Version0.65

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Changes

• Fixed FAT writing.
• Added some more missing DOS functions.
• Improved PIC so that it actually honours irq 2/9.
• Improved intelligent MPU-401 mode so that more games work with it.
• Some mouse fixes.
• Changed DMA transfers a bit so they bypass the paging tables.
• Added S3 XGA functionality.
• Improved paging so that read and write faults are handled differently.
• Rewrote exception handling a bit (no exception 0x0B with dos4gw anymore).
• Added IO exceptions in all but the dynamic core.
• Some ems improvements.
• Added midi-device selection code for the windows hosts.
• Fix crashes/segfaults related to the disabling of the pcspeaker.
• Added some more FILES=XX detection tricks.
• Fixed some vga detection schemes.
• Fixed screenshot corruption when using -noconsole in a read-only directory.
• Fix wrong scaled screenshots.
• Added some hidden file functions when using diskimages. (helps with cdrom detection schemes)
• Fixed a bug in the mixer code, that muted the music in certain games.
• Added an assembly fpu core.
• Made the shell more flexible for batch files.
• Check for unaligned memory acces fixes hangups on ARM processors.
• Some 64 bit fixes.
• Added code to change configuration at runtime.
• Improved ADPCM emulation.
• Fixed a few cpu instructions.
• Always report vesa 2.0 and fix some colour issues with vesa games.
• Fix video mode 0x06 and 0x0a.
• Improvements to the joystick emulation. 4 buttons are supported as well.
• Add VCPI emulation for Origin games.
• Fixed a lot of things in the boot code. Most booters work now.
• Lots of improvements to the IPX emulation.
• Rewritten modem emulation. Should work with more games.
• Improvements to the dos memory managment routines.
• Add UMB (upper memory blocks) support.
• Emulate the pause key.
• Improve Composite CGA mode emulation.
• Lots of vga compatibility changes.
• Improved support for chained video modes.
• Improved mode and palette handling in cga modes.
• Mount accepts ~ now.
• Added a few of the EGA RIL functions.
• Added TandyDAC emulation.
• OS/2 support.
• Improved and speed up the dynamic cpu core.
• Fix some errors in the CD-ROM emulation layer.
• Added an automatic work-around for some graphics chipsets.
• Add PCjr support.
• Allow mousedriver to be replaced. Fixes a few games that come with their own (internal) driver.
• Improved dynamic cpu core so it can handle pagefaults and some obscure types of self-modifying code.
• Added -noautoexec switch to skip the contents of [autoexec] in the configuration file.
• Improved v86 mode emulation (mainly for Strike Commander).
• Improved timer behavior.
• Improved extended keyboard support.
• Enhanced and added several DOS tables.
• Made core_full endian safe.
• Made pagefaults endian safe.
• Add support for moviecapturing
• Add support for 15/16/32 bit videomodes.
• Add some more VESA modi (4 bit).
• Add 1024x768 output.
• Changed screenrendering so it only draws changes to the screen.
• Allow remapping of the EMS page when the dma transfer was started from the page frame
• Made EMS and DMA work together when playing from a mapped memory page.
• Renamed several configuration options, so that they are unique.
• Merged mpu and intelligent into one option.
• Merged fullfixed and fullresolution.
• Extended keys should be handled better.
• F11 and F12 work.
• Compilation fixes for various platforms.
• Fix a few crashes when giving bad input.
• Removed interp2x and added few new scalers.
• Reintroduce the lockfree mouse. (autolock=false)
• Add a larger cache for the dynamic cpu core.
• Improved soundblaster DSP, so it gets detected by creative tools.
• Lots of bugfixes.
• Even more bugfixes.