rom file formats, like extending microdrive space with Multiface 128 or CP/M for LEC memory. Allow to see microdrive raw map (gap zones, sync bytes, data) and have "real problems", like autogenerate bad sectors or stretching the microdrive when it's new.
- Simulate data sound on read and write
- Visual Microdrive: Allow to see a microdrive cartridge in action
Added Visual Cassette Tape window
Added LEC memory extension emulation
Added machines Czerweny CZ 1000, CZ 1500, CZ 1000 Plus, CZ 1500 Plus, CZ 2000, CZ Spectrum, CZ Spectrum Plus
Added Memory Cheat feature: useful to find counters of energy, bombs, ammo or any other cheat in a game
Added Find text string on memory menu
Added Quicksave screen function
Added setting to disable persistent writes on Z88 Cards
Added CPC Additional ROMS emulation

Improvements:

Allow save screen to bmp for most machines
Allow hotswap to Pentagon and to Spectrum +3
Allow hotswap from Spectrum 128 to Spectrum +3
Allow to load .SP snapshots of 64kb (like Shadow of Unicorn)
Improve Azimuth warning on External Audio Source Window
Added Flash Color mode (128 colors)
Allow to not save snapshot when exiting ZEsarUX
Allow to load an additional config file .zesaruxdevrc
Allow to define Left Alt, Left Ctrl, Left Shift or TAB as Joystick Fire action
Allow to change current tape read position on Input Tape Viewer for .tap files
Allow loading a 8kb rom in ZX80 (for example the ZX81 rom, like an upgraded ZX80 to ZX81)
Allow magnify sprites on View Sprites
Improve compilation: settings --enable-memptr --enable-visualmem --enable-cpustats are enabled by default on ./configure
Improved Inves Spectrum+ emulation: alert when a game may crash due to the Inves write-on-interrupt bug
Improved Jupiter Ace emulation: allow to hear MIC output
Improved CPC emulation: allow to hear Cassete Out sound
Improve Spectrum Z80 CPU emulation core: add wait state (needed to emulate microdrive)
Improved Hilow Datadrive emulation:
- Added Raw emulation, like the real device
- Allow ddh variable size (from 3 up to 256 sectors)
- Allow to format only one side on ddh files
- Allow to clear contents when formatting ("c/borrado" or "s/borrado") on ddh files
Improved Debug:
- CPU history: allow to change memory pointer to the PC register show in history
- Show when CPU is in wait state
- Added breakpoint action save-binary
- Added Symbol Table loading
Improved Hexadecimal editor:
- Now the data is refreshed when the window has the focus too
- Now the memory pointer can follow a expression (CPU register for example)
Improved ZX Vision:
- More GUI improvements following more guidelines from the (retro)-specification IBM CUA
- Menus show previous menus when selecting submenus
- When selecting ZX Vision Style, it is applied on moving cursor
- Improve cursor movement on menus when pressing PgDn/PgUp
- Warn on the resize mark when a window has to be enlarged (because there is text beyond current size)
- Allow a window to disable scroll actions
- Process switcher is located at bottom-left part of the display by default
Improved ZX Desktop:
- Allow to enable/disable upper and lower buttons independently
- Allow right click on the device icons located on the lower part of the ZX Desktop

Fixes:

Remove buffer full indicator when pressing shift+e on External Audio Source window
Fixed alt key pressed when changing to another window by using alt-tab on xwindow, cocoa, sdl1 and sdl2 drivers
Fixed TZX autoload as Real Tape on Spectrum +3
Fixed hotswap ZX80 to ZX81, ZX81 to ZX80
Fixed Amstrad CPC Scroll
Fixed memory map and behaviour on Jupiter Ace: now it's perfect and better than any other emulator
Fixed loading .nex snapshots and Layer 2 not being initialized (fixes errors on Head Over Heels for Next, for example)
Fixed loading .nex snapshots and MMU not managed correctly
Fixed Search menu feature
Fixed bug saving .ZSF Z88 snapshot when RAM or Memory Card block is not compressed
Fixed showing footer message F5/Button menu
Fixed bug reopening menu when executing run command on debug cpu and --allow-background-windows setting was disabled

