- Fixed network code not fully working (I accidentally left a part disabled in the last build).

- Improved daytona video & sound sync.

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PC emulator

Brief summary :

4

5 + More optimizations in CPU code - Bochs 2.3.7 is more than 2x faster

6 than Bochs 2.3.5 build !

7 - Implemented LBA48 support in BIOS

8 - Added memory access tracing for Bochs internal debugger

9 - Implemented Intel® XSAVE/XRSTOR and AES instruction set extensions

10 - Many fixes in CPU emulation and internal debugger

11 - MenuetOS64 floppy images booting perfect again !

12 - updated LGPL'd VGABIOS to version 0.6b

13

14 Detailed change log :

15

16 - CPU

17 - Support of XSAVE/XRSTOR CPU extensions, to enable configure with

18 --enable-xsave option

19 - Support of AES CPU extensions, to enable configure with

20 --enable-aes option

21 - Fixed Bochs failure on RISC host machines with BxRepeatSpeedups

22 optimization enabled

23 - Implemented SYSENTER/SYSEXIT instructions in long mode

24 - More than 100 bugfixes in CPU emulation correctness (both x86 and x86-64)

25 - MenuetOS64 floppy images booting perfect again !

26 - Updated CPU instrumentation callbacks

27

28 - Bochs Internal Debugger and Disassembler

29 - Added memory access tracing for Bochs internal debugger, enable

30 by typing 'trace-mem on' in debugger command line

31 - Many bug fixes in Bochs internal debugger and disassembler

32

33 - System BIOS (Volker)

34 - Implemented LBA48 support

35 - Added generation of SSDT ACPI table that contains definitions

36 for available processors

37 - Added RTC device to ACPI DSDT table

38 - Added implementation of SMBIOS

39

40 - I/O devices (Volker)

41 - VGA

42 - Implemented screen disable bit in sequencer register #1

43 - Implemented text mode cursor blinking

44 - Serial

45 - new serial modes 'pipe-server' and 'pipe-client' for win32

46 - new serial mode 'socket-server'

47

48 - Configure and compile

49 - Fixed configure bug with enabling of POPCNT instruction, POPCNT

50 instruction should be enabled by default when SSE4.2 is enabled.

51 - Removed --enable-magic-breakpoint configure option. The option is

52 automatically enabled if Bochs internal debugger is compiled in.

53 It is still possible to turn on/off the feature through .bochsrc.

54 - Allow boot from network option in .bochsrc

55 - Added Bochs version info for Win32

56

57 - Display libraries

58 - implemented text mode character blinking in some guis

59 - improved 'x' gui runtime dialogs

60

61 - SF patches applied

62 [1980833] Fix shutdown status code 5h handler by Kevin O'Connor

63 [1928848] "pipe" mode for serial port (win32 only) by Eugene Toder

64 [1956843] Set the compatible pci interrupt router back to PIIX by Sebastian

65 [1956366] Do not announce C2 & C3 cpu power state support by Igor Lvovsky

66 [1921733] support for LBA48 by Robert Millan

67 [1938185] Fix link problem with --enable-debugger by Sebastian

68 [1938182] Makefile.in - use @IODEV_LIB_VAR@ by Sebastian

69 [1928945] fix for legacy rombios - e820 map and ACPI_DATA_SIZE by Sebastian

70 [1925578] rombios32.c - fix ram_size in ram_probe for low memory setup by Sebastian

71 [1908921] rombios32.c - move uuid_probe() call by Sebastian

72 [1928902] improvements to load-symbols by Eugene Toder

73 [1925568] PATCH: msvc compilation by Eugene Toder

74 [1913150] rombios.c - e820 cover full size if memory

75 [1919804] rombios.c - fix and add #ifdef comments by Sebastian

76 [1909782] rombios.c - remove segment values from comment by Sebastian

77 [1908918] SMBIOS - BIOS characteristics fix by Sebastian

78 [1901027] BIOS boot menu support (take 3)

79 [1902579] rombios32.c - define pci ids by Sebastian

80 [1859447] Pass segment:offset to put_str and introduce %S by Sebastian

81 [1889057] rombios.c - boot failure message by Sebastian

82 [1891469] rombios.c - print BEV product string by Sebastian

83 [1889851] Win32 version information FILEVERSION for bochs.exe by Sebastian

84 [1889042] rombios.c - fix comment by Sebastian

85 [1881500] bochsrc, allow boot: network by Sebastian

86 [1880755] Win32 version information for bochs.exe by Sebastian

87 [1880471] SMBIOS fix type 0 by Sebastian

88 [1878558] SMBIOS fixes by Sebastian

89 [1864692] SMBIOS support by Filip Navara

90 [1865105] Move bios_table_area_end to 0xcc00 by Sebastian

91 [1875414] Makefile.in - change make use by Sebastian

92 [1874276] Added instrumentation for sysenter/sysexit by Lluis

93 [1873221] TLB page flush: add logical address to instrumentation by Lluis

94 [1830626] lba32 support by Samuel Thibault

95 [1861839] Move option rom scan after floppy and hard drive post by Sebastian

96 [1838283] Early vga bios init by Sebastian

97 [1838272] rom_scan range parameter by Sebastian

98 [1864680] Save CPUID signature by Filip Navara

99

100 - these S.F. bugs were closed

101 [1976171] Keyboard missing break code for enter (0x9C)

