[Apple IIe] AppleWin 1.27.12

Battle Chess - jeden z (nie)licznych przykładów, że szachy nie muszą być nudne.

1.27.12.0 - 17 Nov 2018

• [Change #574] Add support for PAL/European or custom 8K video ROMs:
  • Added new command line switch: -videorom <file>
    • Replaces the video ROM for the Enhanced //e.
    • Support video ROM sizes of 4K, 8K and 16K (top 8K only).
    • NB. The rocker switch is set to the European video ROM position.
  • F10 (for //e or Enhanced //e models) emulates the PAL //e's rocker switch (under the keyboard).
    • Use to toggle between European or US video ROM.
• [Change #583] Added new switch: '-no-hook-alt':
  • Used to prevent left/right ALT from emulating Open/Solid Apple keys.
  • For European keyboards where AltGr is needed to type keys like '[',']'.

1.30.0.0 - 18 Apr 2021

Note: This version only works under Windows XP and later.

• [Change #693] AppleWin built with VS2019 using v141_xp platform toolset
• [Change #939] Improved support for SSI263 speech chip.
  • Fix for 'Classic Adventure' (#929) not detecting speech chip.
  • Support the 2-bit Duration b7:6 of phoneme register for SSI263 (not SC01).
  • Support 2nd SSI263 at $Cn20 connected to 6522-A (at $Cn00).
  • SC01: only support it mapped to 6522 at $Cn00.
• [Change #936] Swap Joystick Buttons not working
  • Command line (-swap-buttons) or GUI "Swap 0/1" now swaps buttons 0/1 for all devices.
• [Change #930] WOZ support: add some random jitter in the bit stream
  • A better alternative fix for WOZ images: 'Wasteland' and 'Legacy of the Ancients'.
  • Fix for WOZ images: 'Gruds in Space' (bug #921) and 'Buzzard Bait' (bug #930).
• [Change #912] For 'Base 64A' add support for its F2 key via the Windows DEL key.
• [Change #876] Starting up windowed mode & fullscreen mode
  • New command line switch -no-full-screen to start in windowed mode.
  • Added command line switch -full-screen as an alias for -f.
• [Change #864] Anti-M 1.8 doesn't work
  • Improved Disk II card's data latch value when: (a) drive disconnected or (b) connected, but empty.
  • New command line switches -d1-disconnected and -d2-disconnected to disconnect drives from slot-6 card.
• [Bug #934] Characters doubled in BASIC.SYSTEM when using -speech switch.
  • Trap calls to COUT1 and BASICOUT (instead of COUT).
• [Bug #827] Fix bug where NSC is recognised on Apple II/II+ when slot-3 is empty.
  • Support NSC on 6502-based Apple II's via F8-ROM for ProDOS 2.5 compatibility.
• [Bug #770] Fix so that no AY changes get dropped.
  • Support reading the AY-3-8913 registers (not Phasor though).
• [Bug #652, #833] Fixes for Mockingboard's 6522 VIA.
  • Cycle-accurate TIMER1/2 r/w for all addressing modes.
  • Support TIMER1 latch in one-shot mode.
  • Improve 6522 reset support - only ACR,IFR,IER affected.
• [PR #891] Fix for "Unable to capture PrintScreen key" warning on startup.
  • Adds a "Don't show this message again" checkbox to the message.
• Debugger: add red 'IRQ' after the v/h-pos when IRQ is being asserted to the 6502.
• Debugger: improve mini-memory views for 6522 & AY8913 chip registers.
• Much refactoring to the code by Andrea Odetti / @audetto.

Gauntlet (Mindscape, Inc., Apr, 1988)

1.29.15.0 - 25 Oct 2020

• [Change #764] Fully support the RGB cards, and introduce a new 'Color (RGB Card/Monitor)' dedicated video mode.
  • [PR #837] Support for 'Le Chat Mauve' Eve and Féline RGB cards.
  • [PR #826] Support for Video7's SL7 RGB card.
  • New command line switch to select RGB card type: -rgb-card-type: apple (default), sl7, eve, feline
  • New command line switches for SL7: -rgb-card-foreground & -rgb-card-background
  • NB. The previous 'Color (RGB Monitor)' has now been renamed to 'Color (Composite Idealized)'.
• [Change #817] Request for key-accelerators for UI operations.
  • Ctrl+F3/F4 will show the Drive-1/Drive-2 pop-up menus. (Then use cursor up/down to pick a menu item.)
• [Change #691] Improved determining path & filename when saving/loading a save-state.
• [Bug #838] Improved support for accented ANSI chars in pathnames in save-states.
• [Bug #612] Support IRQ cycle-accuracy in full-speed (unthrottled) mode.
• [Bug #608] Fixed regression in Broadsides' Mockingboard detection (introduced at 1.29.6.0).
• Extended support for command line switches -d1,-d2,-s5d1,-s5d2,-h1,-h2 such that if the param is "", then it will eject/unplug the disk/harddisk.
• Development PRs to improve code quality: #840, #842, #843, #847

F15 Strike Eagle (MicroProse Software, Inc., 1985)