→ [zx] ZEsarUX 11.0 Beta 2 David edition 20(09??)/05/2024

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Version 11.0-Beta2 - David edition. 20 May 2024

New things added:

Added ZENG/ZENG Online support on all emulated machines
Added support for ZX81 .P81 files
Added save support for ZX80 & ZX81 .Z81 snapshots
Added .zmenu type files to generate launcher menus
Added more vintage Spectrum programs/games from me
Added Debug Sensors SPK & MIC Bit from port FEH
Added some tape copiers to Storage-> Tape menu
Added setting for fast welcome message
Added PCW Video mode 1 palette selector

Improvements:

Allow to load Next .nex/.snx/.sna snapshots with additional files without having to copy them on the mmc file (it mounts automatically the esxdos handler)
Allow to limit max cpu turbo on Next
Allow to pause playing on AY Player
Improved Keyboard Help: now you can press keys by clicking mouse

Remember last path used on output tape
Allow to load 48kB MSX cartridges
Allow to load MSX cartridges with memory mapper Ascii 8kb, Ascii 16kb, Konami without SCC, Konami with SCC, R-Type
Easier compilation on Haiku OS
Improve Hexadecimal editor on ZX80 and ZX81: show inverse characters

Improved ZRCP:

Added menu function to sync local snapshot to remote using ZRCP
Added ZRCP commands: open-menu, print-error, get-text-overlay, cpu-history get extended
Allow to use cpu-step-mode from ZRCP on drivers stdout and simpletext
Support MMU restore state on ZRCP command "cpu-history restore" for Spectrum 128k/+2/+2a/+3

Improved QL emulation:

Allow autoload when inserting QL mdv/flp
Show 2 microdrive and 1 floppy icon on QL, instead of just one icon
Allow to enable/disable every drive

Improved file selector:

scrolling the current directory field if it does not fit on the window
can change extension filter
when saving files, cursor is located at the file field, and a file name is suggested
file selection zone has a different color
go up one directory when pressing left cursor key

Fixes:

Fixed http redirections when downloading using the Speccy Online Browser
Fixed bit 6 of FEH port depending on Issue2/3
Fixed Sam Coupe FEH sound port when enabling Real Beeper
Fixed segfault when trying to insert an unexistent Real Tape file
Fixed segfault inserting a ZX81 Real Tape and opening Tape Viewer

Version 11.0-Beta1 - David edition. 26 February 2024

New things added:

Added loading audio from external audio source, like a tape player
Added ZENG Online feature, which allows to run multiplayer online game using a central server
Added ZENG support on curses driver
Added save screen to .txt file
Added save screen to .stl file, useful to print on 3D Printer
Added function to shift bits on Hex Editor
Added TempleOS GUI Style
Added QNX GUI Style
Added menu function to sync local snapshot to remote using ZRCP
Added ZRCP commands: open-menu, print-error
Added setting to force CHR$ 128 mode on ZX81
Added search function to locate menu entries

Improvements:

Allow to not save configuration when exiting ZEsarUX
Allow to select normal ZEsarUX logo or X Anniversary logo
Allow to seng ZENG snapshots more frequently (even every 20 ms)
Allow to use cpu-step-mode from ZRCP on drivers stdout and simpletext
Allow autorewind setting for real tape too
Allow to disable Spectrum colours on real video mode too
Allow to press hotkeys at On Screen Keyboard

Improved ZX Vision:

Changed left click mouse behaviour: when pressing left mouse button out of a window, it will close all menus.
If you need to keep menu open and set focus on emulated machine, just left click and also press shift key.
Improve window title background when not all buttons are visible
Improve clicking and drawing an always visible window
Menus can no longer be minimized (that had no sense)
Process switcher: unminimize windows when selecting them and they were minimized
Process switcher: now it can be set to be always visible
Process switcher: icon names are more descriptive
Menu titles are translated to selected language (not everything yet, please be patient)
Improve perspective for 3D Particles widget on View Sensors

Improved ZX Desktop:

Allow to set parameters when redefining upper buttons, for some actions like openwindow or set machine
Allow to reconfigure upper buttons by right clicking over them
When defining upper buttons or f-functions to SetMachine, machine name parameter is set to current machine
When creating new icon, upper buttons or f-functions of type OpenWindow, a window list is displayed to select

