VICE 1.22 for AmigaOS based and derived systems

Date 15-Aug-2007 18:19:39
Topic: Announcement


Version 1.22 of VICE, the Versatile Commodore Emulator, has been
released.

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 1.22
======================

** C128 changes
---------------

- Added 2 MHz mode support (experimental).

- The cursor keys are mapped differently in C64-mode now.

- Fixed C64-mode autostart support.

** VIC20 changes
----------------

- Improved the sound emulation where the 'volume change click' is
concerned, and normalized the audio output level.

** VIC-II
---------

- The VIC-II border mode can be selected now (normal, full, debug).

- Some sprite fixes needed for Krestage 3 demo.

** Drive changes
----------------

- Improved drive LED emulation.

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

- Fixed the "black screen" bug caused by some X11 library security
update.

- Fixed the usb support for bsd based platforms.

- Changed the preferred libdir and docdir for netbsd and freebsd.

- Xaw/XRandR fullscreen mode is supposed to work.

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

- Positional keyboard mapping is used as default again.

- New volume slider control.

- The win32 port can now be compiled with openwatcom.

** OS/2 changes
---------------

- The os/2 port can now be compiled with openwatcom.

** RiscOS changes
-----------------

- Added a build script for the RiscOS port and all needed binary files
are now part of the source distribution.

** AmigaOS changes
------------------

- Added netplay support for AmigaOS3 port.

- Added netplay support for AROS port.

- New VICE Volume control for all ports.

** C1541 changes
----------------

- Fixed some unlynx bugs.


The VICE 1.22 source archive is available at:
http://www.zimmers.net/anonftp/pub/cbm/crossplatform/emulators/VICE/vice-1.22.tar.gz

The VICE 1.22 M68K Amiga OS 3.x binary archive is available at:
http://www.zimmers.net/anonftp/pub/cbm/crossplatform/emulators/VICE/VICE-AmigaOS3-1.22.tar.gz

The VICE 1.22 PPC Amiga OS 4.x binary archive is available at:
http://www.zimmers.net/anonftp/pub/cbm/crossplatform/emulators/VICE/VICE-AmigaOS4-1.22.tar.gz

The VICE 1.22 PPC MorphOS binary archive is available at:
http://www.zimmers.net/anonftp/pub/cbm/crossplatform/emulators/VICE/VICE-MorphOS-1.22.tar.gz

The VICE 1.22 Intel AROS binary archive is available at:
http://www.zimmers.net/anonftp/pub/cbm/crossplatform/emulators/VICE/VICE-i686-AROS-1.22.tar.gz

The VICE 1.22 PPC AROS binary archive is available at:
http://www.zimmers.net/anonftp/pub/cbm/crossplatform/emulators/VICE/VICE-powerpc-AROS-1.22.tar.gz

For more information check out the Amiga VICE page is at :

http://www.viceteam.org/amigaos.html


Signed, Marco van den Heuvel




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