[MULTI] EightyOne 1.18 30/09/2020

Version 1.18 - 30/08/2020 (by Paul Farrow)

Bug fixes:

• The lines of a pseudo hi-res display were not correctly aligned.
• Auto-load did not work for the Timex TS1000 and TS1500.
• Auto-load was very slow to activate when a greater than 1x speed was selected.
• The lines of the bottom border of the ZX80 and ZX81 were not correctly aligned.
• The BASIC Lister did not trap an embedded floating point number encoding that spanned beyond the end of a BASIC line, which could prevent the rest of the BASIC listing being displayed, e.g. Software Farm's ZX81 game 'Asteroids'.

Enhancements:

• Spectrum support for the ZXC1 ROM cartridge.
• Significant improvement in the timing accuracy of ZX81 SLOW mode.
• Option to show/hide hardware generated HSync pulses when displaying larger borders.

Version 1.17 - 28/04/2020 (by Paul Farrow)

Bug fixes:

•   - Fixed exception that occurred when resetting a Jupiter Ace.

Version 1.22 - 14/04/2021 (by SirMorris and Paul Farrow)

Bug fixes:

• Files SAVEd using ZXpand had their read-only bit set, causing errors when attempting to update or delete them.
•  ZXpand's CAT function did not behave correctly with reference to the root folder so certain operations would have undefined results.
• Opening a new tape file whilst execution was stopped in the debugger would restart execution yet the debugger would still display as if stopped.
• The RAM provided by the Chroma 81 interface was being incorrectly mirrored in the memory map.

Enhancements:

• Support for the ZxToken format @ directive to encode byte values in BASIC Listing files.

Version 1.21 - 16/02/2021 (by Paul Farrow)

Bug fixes:

• The status bar of the BASIC Listing window was not showing the correct program address range for the ZX80 and Spectrum.
• The status bar of the BASIC Listing window was not being cleared when switching to a different computer model.
• The memory shadowing of QS Character mode when Chroma 81 was selected was incorrect.
• Removal of the close 'X' from the hardware dialog title bar, which was leaving the dialog in an incorrect state.
• Removal of the close 'X' from the Sound Settings dialog title bar, which was leaving the dialog in an incorrect state.
• Removal of the close 'X' from the BASIC Listing Settings dialog title bar, which was leaving the dialog in an incorrect state.
• Cancelling the Load BASIC Listing Options dialog no longer results in a reset.
• A line highlighted in the BASIC Listing window was not being de-highlighted when clicking empty space beyond the end of the program.
• The continuation marker in a BASIC Listing file is now supported for comment lines.
• The Discard Redundant Spaces option of the BASIC Listing loader was not removing all surplus spaces.

Enhancements:

• Updated program icon to have white keys (provided by equin0x80).
• Selecting a machine specific BASIC Listing file causes an automatic switch to the appropriate computer model.
• The BASIC Listing window now provides a 2x scaling option.
• Support for loading BASIC Listing files with a .txt extension.
• Support for loading BASIC Listing files with a .bas extension.
• Support for loading BASIC Listing files that use ZxToken format extensions.

Version 1.20 - 16/01/2021 (by Paul Farrow)

Bug fixes:

• The Z81 snapshot format now identifies the computer model. Existig snapshot files that do specify the model are assumed to be for the ZX81.
• OUT instructions in user programs were affecting the ZX81 picture when in SLOW mode.
• The ZXpand option was not always enabled for the TS1000 in the Hardware dialog.
• Unpopulated ROM memory area was not being shadowed correctly for the ZX80.

Enhancements:

• Switching the computer model in the Hardware dialog now defaults the sound option for the ZX80 and ZX81 models to 'none'.
• Renamed '128k Spectrum' to 'Spectrum 128' in the Hardware dialog.
• Removed the QL option from the Hardware dialog since it emulation has never worked properly.
• Added a Spectrum+ option to the Hardware dialog.
• Added support for flash loading on the ZX80 with a ZX81 ROM selected.
• Added support for flash loading on the TK85.
• Added support for flash loading on the ZX97 Lite.

Version 1.19 - 28/11/2020 (by Paul Farrow)

Bug fixes:

•  Negative displacements were off by 1 in disassembled instructions.
•  Interrupts were not properly preserved in and restored from Spectrum .SNA files.
•  ZX80 and ZX81 display colours switch to black and white when Chroma colour is enabled and frame synchronisation is lost.