Fixes:

Fixed ZX Vision:
- Fixed bug when printing on footer and column was out of bounds (exactly at column 32)
- Fixed splash texts when row > 23
- Fixed pressing keys '.' and ',' on menu when machine is ZX80 or ZX81
- Fixed glitch on ZX Vision BeOS style, when pressing F5, window buttons didn't disappear or reappear
- Fixed refresh windows after pressing F8 On Screen Keyboard
- Fixed splash messages when background windows are enabled
- Fixed initial position for many windows
- Fixed invalid Data Bus value on Jupiter Ace (it's 20H instead of FFH)
Fixed blockage when drawing Text Adventure Map and corrupted GAC adventure
Fixed timings of opcodes CP (HL), CP (IX+d), CP (IY+d)
Fixed bug on ZRCP when handling simultaneous connections
Fixed betadisk sector rollover reading/writing (thanks Mak7ym). Fixed loading for example of: BR_DEA7H, HOMER, PARADISE

→ [zx] ZEsarUX 11.0 Beta 1 David edition 26/02/2024

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Version 11.0-Beta1 - David edition. 26 February 2024

New things added:

Added loading audio from external audio source, like a tape player
Added ZENG Online feature, which allows to run multiplayer online game using a central server
Added ZENG support on curses driver
Added save screen to .txt file
Added save screen to .stl file, useful to print on 3D Printer
Added function to shift bits on Hex Editor
Added TempleOS GUI Style
Added QNX GUI Style
Added menu function to sync local snapshot to remote using ZRCP
Added ZRCP commands: open-menu, print-error
Added setting to force CHR$ 128 mode on ZX81
Added search function to locate menu entries

Improvements:

Allow to not save configuration when exiting ZEsarUX
Allow to select normal ZEsarUX logo or X Anniversary logo
Allow to seng ZENG snapshots more frequently (even every 20 ms)
Allow to use cpu-step-mode from ZRCP on drivers stdout and simpletext
Allow autorewind setting for real tape too
Allow to disable Spectrum colours on real video mode too
Allow to press hotkeys at On Screen Keyboard

Improved ZX Vision:

Changed left click mouse behaviour: when pressing left mouse button out of a window, it will close all menus.
If you need to keep menu open and set focus on emulated machine, just left click and also press shift key.
Improve window title background when not all buttons are visible
Improve clicking and drawing an always visible window
Menus can no longer be minimized (that had no sense)
Process switcher: unminimize windows when selecting them and they were minimized
Process switcher: now it can be set to be always visible
Process switcher: icon names are more descriptive
Menu titles are translated to selected language (not everything yet, please be patient)
Improve perspective for 3D Particles widget on View Sensors

Improved ZX Desktop:

Allow to set parameters when redefining upper buttons, for some actions like openwindow or set machine
Allow to reconfigure upper buttons by right clicking over them
When defining upper buttons or f-functions to SetMachine, machine name parameter is set to current machine
When creating new icon, upper buttons or f-functions of type OpenWindow, a window list is displayed to select

Fixes:

Fixed ZX Vision:
- Fixed bug when printing on footer and column was out of bounds (exactly at column 32)
- Fixed splash texts when row > 23
- Fixed pressing keys '.' and ',' on menu when machine is ZX80 or ZX81
- Fixed glitch on ZX Vision BeOS style, when pressing F5, window buttons didn't disappear or reappear
- Fixed refresh windows after pressing F8 On Screen Keyboard
- Fixed splash messages when background windows are enabled
- Fixed initial position for many windows
- Fixed invalid Data Bus value on Jupiter Ace (it's 20H instead of FFH)
Fixed blockage when drawing Text Adventure Map and corrupted GAC adventure
Fixed timings of opcodes CP (HL), CP (IX+d), CP (IY+d)
Fixed bug on ZRCP when handling simultaneous connections
Fixed betadisk sector rollover reading/writing (thanks Mak7ym). Fixed loading for example of: BR_DEA7H, HOMER, PARADISE

→ [zx] ZEsarUX 10.3 Beta 1 XXX edition 13/04/2023

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Beta version has a lot of changes:

New things added:

