[c264] Yape 0.58.1 SDL2

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• Yet another release for the SDL version: 0.58.1 is out with binaries for both Debian/Ubuntu and Windows. The version number indicates the approximate compatibility equivalent of the Windows port. It marks the backport of real 1541 drive emulation as well. By now the SDL port is perfectly usable for almost all games and could be your best choice at this stage for long retrogaming sessions with a gamepad controller in front of a big screen.

Binary release v0.80.1 07/07/2024

New binary release for yapeSDL, the most notable novelty is comprehensive support for the Commodore VIC-20. Henceforth, yapeSDL supports emulating all three major 8-bit Commodore models in a single binary.

Overall

• 1-bit format and drag'n'drop support for WAV files
• remember last joystick keyset setting
• paste from clipboard with Alt+V
• cycle counter in external monitor
• VS2022, Mac/XCode & Linux compilation fixes
• serial IEC EOI improvement
• CPU halt bug fixed
• VIA improvements

Commodore plus/4

• TED sound fixes
• improved reading from open address space

Commodore VIC/20

• NEW! Commodore VIC/20 emulation with a rather decent compatibility

Binary release 0.71.2 21 Feb 2024

After a few years, finally a new binary (v0.71.2). The most important changes are as follows:

Overall

• SID (card) paddle support
• Optimized (unrolled) SID emulation core
• Added native un-ZIP support (via Minizip)
• Support for loading compressed TAP files
• Minor CPU regression for SHY fixed
• More robust error handling on startup in Emscripten builds
• Fixed transmitting of last byte after an EOI in IEC mode

Commodore plus/4 mode

• Implement Hannes 256 kb memory expansions
• ROM banking fix
• Unmapped memory read fix

Commodore 64 mode

• Somewhat improved VICII core (sprite, badline)
• Implement REU (256/512 kB)

UI changes

• Snapshot save menu item added
• Added menu item for attaching ROM images
• Added distinct soft reset and hard reset
• Fixed tape play/stop in the menu
• Better menu navigation with game controllers
• Lock Fn keys when run in a browser
• Fixed loading files of a relative path from the command line

External monitor improvements

• compare memory with command 'C'
• potential deadlock fixed on certain unices but there are still known issues with the monitor not functioning properly there

A binary for Mac is also provided with proper icon and signature. The emulator runs fine in a browser as well when compiled to Javascript using Emscripten. A working demo is available at http://gaia.atilia.eu/download/wip/YapeSDL.html.

YapeSDL (0.70.2)

The following changes were made since 0.70.1:

External monitor improvements:

• debuggable drive
• dump raster counters for Commodore 64 as well
• split functionality of the 'M' and '>' TEDMON commands
• hunt command ('H')
• repeating the last command on ENTER

Video:

• CRT emulation fix
• vsync option added
• adjust saturation & brightness
• hue offset option added
• CRT gamma correction added

Audio:

• better timing during frequent updates

Commodore plus/4 mode:

• TED emulation improvements ($FF1E writes, sound)

Commodore 64 mode:

• replaced palette with measured hues
• sprite emulation fixes
• improved serial IEC port emulation accuracy
• preliminary cartridge (.CRT) support

Overall:

• reduced static array initialization usage to reduce binary size for Emscripten
• isolated CIA emulation code
• various bug and compiler warning fixes

YAPE  -  Yet Another Plus/4 Emulator released on Oct 28, 2023

CHANGES IN 1.2.4 FROM 1.2.3

• [NEW] readded legacy DDraw mode for some folks (without CRT emulation)
• [FIX] timer scaling could cause a lockup on some machines with older OS's
• [FIX] noise LFSR phase & reset fix

Joe Blade 2 (1988, Players)

YAPE  -  Yet Another Plus/4 Emulator version 1.2.3 released on June 26, 2023

• [NEW] more informative trace window in 32 bit developer build
• [NEW] ability to use external sound libraries
• [NEW] debug DLL support
• [FIX] improved CPU halt
• [FIX] improved PAL display phase inversion
• [FIX] bug in unmapped memory write in 16kB mode
• [FIX] joystick reset and uninitialized state vector
• [FIX] more reliable monitor command history and navigation
• [FIX] various palette related bugs fixed (in high accuracy mode; digi palette in OpenGL mode etc.)

CHANGES IN 1.2.2 FROM 1.2.1 released on Jan 2, 2023

• [NEW] SID card mouse emulation (in DirectInput mode)
• [NEW] Manufacturer dependent RAM powerup patterns
• [NEW] copy emulator window to the clipboard as a bitmap
• [NEW] the 32-bit build has now an opcode track window
• [FIX] quotation mark printing bug (MPS-803)
• [FIX] drive VIA emulation accuracy improvements

CHANGES IN 1.2.1 FROM 1.2.0 released on Nov 19, 2021

• [NEW] rotate screen in OpenGL mode
• [FIX] sound device selection regression bug
• [FIX] reduced TED volume to avoid clipping when using all three voice sources
• [FIX] substandard rasterline count threshold
• [FIX] #10 and #11 drive selection crashFIX] potential XAudio crash on Win 8+ systems

CHANGES IN 1.2.0 FROM 1.1.8 released on May 2, 2021

• [NEW] AY-3-8910 (aka YM2149 or "DIGIMUZ") support
• [NEW] paste from clipboard in the external monitor
• [FIX] improved performance when running multiple instances
• [FIX] improved recognition of start address in filename
• [FIX] CPU regression with SHX ironed out
• [FIX] potential XAudio crash on Win 8+ systems

CHANGES IN 1.1.8 FROM 1.1.7 released on Dec 11, 2020

• [NEW] SID card jostick support (via the active game controller)
• [NEW] conditional fill command in the external monitor
• [FIX] improved, more robust and intuitive video recording
• [FIX] improved command history in monitor
• [FIX] recent crash on some newer machines/videocards when switching to fullscreen in D3D mode
• [FIX] minor VIA fix
• [FIX] some residual TED regression bugs fixed (noise channel, DMA handling etc.)

CHANGES IN 1.1.7 FROM 1.1.6 released on Oct 31, 2019

• [NEW] updated to new compiler versions (MSVC++ 2019 and MinGW-64 8.1)
• [NEW] more DPI-aware on Win8/Win10
• [FIX] digitized palette table lookup
• [FIX] TED delayed DMA regression glitch
• [FIX] TED noise regression bug introduced by optimizations in version 1.1.3
• [FIX] weird bug with autostart code
• [FIX] maximize window positioning

Motor Mania@GameBase

Revision CHANGES IN 1.1.6 FROM 1.1.5 released on Mar 18, 2018

• [NEW] Hungarian KERNAL version added
• [NEW] MTAP pulse length correction in the 'Tape head adjust' dialog
• [NEW] option to confirm writing back changes to disk images
• [FIX] couple of TED improvements
• [FIX] switching to fullscreen mode when in windowed GDI mode

Sex87 (Mega Soft, 1987) - czyli niewyszukany przedstawiciel całkiem sporej rodziny gier instruktażowych.

CHANGES IN 1.1.5 FROM 1.1.4 released on Nov 25, 2017

• [NEW] saving to raw 121 colour PNG added as new default
• [NEW] saving video in Direct3D mode now saves window content
• [FIX] TED regression

CHANGES IN 1.1.4 FROM 1.1.3 released on Jul 14, 2017

• [FIX] missing TIA 6525 bidirectionality in the 1551 added
• [FIX] SID wave readout