Enhancements:

•  Support for ZX80 pseudo and WRX hi-res modes.
•  Renamed the Chr$ Generator option CHR$16 to CHR$128.
•  Slight adjustment to centre position of the TV horizontal hold control.

Version 1.16 - 22/01/2020 (by Paul Farrow)

Bug fixes:

•   No longer crashes when opening a zip file from the File menu.
•   Corrected Chroma 80 colour mode detection port mask.

Version 1.15 - 21/04/2019 (by SirMorris and Paul Farrow)

• Bug fixes:
  • The zoom size was not being restored from the .ini configuration file.
• Enhancements:
  • Added 'browse to SD card folder' button to ZXpand option in hardware menu.
  • Added z88dk .map symbol parsing to allow easier debugging of C programs. 

Version 1.14 - 17/02/2019 (by Paul Farrow and SirMorris)

• Bug fixes:
  • Switching from a custom window size to a fixed size did not always change the size correctly.
  • The drive indicator on the status bar was not always redrawn fully.
  • Entries from Configuration menu did not load all settings.
  • Drive indicator on status bar could appear as a result of a ZXC ROM cartridge menu being displayed.
  • Selecting items from the menus before the emulator was fully started up could result in an error dialog being displayed.
  • Drag and drop of program files into the main window now works again.
  • Fixed exception that could occur when opening the Profiler Plot window.
  • Updated to latest ZXpand+ firmware, which fixes a 'break' issue with CAT.
  • Profiler Plot window now displays the latest min and max values.
• Enhancements:
  • Added support for interlace displays when a Chroma interface is selected.
  • Dot crawl can now only be set for non-128K Spectrum models.
  • Improved Hardware window machine icons.
  • Improved Splash Screen image.
  • Added auto-update option to the Profiler window.
  • Improved UI operation of the Profiler and Profiler Plot windows.

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Version 1.13 - 31/01/2019 (by Paul Farrow)

Bug fixes:

• Only the lower 3 bits of the border value are now saved in Spectrum .Z80 and .SNA snapshots.
• Accessing address $0525 causes the Program Counter to be advanced if flash loading is enabled but no longer does this if a ROM cartridge is loaded.
• Sound output used to be disabled after a reset.
• The status bar at the bottom of the emulator window was not always redrawn correctly.
• Changed the way the emulator window resizes at startup.
• Save button on TZX Manager's 'Edit General Data Block' dialog was not moved when the form was resized.
• Debug symbols were loaded when a program was opened via the TZX Manager but not if opened from the main window's File menu.
• Corrected the height of the Live Memory View window.

Enhancements:

• UDG characters for the Spectrum related models are now shown as their corresponding letters but underlined (previously they were shown upside down).
• The mouse scroll wheel is now supported by the Memory Window.
• The emulator window can now only be custom resized after first setting the Zoom mode to User Defined.
• A new window allows the BASIC program held in memory to be viewed and saved as a bitmap or as a text file (only for ZX80, ZX81 and Spectrum models).
• Added the ability to read in a BASIC program from a text file (only for ZX80, ZX81 and Spectrum models).
• The status bar at the bottom of the emulator window now indicates when reading or writing to a Microdrive cartridge.
• Added support for various hardware interfaces and settings in .z81 snapshots.
• Added support for the Spectra interface in .z80 snapshots.
• Save dialogs now prompt to overwrite an existing file.

Version 1.12 - 14/08/2018 (by Paul Farrow)

Bug fixes:

• Corrections to TC2048 keyboard image.
• Corrections to TC2068 keyboard image.

Enhancements:

• Added a window to display the ZX80 Integral Functions next to its keyboard image.
• Refinement to ZX80 keyboard image.
• Refinement to ZX80 with ZXpand keyboard image.

Version 1.11 - 06/08/2018 (by Paul Farrow and SirMorris)

Bug fixes:

•   ZXpand support now works for the ZX80.

Enhancements:

•   Added keyboard images for:
  • TS2068
  • TC2048
  • Spectrum 16K
  • Spectrum +2
  • Spectrum +2A/+3
  • TS1000 with ZXpand+
  • ZX81 with ZXpand+
  • ZX80 with ZXpand
• Double clicking the keyboard image window toggles between double and normal size.