Added Machine Amstrad CPC 6128
Added Machine Amstrad CPC 664
Added Machine Amstrad PCW 8256
Added Machine Amstrad PCW 8512
Added Advanced menu items: now by default, advanced menu items are hidden, you should enable them on Settings->Advanced menu items
Added Visual Floppy to see floppy disk (+3, CPC, PCW, Betadisk) activity
Added Poke F-Function
Added Visual Real Tape F-Function
Added Process Switcher window, which is like a "Taskbar" on the ZX Desktop
Added Settings F-Function
Added DSK disk info menu: to get tracks and sectors of a disk
Added ZRCP command: "close-all-menus"
Added icon/F-key to open any window identified by its name
Allow F-keys to assign extra info for actions (like window name on openwindow action, or snapshot name on linktosnapshot action)
Added XEyes "Toy" to follow mouse
Added more Hotswap combinations
Added command line setting --machinelist to get machines list names whitespace separated
Added Sierpinsky Meter Type to View Sensors
Added .POK file Smartloading
Added SDL Audio Callback type setting in order to fix Windows Audio clicking

Improvements:

Improved Configuration:
- better parsing: warning when ZEsarUX has been downgraded
- if unknown parameter on configuration file, warn the user but start anyway
- moved showing Configuration file from Running info menu to Settings-> Configuration file
Improved File selector:
- Can show recent folders (press space on recent files)
Improved DSK viewer:
- better filesystem detection
- show hidden and read only files
- show disk specification format
- show where files are located on Visual Floppy
Improved DSK extractor:
- better filesystem detection
Improved Debug Console: better refresh, dynamic width?? (TODO)
Improved Debug Messages: allow to filter by message class (DSK, PD765, etc...)
Improved Debug I/O ports window: autoresize content height when do not fit in window
Improved Debug CPU:
- switched function keys "m" and "o": now "x" change mode, and "m" change memptr (to be coherent with other similar windows)
- added (hl), (de), (bc)
- added (nn) when selecting an opcode like: ld reg,(nn) and ld (nn),reg
- added (ix+d), (iy+d) when selecting an opcode like: ld reg,(IX+d), etc
- added continuos speed 4 (run 10 opcodes every time, with no pause)
- show last memory pointer when changing it
- show B register on satisfy condition for DJNZ
- added new functions OPMRV(e), OPMWV(e), OPMRA(e), OPMWA(e): these return 1 if the last opcode has set any of these variables to e.
- added pseudoregister EPC to parser to match memory bank and offset for PC register
- allow holding keys for quick cursor move, etc
- watches now show numbers in hexadecimal format
Improved View Sprites:
- sprite is no longer disabled when changing memory pointer
- you can view sprites up to 1024x1024
- show PCW common format screen
Improved changing pointer on some windows: can use an expression when changing memory pointer on Debug CPU, View Sprites, Hexdump, Disassemble, Poke
Improved changing to machines with big displays (Next, QL, CPC...): zoom is autochanged to 1
Improved joystick type selection
Improved ZX Desktop:
- Dynamic icons (Trash, My Machine, ...) assigned on top buttons now show dynamic state (trash empty/full, current machine image, etc)
- Show icon indicators for open apps on ZX Desktop
- Added setting to empty Trash on exit
- Fixed icons zoom level when selecting some machines that use menu gui zoom = 2 (Next, CPC, QL, etc)
- ZX Desktop size now is multiplied by GUI Zoom (Zoom 2 on machines like Next, CPC, QL, etc)
- CF2 Floppy icon (+3, CPC, PCW) now is animated when motor is on
Improved ZX Vision:
- Added windows TaskBar
- Added Process ID (PID) for all windows
- Text input fields now handle repeated keys
- Some text input fields now have history of last items, and history is saved on configuration file
- Added function to maximize all windows
- Allow reducing character height
- Improve window list showing spent time on each window and pid of each window/process
- Improve rendering background windows
- Yes/no confirmation dialogs are translated to si/no in Spanish and Catalan

Fixes:

