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[ANNOUNCE] VICE 1.20 for AmigaOS based systems [message #142967] Sat, 02 September 2006 18:12
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Version 1.20 of VICE, the Versatile Commodore Emulator, for AmigaOS based
systems has been released.

There are binary archives available for :

680x0 AmigaOS 3.x
PPC AmigaOS4
PPC MorphOS
x86 AROS (native and hosted)
PowerPC AROS (hosted only)


VICE emulates the Commodore C64, C128, VIC20, PET 8-bit computers,
PLUS4 and the CBM-II (aka C610) and is completely written in C/C++; it
runs on Unix, Win32, MS-DOS, RiscOS, OS/2, BeOS, QNX, AmigaOS and GP2X
systems.

VICE is *free* software released under the GNU General Public License,
and as such it comes with full source code.

Most important changes since the last version include:

* Changes in VICE 1.20
======================

** General
----------

- New GP2X port.

- New AmigaOS3, AmigaOS4, MorphOS and AROS (x86/ppc) ports.

- Mac OSX X11 port is included in the main distribution now.

- Fixed some unusual CPU opcodes.

** C64 changes
--------------

- Fixed some longstanding RMW to IO area VIC-II DMA timing bug.

- Added Mikro Assembler, Dela EP7x8, Dela EP256 and Rex EP256
cart support.

- Fixed the KCS cart emulation.

- Added swiftlink and turbo232 support.

- Added +256k memory expansion support.

- Added I/O source read collision detection support, making
simultanious use of multiple expansions possible, like on
the real machine.

- Fixed the RR-net address decoding and REU compatibility.

- Fixed a problem with traps using the SX Kernal ROM.

- Some IDE64 ultimax bug has been fixed.

** PET changes
--------------

- Added 128kb REU memory expansion support.

** PLUS4 changes
----------------

- Added 256k csory memory expansion support.

- Added 256k, 1024k and 4096k hannes memory expansion support.

** Unix changes
---------------

- Gnome1 is no longer supported.

- Gnome2 is now supported - everthing except the Image preview with
CBM font should work.

- Gnome 2 port supports dimmable drive LED now.

- Added experimental ParSID support.

- Added support for minix3.

- Fixed some compile problems with the ffmpeg library.

** MS-Windows changes
---------------------

- Added experimental ParSID support.

** MS-DOS changes
-----------------

- Added experimental ParSID support.

** Mac OSX X11 changes
----------------------

- Added support for Intel build.

- Added USB joystick support.

** Miscellaneous changes
------------------------

- Added support for more 3rd party basic extenders to petcat.

- Added a c64/c128 cartridge conversion program (cartconv).

- Added binary distribution (package) creation functionality.

- Fixed a bug in the trap emulation with caused programs probing
devices on the IEC bus to fail.

- Lots of small fixes to the monitor.


The VICE 1.20 source archive is available at:
http://www.zimmers.net/anonftp/pub/cbm/crossplatform/emulato rs/VICE/vice-1.20.tar.gz

The VICE 1.20 AmigaOS 3.x binary archive is available at:
http://www.zimmers.net/anonftp/pub/cbm/crossplatform/emulato rs/VICE/VICE-AmigaOS3-1.20.tar.gz

The VICE 1.20 AmigaOS 4 binary archive is available at:
http://www.zimmers.net/anonftp/pub/cbm/crossplatform/emulato rs/VICE/VICE-AmigaOS4-1.20.tar.gz

The VICE 1.20 MorphOS binary archive is available at:
http://www.zimmers.net/anonftp/pub/cbm/crossplatform/emulato rs/VICE/VICE-MorphOS-1.20.tar.gz

The VICE 1.20 x86 AROS binary archive is available at:
http://www.zimmers.net/anonftp/pub/cbm/crossplatform/emulato rs/VICE/VICE-i686-AROS-1.20.tar.gz

The VICE 1.20 PPC AROS binary archive is available at:
http://www.zimmers.net/anonftp/pub/cbm/crossplatform/emulato rs/VICE/VICE-powerpc-AROS-1.20.tar.gz

For more information check out the VICE home page at:

http://www.viceteam.org/

Signed, Marco van den Heuvel.
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