uBee512 v5.0.0

An emulator for the Microbee Z80 ROM, FDD and HDD based microcomputers.

New for this release:
* The new sound driver is now the default with the older code having been removed altogether. The new code produces excellent sound quality and has less drop outs.
* Added an audio DAC parallel port device argument of 'dac' to the --parallel-port option to select the new 8 bit DAC emulation.
* Added EMUKEY+PAGEDOWN hot key to emulate a Microbee 'power cycle'. This action has also been added to the OSD menu.
* Added --powercyc option to perform a 'power cycle'.
* Added joystick Hat events to generate pseudo button numbers.
* Added --js-hat and --js-hatb options to set joystick hat parameters.
* Added --js-kkb option to make defining mapped joystick keys easier.
* Added --js-shift option to set the new joystick SHIFT button feature.
* Added joystick SHIFT button functionality that effectively doubles the number of button actions to 255-511.
* Added 'hd-teac' and 'hd-mscribe' hard disk formats to the 'libdskrc.sample' file.
* Added Swedish PC85 ROM set (PC85S) aliases to 'roms.alias.sample'

Changes:
* Changed --js-ACTION options to take multiple button values.
* Joystick shifted button numbers 256-511 can now be specified.
* Added axis and Hat button numbers when using --modio=+joystick argument.
* New default joystick buttons are used and enabled by default. See 'joystick.c' or 'games.ini.sample' for the joystick layout:

JS E|O : Up (128|144).
JS F|P : Right (129|145).
JS G|Q : Down (130|146).
JS H|R : Left (131|147).
JS K|L|T|U|X : Fire (0|1|0|1|11).
JS A|I : Player 1 (4|8 ).
JS C|J : Player 2 (5|9).
JS B|M|N|V|W : Spare (6|2|3|2|3).

JS Shift : Shift is button 'D' (7).
JS Shift+A : Mute sound on/off (4).
JS Shift+B : Full screen on/off (6).
JS Shift+C : Pause emulator on/off (5).
JS Shift+Up : increases sound volume.
JS Shift+Down : decreases sound volume.
JS Shift+Right : increases window size.
JS Shift+Left : decreases window size.

* The BeeThoven device no longer requires an 'OUT 1,3' before using it.
* Improvements in speed made to CRTC functions.
* Major changes to the 'games.ini.sample' and 'ubee512rc.sample' scripts to make setting up the joystick easier and more flexible. Emulator commands now make use of a Joystick shift button.
* Changes made to the 'ubee512rc.sample' file.

Fixed:
* Changes made to --varuset option so that 'varname', 'varname=' and 'varname=value' all work.
* Fixed --setvar option when attempting to set a variable that had no '=' character. The variable was being set but could not be located without it so now one is appended if missing. '--setvar myvar' will get set and found.
* Changes made to --setvar option to first check for an existing variable by the same name and removing it before setting the new variable.
* The --js-axis option was doing nothing and has been fixed.
* Fixed hard disk image type '.hd0' to have 306 cylinders, not 305.

Get it here:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/ubee512/

http://freshmeat.net/projects/ubee512/

WinArcadia 14.3 (Windows): 9 September 2010
AmiArcadia 14.3 (AmigaOS 3): 9 September 2010
AmiArcadia 14.27 (AmigaOS 4): 1 September 2010
AmiArcadia 14.27 (MorphOS): 1 September 2010
Super Bug Advance 1.3 (GBA): 11 September 2009

AmiArcadia and WinArcadia are multi-emulators of these Signetics-based
machines:

* Emerson Arcadia 2001 console family (Bandai, Emerson, Grandstand,
Intervision, Leisure-Vision, Leonardo, MPT-03, Ormatu, Palladium, Poppy,
Robdajet, Tele-Fever, Tempest, Tryom, Tunix, etc.) (1982);
* Interton VC 4000 console family (Acetronic, Fountain, Interton,
Prinztronic, Radofin, Rowtron, Voltmace, Waddington, etc.) (c. 1978);
* Elektor TV Games Computer (1979);
* PIPBUG-based machines (Electronics Australia 77up2 and 78up5, Signetics
Adaptable Board Computer, Eurocard 2650, etc.) (c. 1977-1978);
* Signetics Instructor 50 trainer (1978);
* Central Data 2650 computer (1977);
* Astro Wars and Galaxia coin-ops by Zaccaria (1979-1980);
* Malzak 1 and 2 coin-ops by Kitronix (c. 1980);
* Chaos 2 computer (1983) (preliminary); and
* Dolphin computer (1979) (preliminary).