Fixed random crash on startup on Linux when executing some network operations (check updates, check last users, send updates)
Fixed segfaults when exiting using CTRL-C
Fixed Spectrum +3 disk emulation: TODO: add more details here
Fixed autoload on Spectrum +3
Fixed bug that may crash ZEsarUX when changing to a machine with bigger resolution. It seems to affect Linux and Windows but not Mac. This is a bug that has always existed (a "long life bug" XD)
Fixed showing creator on DSK file viewer
Fixed pause: can now return when pressing mouse button too
Fixed assembler parsing expressions (NN) and NN is an hexadecimal number

→ [zx][beta] ZEsarUX 10.2 RC3 Hysteria edition 7/10/2022

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Całkiem fajny desktop nowego ZEsaurUX - w samą porę, emulator do prostych nie należy a mnogość opcji konfiguracyjnych naprawdę przeraża.

ZEsarUX-10.2 Version 10.2-RC3 - Hysteria edition. 07 October 2022

New things added:

Added new emulated machines:
- ZX Spectrum 48k+
- Microdigital TK80
- Microdigital TK82
- Microdigital TK82C
- Microdigital TK83
- Microdigital TK85
- Microdigital TK95 Spanish
- Timex Computer 2048
- Timex Computer 2068
- Timex Sinclair 1000
- Timex Sinclair 1500
Added Copy Interfaces emulation:
- Defcon
- Dinamid3
- Hilow Barbanegra
- Interface007
- Microhobby Pokeador Automatico
- Phoenix
- Ramjet
- Spec-Mate
- Transtape
Added Dinamic SD1 emulation
Allow .Z80 corrupted snapshot loading from ZXSP emulator with additional header of 31 byte size
Added ZSF support for Timex TS2068, MK14, Chrome, Prism, Chloe, Sam Coupe
Added path setting where to download files from the speccy and zx81 online browser
Added disk image browsing from storage MMC/IDE menus
Added PZX load support as standard tape
Added TAP to PZX converter
Added TAP to TZX turbo converter (TZX Turbo 4000 bauds, to use with Rodolfo Guerra ROMS)
Added TAP to SCR converter
Added some actions than can be fired from command line and don't start ZEsarUX: --convert-tap-tzx, --convert-tap-tzx-turbo-rg, --convert-tap-pzx, --convert-tap-scr, --convert-tzx-tap, --convert-pzx-tap

Improvements:

Improved Z88 emulation:
- Changed colour palette to better match a real Z88
- Show keys shortcuts below the Z88 display
- Snapshot setting & menu action to synchronize Z88 clock with your computer clock
- Inserting Z88 cards: now it does not hang the emulator during the insert
- Selecting Z88 cards: submenus for types and sizes
- Z88 footer: show when writing a card in slot 3, colors follow style
- Z88 device icons: different icons for slot 1,2,3, show when writing a card in slot 3, show when flap is open
Improved File selector:
- Allow to have a full screen preview if window is big enough
- Better hotkeys explanation
Improved Debugging:
- Allow to change memory pointer to a value from the stack
- Added a setting to show on which scanline has been executed a Halt, inverting border color
- When enabling step mode, emulation is paused on all menus
- Preserve step mode when exiting debug cpu that was opened by a breakpoint
- When a breakpoint is fired, step mode is kept on all menus
- Breakpoints actions "call", "printc", "set-register" and "write" can now use expressions instead of fixed values
- Added breakpoint actions: "disassemble", "printregs"
- Warn on footer when step mode
- Enlarge width of breakpoints list
Improved SmartLoad & Drag-Drop:
- Allow to load a .rom file as a custom rom file for the current machine
- Allow to Drag-Drop when menu open
Improved ZX Vision:
- Reorder windows when changing machine but only when ZEsarUX window is smaller than previous one
- Custom arrows characters
- Windows are now restored by default on starting ZEsarUX
- Better resize & reposition for new windows out of range
Improved ZX Desktop:
- Added configurable icons to the ZX Desktop: icons to windows, icons to actions, file links
- Right mouse button is now used for secondary actions. It no longer simulates ESC key (unless you enable it on ZX Vision Settings)
- Allow to extend ZX Desktop vertically
- Added frame around emulated machine
- Added setting to mix scr image with background
- Allow to set any tape/snapshot/disk that contains a spectrum screen (SCR) as background
- Apply frameskip when drawing ZX Desktop Background
Improved HiLow DataDrive emulation:
- Allow to Format, Browse and Chkdsk a Hilow DataDrive image (.ddh file)
- Allow to convert audio from a real Hilow DataDrive tape to an image file (.ddh)
- Added technical documentation on the extras package
Improved ZX Spectrum Next emulation: added sprite rendering priority bit
Improved ZRCP: allow to change command prompt
Improved generated TZX and PZX files: include date and ZEsarUX version in header
Improved Custom machine menu: added +2E MMC machine
Improved Tape browser: show autostart line on basic blocks