1.29.14.0 - 17 Aug 2020

• [Change #822] Updated Uthernet card support to use Npcap for Win10.
• [Change #806] Added support for 'Base 64A' - a Taiwanese Apple II clone.
• [Change #763] Support for PAL(50Hz) killing color-burst during TEXT video mode.
  • When 50Hz, then AppleWin's window title changes to "Color (PAL Monitor)" instead of "Color (NTSC Monitor)"
• [Change #781] Loading a large save-state takes some time - added a busy indicator.
• [Change #139] NIB disk image: added warning if any track's first D5-nibble triple isn't an address prologue.
• [Bug #824] Fixed a regression in multi-zip support (introduced at 1.29.10.0).
• [Bug #820] Fixed a GDI Object leak (occurring when accessing the Disk II with AppleWin minimised).
• [Bug #813] Mockingboard playback looping after entering debugger then configuration.
• [Bug #809] Fixed a memory leak.
• [Bug #801] Wrong timing with LSR abs,X / ROR abs,X / ROL abs,X for the 6502 CPU.
• [Bug #796] Fix for 'IRQ occurring on last cycle of opcode' not always true.
• [Bug #751] No-Slot Clock running and power-cycle can causes lock-up on power-cycle.
  • NSC state persisted to save-state.
  • added a new switch '-no-nsc' to configure Apple II without an NSC.
• [Bug #663, #691] Fixes for image loading switches (-d1,-d2,-h1,-h2,-s5d1,-s5d2):
  • support relative paths (#663).
  • updated the current directory with the path for each loaded image (#663) & when saving state (#691).
  • added a new switch '-current-dir <path>' to guarantee the current dir after using image loading switches.
• [Bug #52] Fixed the 6502/65C02 false-read of 6522 issue for Willy Byte!
• [PR #800] Improved debugger's rendering speed for PrintGlyph().

1.29.12.0 - 26 Apr 2020

• [PR #757] Allow use of an INI-file for configuration instead of the Registry (fixes #709).
  • new command line switch: -conf <INI-file>
• [Change #773] Added Apple II J-Plus support.
• [Bug #778] Fixed for when Joystick(s) are disabled.
• [Bug #777] Fixed Phasor speech (SSI263) to match Mockingboard (when in Mockingboard mode).
  • fixes: #698 (Rescue Raiders), #753 (Bejeweled).
  • also improvements to Phasor card's native Phasor mode.
• [PR #775] Debugger: Fixed so that hitting "=" in the debugger sets PC to the current cursor address.

1.29.11.0 - 27 Mar 2020

• [Bug #771] Added new command line switch to load custom ROM: -rom .
  • Supports 12KiB (at $D000) and 16KiB (at $C000) rom files.
• [Bug #765] Lancaster (Total Replay) hangs when starting second game.
• [Bug #734] DiskII controller card: support 13-sector firmware.
  • The card auto-selects the firmware based on the .woz (v2 or higher) image properties.
  • Only change the firmware at reset/reboot to avoid changing whilst running in $C6xx space!
  • Fixes 'The Best of MUSE' & 'MicroChess 2.0' (#732)

1.29.10.0 - 13 Feb 2020

• [PR #756] Write support for WOZ1/WOZ2 images.
  • Fixes titles that need write support (see: #686, #704, #705).
  • Allow creation of a blank (WOZ2) image (see AppleWin.chm: 'Creating Disk Images').
  • multi-file zip support extended to scan for the first valid image.
    • useful for most woz-a-day multi-file zips which have at least 2 entries and previously needed unzipping.
• NB. files in multi-file zips are still write-protected (same for all image types, not just woz).

1.29.9.0 - 26 Jan 2020

• [Bug #752] Fixed double-clicking a registered file-type issue (regression introduced at 1.29.8.0).
• [Bug #750] Fixed Ctrl+Alt+Break wasn't emulating CTRL+OA+RESET (regression introduced at 1.29.8.0).

1.29.8.0 - 19 Jan 2020

• [Bug #749] Hotkeys to change emulation speed using Ctrl+n: now ignored if ALT is pressed.
• [Bug #748] DiskII: data latch returns a rand() value when no disk is in drive.
• [Bug #746] Debugger: correctly repaint Apple II screen when showing it from debugger.
• [Bug #745] WOZ: Support for large tracks.
• [Bug #743] Added new command line switches:
  • -left-alt-control-buttons: left-ctrl=button0, left-alt=button1
  • -right-alt-control-buttons: right-alt=button0, right-ctrl=button1
  • -swap-buttons: for swapping buttons 0 & 1
• [Bug #733] Alternate fix for WOZ 'Wasteland'.
• [PR #723] Fixed way to clear a std::string.
• Configuration->Input: Added 'Swap 0/1' toggle for swapping buttons 0 & 1.
• WOZ support: Removed version check on INFO section.
• Display MessageBox with all unsupported commands that were passed in (can choose to continue or exit).
• Debugger: Added new 'cycles <abs|rel>' command to show cycles as absolute or relative.

1.29.7.0 - 20 Dec 2019

• [Change #726] Disk II card: supported in slot 5 via '-s5 diskii' command line.
  • use in conjunction with -s5d1 <pathname>.
  • NB. No support via Configuration GUI for insert/ejecting images.
• [Change #737] Debugger: Changed 'cycles' to show the cycle delta since the step/breakpoint etc.
  • NB. Since 1.29.3.0 this has been the absolute cumulative cycle count.
• [Bug #740] Debugger: gr/hgr/dgr/dhgr commands will honour the state of the MIXED mode.
• [Bug #733] Fixed WOZ 'Wasteland' and also NIB 'Wasteland'.
• [Bug #451] Debugger: fix for BPM[R|W] triggering on control-flow instructions' target address.
• [Bug #355] For first-time installs of AppleWin, soundtype now defaults to WAVE (was NONE).
• [PR #730] Speed-up for 'Color (RGB Monitor)' video mode.