MESS 0.146

[Robert]

http://messui/the-chronicles.org/mess/index.html

 

0.146

 

MAMETesters Bugs Fixed

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- 04811: [Gameplay] (coco3.c) coco3, coco3h: RTC emulation is not working (micko)

 

New System Drivers Supported:

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- Kristall 2 [Miodrag Milanovic]

- Ensoniq VFX, Ensoniq EPS-16 Plus and Ensoniq SQ-1. [R. Belmont, Parduz]

 

Systems Promoted from GAME_NOT_WORKING:

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- Elekscmp [Robbbert]

- PIPBUG [Robbbert]

- Chaos [Robbbert]

- Dolphin [Robbbert]

- Instructor [Robbbert]

 

Skeleton drivers:

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- HUMAX HDCI-2000 [Lukasz Markowski]

- Krista 2 [Miodrag Milanovic]

 

System Driver Changes:

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-votrtnt: hook up to the 'new' votrax device; produces horrible noise

now. [ Robbert]

 

-tvc: Added sound. [sandro Ronco]

 

-apollo: Properly reset all motherboard devices on a 68k RESET

instruction; makes the PROM "RE" command work properly.

[Hans Ostermeyer]

 

-vidbrain: Fixed video and added sound. [Curt Coder, Kurt Woloch]

 

-DEC Rainbow: More keyboard i8251 hookup, also assume Z80 halted on

boot. [R. Belmont]

 

-tvc: added cassette load/save. [sandro Ronco]

 

-uk101: Added new boot rom which allows basic to work. Added the

missing Reset key. Added notes. [Robbbert]

 

-More Z8001 work, M20 now passes memory test [Christian Grössler]

 

-vic20:Implemented the user port. [Curt Coder]

 

-m20: Add i8255 and 2x i8251 skeleton hookups. BIOS still fails

because they are not connected to anything. [R. Belmont]

 

-lisa: Fixed MMU behavior in setup mode, system runs POST again.

[R. Belmont]

 

-lisa: Hooked up SCC, serial POST tests now pass [R. Belmont]

 

-lisa: Fixed polarity of COPS handshake signal, POST now passes.

[R. Belmont]

 

-m20: hook up CRTC readback, 6845 test passes. [Christian Grössler]

 

-m20: Hooked up 8253 PIT and 179x FDC. [Christian Grössler]

 

-m20: Hook up PIT timers 1 and 2 to clock the 8251s. Serial data

written to the keyboard is weird - maybe wrong values for the PIT

timers? [R. Belmont]

 

-tvc: added emulation of HBF floppy interface. [sandro Ronco]

 

 

Software Lists:

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-snes.xml: added some prototypes [ReadOnly] (formerly MESSfan)

 

-tvc_cart.xml: added a few more carts. [K1W1]

 

-a800.xml: new entries, updates and further verifications [K1W1]

 

-pico.xml: added new Japanese dumps [Team Europe]

 

Source Changes:

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-Initial work in preparation for some modernization on the whole

megadriv.c file, starting with better splitting of actual drivers

(megadriv.c, megacd.c, mega32x.c, megasvp.c and megavdp.c).

[David Haywood]

 

-8530SCC: Read back tx/rx status bits correctly [R. Belmont]

 

-Made Z8001 I/O 16 bits wide, proper 8259 PIC hookup on M20 (no EC

tests fail now) [R. Belmont, Christian Grössler]

 

-Fix *BSD compile [ElBarto]

 

-Added Microsoft Natural Keyboard emulation. [Wilbert Pol,kevtris]

 

-ISA_EGA: Fixed several text mode issues identified by running AT

diagnostics. [Wilbert Pol]

 

-Fix apple2c0 and friends that assume IWM rather than Woz state machine

[R. Belmont]

 

-Fixed to read tags from DiskCopy 4.2 files properly. Lisa requires

this. [R. Belmont]