Fixes:

Fixed handling files larger than 2 GB on 32 bit CPU (it also applies to the Windows version even on a 64 bit CPU)
Fixed using mmc images larger than 2 GB
Fixed redrawing ZX Desktop when resizing main ZEsarUX window
Fixed hang when using View Variables and memory is corrupted
Fixed hang pressing two times F-key assigned to Pause (Mac OS unaffected)
Fixed bug that may crash ZEsarUX when starting machine ZX Spectrum +2 Spanish. This is a bug that has always existed
Fixed losing inserted Z88 cards when changing cpu speed
Fixed Z80 behavior after EI or DD/FD prefixes and interrupts
Fixed Z80 behavior running block opcodes (LDIR, etc) and interrupts
Fixed .Z80 Timex TS2068 snapshot loading
Fixed showing Recent Files when file name contains character %
Fixed HiLow DataDrive emulation: can now load, save, format... all actions are now working
Fixed crash (stack smashing detected) when showing Debug CPU window (and compiled using -fstack-protector)
Fixed segfault when starting ZEsarUX + disabled welcome splash message + enabled reopen windows on start setting + no window to restore
Fixed trap print numbers on Spectrum and ZX81 (setting --chardetectcompatnum)
Fixed segfault when selecting an invalid file type on real tape
Fixed Keyboard Help image for Spectravideo 318
Fixed allowed machines when saving snapshots .ZX
Fixed Breakpoints actions: now are executed everywhere (even in the menu)
Fixed pressing key c (continuous mode) on debug cpu (emulation was unpaused temporarily)
Fixed TZX turbo files extract (including screen previews), convert & file info
Fixed .Z80 and .ZSF screen previews when using 128k screen page 7
Fixed .DSK extract
Fixed crash when saving .ZSF snapshots when a byte DD is found just before a byte is repeated more than 256 times
Fixed Next MMC images download. Now you need SSL enabled on compilation

Fixed ZX Vision:

Fixed showing cursor on edit fields and text length longer than visible

As always, there are some other minor bugfixes and improvements

ZEsarUX Version 10.2-RC2 - Hysteria edition. 24 August 2022

Added new emulated machines:
- Microdigital TK80
- Microdigital TK82
- Microdigital TK82C
- Microdigital TK83
- Microdigital TK85
- Microdigital TK95 Spanish
- Timex Sinclair 1000
- Timex Sinclair 1500
Added Hilow Barbanegra emulation
Added Transtape emulation
Added Microhobby Pokeador Automatico emulation
Added path setting where to download files from the speccy and zx81 online browser
Improved Z88 emulation:
- Changed colour palette to better match a real Z88
- Show keys shortcuts below the Z88 display
- Snapshot setting & menu action to synchronize Z88 clock
- Inserting Z88 cards: now it does not hang the emulator during the insert
- Selecting Z88 cards: submenus for types and sizes
- Z88 footer: show when writing a card in slot 3, colors follow style
- Z88 device icons: different icons for slot 1,2,3, show when writing a card in slot 3
Improved ZX Spectrum Next emulation:
- added sprite rendering priority bit
- Improved ZRCP: allow to change command prompt
- Improved generated TZX and PZX files: include date and ZEsarUX version in header
Improved Custom machine menu: added +2E MMC machine
Fixed using mmc images larger than 2 GB
Fixed redrawing ZX Desktop when resizing window
Fixed hang when using View Variables and memory corrupted
Fixed hang pressing two times F-key assigned to Pause (Mac OS unaffected)
Fixed bug that may crash ZEsarUX when starting machine ZX Spectrum +2 Spanish. This is a bug that has always existed
Fixed losing inserted Z88 cards when changing cpu speed
Fixed handling files larger than 2 GB on 32 bit CPU (it does apply to the Windows version even on a 64 bit CPU)

