VICE 2.1 has been released
Date 19-Dec-2008 22:44:42
Topic: Announcement
| VICE 2.1 has been released.
VICE is the Versatile Commodore Emulator, it emulates the Commodore C64, C128, VIC20, PET, PLUS4 and the CBM-II, as well as the C64 DTV, and it runs on Win32, Unix, DOS, RiscOS, OS/2, BeOS, QNX, skyOS, 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 2.1
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** General
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- The VICEplus project has been joined with VICE. Thus, x64dtv is now part of VICE.
- We can be contacted via IRC: #vice-dev on freenode
- Added a more accurate ReSID engine using floating point math (ReSID-FP).
- Added support for the USB HardSID.
- PAL emulation has been rewritten and optimized.
- Fixed the ACIA 6551 emulation. (x64/x128/xcbm2/xpet/xplus4)
- Monitor commands help text is now translated too (in ports where translation is available at all)
- Monitor IO command now displays IO area even if it is currently banked out.
- GCR file handling (.G64) issues an error message if the .G64 does not have the expected structure. Before, VICE just silently ignored such files.
- IRQ handling fix
** C64/C128 changes
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- Fixed the digimax sound generation.
- Added the RR clockport disable functionality at $DF00.0. Allows to disable the RRnet.
- Improved REU compatibility and timing.
** C64 changes
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- Added isepic cartridge emulation.
- Added Double Quick Brown Box cartridge emulation.
** VIC20 changes
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- Improved the sound emulation.
- Fixed the lowest note bug.
- Improved VIC emulation (exact in-line color/reverse mode changes).
** C64DTV changes
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- New emulator.
The VICE 2.1 source archive is available at:
http://zimmers.net/anonftp/pub/cbm/crossplatform/emulators/VICE/vice-2.1.tar.gz
The VICE 2.1 M68K Amiga OS 3.x binary archive is available at:
http://www.zimmers.net/anonftp/pub/cbm/crossplatform/emulators/VICE/VICE-AmigaOS3-2.1.tar.gz
The VICE 2.1 PPC Amiga OS 4.x binary archive is available at:
http://www.zimmers.net/anonftp/pub/cbm/crossplatform/emulators/VICE/VICE-AmigaOS4-2.1.tar.gz
The VICE 2.1 PPC MorphOS binary archive is available at:
http://www.zimmers.net/anonftp/pub/cbm/crossplatform/emulators/VICE/VICE-MorphOS-2.1.tar.gz
The VICE 2.1 Intel AROS binary archive is available at:
http://www.zimmers.net/anonftp/pub/cbm/crossplatform/emulators/VICE/VICE-i686-AROS-2.1.tar.gz
The VICE 2.1 PPC AROS binary archive is available at:
http://www.zimmers.net/anonftp/pub/cbm/crossplatform/emulators/VICE/VICE-powerpc-AROS-2.1.tar.gz
The VICE 2.1 AROS64 binary archive is available at:
http://www.zimmers.net/anonftp/pub/cbm/crossplatform/emulators/VICE/VICE-AROS64-2.1.tar.gz
For more information check out the VICE home page at:
http://www.viceteam.org/
At the time this was written the VICE home page was not updated yet,
rest assured that it will be updated soon.
In the meantime, please use
http://vice-emu.sourceforge.net/
The VICE team wishes you all a Merry Christmas!
Signed, Marco van den Heuvel.
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