Features include: ReAction GUI, load/save snapshots, windowed and full-
screen modes, CPU tracing, trainer, drag and drop support, graphics
scaling, automatic load/save of configuration/game, keyboard/joystick/
gamepad/paddle/mouse/trackball support, autofire, turbo mode, gameplay
recording/playback, PAL/NTSC modes, sprite demultiplexing, help windows,
source code, debugger, frame skipping, redefinable keys, save screenshots
(4 supported formats), ARexx port, network play, real-time monitor, locale
support, game selection sidebar, text-to-speech, printer output,
undithering, support for ZIPped games, clipboard support, palette editor,
tone retuning, high score management, force feedback.

The supported languages are currently English, Dutch, French, German,
Italian, Russian and Spanish.

Changes since V14.27:
. PIPBUG, Chaos 2: improved 2513 chip emulation.
. Sidebar support for snapshots and recordings.
. Miscellaneous improvements and bug fixes.

http://amigan.1emu.net/releases/
http://amigan.yatho.com/

WinArcadia 14.26 (Windows): 10 August 2010
AmiArcadia 14.26 (AmigaOS 3): 10 August 2010
AmiArcadia 14.26 (AmigaOS 4): 10 August 2010
AmiArcadia 14.26 (MorphOS): 10 August 2010
Super Bug Advance 1.3 (GBA): 11 September 2009

AmiArcadia and WinArcadia are multi-emulators of these Signetics-based
machines:

* Emerson Arcadia 2001 console family (Bandai, Emerson, Grandstand,
Intervision, Leisure-Vision, Leonardo, MPT-03, Ormatu, Palladium, Poppy,
Robdajet, Tele-Fever, Tempest, Tryom, Tunix, etc.) (1982);
* Interton VC 4000 console family (Acetronic, Fountain, Interton,
Prinztronic, Radofin, Rowtron, Voltmace, Waddington, etc.) (c. 1978);
* Elektor TV Games Computer (1979);
* PIPBUG-based machines (Electronics Australia 77up2 and 78up5, Signetics
Adaptable Board Computer, Eurocard 2650, etc.) (c. 1977-1978);
* Signetics Instructor 50 trainer (1978);
* Central Data 2650 computer (1977);
* Astro Wars and Galaxia coin-ops by Zaccaria (1979-1980);
* Malzak 1 and 2 coin-ops by Kitronix (c. 1980);
* Chaos 2 computer (1983) (preliminary); and
* Dolphin computer (1979) (preliminary).

Features include: ReAction GUI, load/save snapshots, windowed and full-
screen modes, CPU tracing, trainer, drag and drop support, graphics
scaling, automatic load/save of configuration/game, keyboard/joystick/
gamepad/paddle/mouse/trackball support, autofire, turbo mode, gameplay
recording/playback, PAL/NTSC modes, sprite demultiplexing, help windows,
source code, debugger, frame skipping, redefinable keys, save screenshots
(4 supported formats), ARexx port, network play, real-time monitor, locale
support, game selection sidebar, text-to-speech, printer output,
undithering, support for ZIPped games, clipboard support, palette editor,
tone retuning, high score management, force feedback.

The supported languages are currently English, Dutch, French, German,
Italian, Russian and Spanish.

Changes since V14.25:
. CD2650: optional 4.73MHz CPU clock emulation.
. Miscellaneous improvements and bug fixes.

http://amigan.1emu.net/releases/
http://amigan.yatho.com/