ZEsarUX-10.2 Version 10.2-RC1 - Hysteria edition. 22 July 2022

Allow .Z80 corrupted snapshot loading from ZXSP emulator with additional header of 31 byte size
Added ZSF support for Timex TS2068
Added setting for path where to download files from the speccy and zx81 online browser
Added machine Spectrum 48k+
Added machine Timex TC2048
Added machine Timex TC2068
Added disk image browsing from storage MMC/IDE menus
Added PZX load support as standard tape
Added TAP to PZX converter
Added TAP to TZX turbo converter (TZX Turbo 4000 bauds, to use with Rodolfo Guerra ROMS)
Added some actions than can be fired from command line and don't start ZEsarUX: -convert-tap-tzx, --convert-tap-tzx-turbo-rg, --convert-tap-pzx, --convert-tzx-tap, --convert-pzx-tap
Improved ZX Spectrum Next emulation: added sprite rendering priority bit
Improved ZRCP: allow to change command prompt
Improved generated TZX and PZX files: include date and ZEsarUX version in header
Improved File selector:
- Allow to have a full screen preview if window is big enough
- Better legend key explanation
Improved Debugging:
- Added a setting to show on which scanline has been executed a Halt, inverting border color
- When enabling step mode, emulation is paused on all menus
- Preserve step mode when exiting debug cpu that was opened by breakpoint
- When a breakpoint is fired, step mode is kept on all menus
- Breakpoints actions "call", "printc", "set-register" and "write" can now use expressions instead of fixed values
- Added breakpoint actions: "disassemble", "printregs"
- Warn on footer when step mode
- Enlarge width of breakpoints list
Improved SmartLoad & Drag-Drop:
- Allow to load a .rom file as a custom rom file for the current machine
- Allow to Drag-Drop when menu open
Improved ZX Vision:
- Reorder windows when changing machine but only when ZEsarUX window is smaller than previous one
- Custom arrows characters
- Windows are now restored by default on starting ZEsarUX
Improved ZX Desktop:
- Added configurable icons to the ZX Desktop: icons to windows, icons to actions, file links
- Right mouse button is used now for secondary actions. It no longer simulates ESC key (unless you enable it on ZX Vision Settings)
- Allow to extend ZX Desktop vertically
- Added frame around emulated machine
- Added setting to mix scr image with background
Improved HiLow DataDrive emulation:
- Allow to Format, Browse and Chkdsk an Hilow DataDrive image (.ddh file)
- Allow to convert audio from a real Hilow DataDrive tape to an image file (.ddh)
- Added technical documentation on the extras package
Fixed bug that may crash ZEsarUX when starting machine ZX Spectrum +2 Spanish. This is a bug that has always existed.
Fixed Z80 behavior after EI or DD/FD prefixes and interrupts
Fixed Z80 behavior running block opcodes (LDIR, etc) and interrupts
Fixed .Z80 Timex TS2068 snapshot loading
Fixed showing Recent Files when file name contains character %
Fixed HiLow DataDrive emulation
Fixed crash (stack smashing detected) when showing Debug CPU window (and compiled using -fstack-protector)
Fixed segfault when starting ZEsarUX + disabled welcome splash message + enabled reopen windows on start setting + no window to restore
Fixed trap print numbers on Spectrum and ZX81 (setting --chardetectcompatnum)
Fixed segfault when selecting an invalid file type on real tape
Fixed Keyboard Help image for Spectravideo 318
Fixed allowed machines when saving snapshots .ZX
Fixed Breakpoints actions: now are executed everywhere (even in the menu)
Fixed pressing key c (continuous mode) on debug cpu (emulation was unpaused temporarily)
Fixed TZX turbo files extract (including screen previews), convert & file info
Fixed .Z80 and .ZSF screen previews when using 128k screen page 7
Fixed .DSK extract
Fixed crash when saving .ZSF snapshots when a byte DD is found just before a byte is repeated more than 256 times
Fixed ZX Vision:
- Fixed showing cursor on edit fields and text length longer than visible
Some other minor bugfixes and improvements

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