102 [666433] physical read/write breakpoint sometimes fails

103 [1744820] info gdt and info idt shows the entire tables

104 [1755652] graphics: MenuetOS64 shows black screen

105 [1782207] Windows Installer malfunction, Host=Linux, Guest=Win98SE

106 [1697762] OS/2 Warp Install Failed

107 [1952548] String to char * warnings

108 [1940714] SYSENTER/SYSEXIT doesn't work in long mode

109 [1422342] SYSRET errors

110 [1923803] legacy rombios - e820 map and ACPI_DATA_SIZE

111 [1936132] Link problem with --enable-debugger & --enable-disasm

112 [1934477] Linear address wrap is not working

113 [1424984] virtual machine freezes in Bochs 2.2.6

114 [1902928] with debugger cpu_loop leaves CPU with unstable state

115 [1898929] Bochs VESA BIOS violates specs (banks == 1)

116 [1569256] bug in datasegment change in long mode

117 [1830662] ACPI: no DMI BIOS year, acpi=force is required

118 [1868806] VGA blink enable & screen disable

119 [1875721] Bit "Accessed" in LDT/GDT descriptors & #PF

120 [1874124] bx_Instruction_c::ilen() const

121 [1873488] bochs-2.3.6 make fails on dbg_main.cc

122

123 - these S.F. feature requests were implemented

124 [1422769] SYSENTER/SYSEXIT support in x86-64 mode

125 [1847955] Version information for bochs(dbg).exe

126 [939797] SMBIOS support

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Sinclair emulator

This emulates a number of platforms to various degrees, see here.

New version DSP 0.8B1!!

• General

+ENHANCE: Simplify the calculation of the CRC

+BUG: If select 'Mute', you could never activate the audio again.

+BUG: If there is no sound card, does not hangs.

+ENHANCE: General cleaning of the code, more speed.

+ENHANCE: Modified the way sprites are show, more speed.

+NEW: Added generic handling of big sprites (32x32)

+ENHANCE: Drastically reduced memory consumption. As an example Black Tiger reduced from consuming 76Mb of RAM to just 18MB.

+NEW: Support for Windows Vista (purely visual).

+ENHANCE: Updated to ZipForge 4.03

+ENHANCE: Update to pascal library SDL v1.38

+NEW: Removed manual audio amplifier (have no sense)

+ENHANCE: YM2203 - Now you can control the volume of the internal PSG.

+NEW: Z80 - Started the implementation of Daisy Channing.

+NEW: Z80 - Started the implementation of Z80 PIO.

+NEW: M6809 - Added two opcodes.

+ENHANCE: Implemented timers, now no longer need calls from the driver.

+ENHANCE: More accurately in the VBLANK, no longer is calculated by fixed tables. Now you can calculate a more accurate way.

+BUG: No longer fails a driver if you pause after running the Spectrum driver

• Spectrum

+BUG: Fixed beeper audio

+ENHANCE: Added 'disconnect the tape audio'

• Konami Audio

NEW: Added a generic driver for audio drivers Konami: Frogger, Pooyan and Jungler

BUG: Missing implementation of filters resistance-condenser.

• Frogger

ENHANCE: Amplified the volume of audio.

• Bomb Jack

BUG: Corrected the random palette failure

• Green Beret

ENHANCE: Simplified the scroll.

• Black Tiger

BUG: Fixed a bug in the scroll, more speed.

• Ghost'n'Goblins

ENHANCE: Implemented priority background-sprites-foreground

BUG: Fixed a bug in the scroll, more speed.

ENHANCE: Volume audio effects now are correct

ENHANCE: Optimized the color palette conversion.

• Myterious Stones

ENHANCE: Added functions and simplified the video system. More speed.

• Commando:

ENHANCE: Implemented partially the foreground.

• Star Force

NEW: Added driver. Sound missing.

• Rygar

NEW: Added driver. Failures in the scroll, sprites implemented incorrectly and without sound

• Pitfall II (Sega System 1)

NEW: Added basic driver.

• Pooyan

NEW: Added driver with sound (Thanks to Michael Franzen, more to come!)

• Jungler

NEW: Added driver with sound

• City Connection

NEW: Added driver with sound

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TrueReality a software N64 emulator was updated today and multiple times in the last few months after four (!!!) years of silence.

No changelog was provided, but it should be interesting for more guys than just me.