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etabeta
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MESS 0.145 out!!
#275419 - 02/07/12 10:25 AM


at www.mess.org as usual

whatsnew:


Quote:


0.145

New System Drivers Supported:
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(none)

Systems Promoted from GAME_NOT_WORKING:
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(none)

Skeleton drivers:
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- Olympia People PC [Robert aka rfka01]

System Driver Changes:
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-c64: Implemented memory mapping via a 82S100 device that uses the fusemap of the real C64 PLA.
This enables full cartridge support, and more accurate emulation of the hardware in the future.
Retired the old driver, and separated Ultimax (vic10) and C64DTV to their own drivers. [Curt Coder]
-lynx: Added basic uart loopback emulation (loopz, malibu, bzone2k, awesomeg get past intro) [Huygens]
- Moved sign conversion code inside multiply function (fixes stunrun)
- cartslot changed to mandatory (real lynx will not power on without a game inserted)
- moved sign detection back outside multiply function.
- added sign flag updating on write to LSB of MATH_CD register.
-n64: DMA / RSP / RDP Optimization and Documentation [MooglyGuy]
- Start of mass variable renaming / documentation in the RDP core
- RSP Opt: Shunt around the core memory system for RSP instruction / data fetches
- DMA Opt: Shunt around the core memory system for SP and PI DMA transfers
- RDP Opt: Replace 2D switch statement with function table for texel fetching
- RDP Opt: Replace 3x array lookup for 16-to-32 pixel expansion with 64K LUT
- RDP Opt: Remove setters / getters in favor of direct member access

Software Lists:
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-ibm5140.xml: added floppy disk softlist. [Kaylee]
-apple1.xml: added tape software list [Anonymous01, Fabio Priuli]
-famicom.xml: added a floppy disk softlist and updated the driver to use it. [Fabio Priuli]

Source Changes:
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-Added Covox DAC and Covox Stereo-On-1 [Miodrag Milanovic]
-Added emulation of HD64610 RTC and hooked up to pda600 driver. [Sandro Ronco]
-ISA card AHA1542 skeleton added [Darkstar]
-Added noise support to UPD1771 [plgDavid]
-Added ISA IBM PC Music Feature Card [Phil Bennett]
-ioport.c: Made the key/paste buffer auto-expand when it becomes full.
This makes it possible to paste larger BASIC programs for instance. [Wilbert Pol]





you might want to notice the progress on PC drivers (which have lead to calchase working in MAME, but have a way larger impact on MESS and influences also FM Towns Jpn computers emulation)

http://forums.bannister.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=76084#Post76084



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Re: MESS 0.145 out!! new [Re: etabeta]
#275442 - 02/07/12 08:37 PM


yep i noticed those progress on IBM stuff as well



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Re: MESS 0.145 out!! new [Re: Solstar]
#275595 - 02/09/12 10:03 AM


C64 wip, awesome.

Ask a silly question, will / are any cassette based C64 or ZX Spectrum games playable? Or will they be in the future?



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Re: MESS 0.145 out!! new [Re: zambr]
#275597 - 02/09/12 12:30 PM


> C64 wip, awesome.
>
> Ask a silly question, will / are any cassette based C64 or ZX Spectrum games
> playable? Or will they be in the future?

the progresses you read about are mostly for carts, because most C64 tapes are playable since at least 3 years in MESS, as long as they are in .tap format.
just
1. load them from command line or UI
2. type LOAD
3. when the message “Press play on tape” appears, enter the MESS internal UI to start the tape (press Tab and choose “Tape Control”, then press “Play”)
4. once the program is loaded and a “READY” message will be prompted, type RUN or the appropriate SYS call.

Loading time might be quite long, but you can use the FFW option (by default mapped to Insert) to speed it up.



OTOH, I'm not sure about ZX games, I had no issues with the few tapes I tried, but I'm not an expert and I could have tried simple games which do not stress emulation too much...



zambr
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Re: MESS 0.145 out!! new [Re: etabeta]
#275605 - 02/09/12 05:13 PM


> > C64 wip, awesome.
> >
> > Ask a silly question, will / are any cassette based C64 or ZX Spectrum games
> > playable? Or will they be in the future?
>
> the progresses you read about are mostly for carts, because most C64 tapes are
> playable since at least 3 years in MESS, as long as they are in .tap format.
> just
> 1. load them from command line or UI
> 2. type LOAD
> 3. when the message “Press play on tape” appears, enter the MESS internal UI to start
> the tape (press Tab and choose “Tape Control”, then press “Play”)
> 4. once the program is loaded and a “READY” message will be prompted, type RUN or the
> appropriate SYS call.
>
> Loading time might be quite long, but you can use the FFW option (by default mapped
> to Insert) to speed it up.
>
>
> OTOH, I'm not sure about ZX games, I had no issues with the few tapes I tried, but
> I'm not an expert and I could have tried simple games which do not stress emulation
> too much...

Thankyou kindly


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