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MESS v0.142u1 is released. MESS is an open source project which documents the hardware for a wide variety of (mostly vintage) computers, video game consoles, and calculators through software emulation, as MAME does for arcade games. As a nice side effect to this documentation, MESS allows software and games for these hardware platforms to be run on modern PCs

0.142u1 New System Drivers Supported: ----------------------------- (none) Systems Promoted from GAME_NOT_WORKING: --------------------------------------- (none) Skeleton drivers: ----------------- - Ensoniq Mirage Sampler [R. Belmont] - Laser Compumate2 [thanks to DMEnduro , Robbbert] System Driver Changes: ---------------------- - tec1: Fixed a bug that has been there since the driver was first written [reported by maguman21] - ob68k1a: Fixed keyboard [Robbbert] - apple2gs: fix ram sizes to reflect reality, fixed ram mapping to match real system, added readback of bank number from unpopulated RAM areas. [R Belmont] - sun: Added terminal keyboard. [Robbbert] - x1: Implemented stereophonic sound output [Angelo Salese] - ti85: moved T6A04 emulation into a device. [Sandro Ronco] - tec1: Enabled tec1b bios at user request. Added some ram for the expansion socket. [Robbbert] - next: Allow NeXT machine to display the initial splash screen [Angelo Salese] - apple2gs: Fixed AppleWorks GS hang on launch. [R. Belmont] - at: Added cascade mode support in DMA code and enabled AT floppy to boot again [Wilbert Pol, Miodrag Milanovic] - tms5220.c: updates to comments and nonstandard feature defines. [Lord Nightmare] - argo: Improved video, added makeshift cursor. [Robbbert] - at: Implemented AT IDE support [Miodrag Milanovic] hdd boot's now on all except 586 machines - next: add 3 more dumped NeXT bioses (one 68030, two 68040-non-turbo) [Lord Nightmare, Balrog] - upd7725 and upd96050: Implementation of the p0 and p1 output bits as device lines; preliminary implementation of INT input line. This is attempt 2 at this code, and actually links properly. [Lord Nightmare] - at: add pals and proms from IBM 5170 AT [Lord Nightmare, Kevtris] - at: add pals and proms from IBM 5170 AT to 5170 8mhz, and add common ones to 5162 [Lord Nightmare, Kevtris] - megadriv: added proper megacd dumps to the mess driver. [ElBarto] - Added a newer revision of the Xebec S1410 Winchester controller ROM. [Ola Andersson] - Converted Atari Jaguar driver to properly use a stock 68k instead of a 68ec020 [David Haywood] - hector,interact, pce and pc8801 - driver_device conversions [Atari Ace] - Fixed pixel clock in Atari Jaguar (it was previously running at half speed) [Angelo Salese] - a5200: fixed crash when loading carts (bug #2047) [Fabio Priuli] - sgi - moving variables into structs rather than having dozens of individual variables, and makes all drivers call sgi_mc_init [Atari Ace] - sonydriv, apf_apt, oric_tap, td0_dsk, timex_dck, amigacrt, amigakbd, and i82720 - reorganize of variables and calls to be more device-like, to simplify future device conversions. [Atari Ace] - 8530scc: Don't crash on 0 baud divisor (fixes original Apple IIgs Tour) [R.Belmont] - Fixed RP5C01 alarm output. [Curt Coder] - Removed the old incomplete TC8521 emulation, and refactored all drivers to use RP5C01 instead, as it is the same chip. [Curt Coder] - nc100: Removed deprecated serial device and fixed screen size. [Curt Coder] - nc200: Demoted to GNW as it does not boot due to a bug in MC146818 UIP bit. [Curt Coder] - abc802 - Added an earlier revision of the BIOS and a correct dump of the character generator ROM. [robcfg] - apple2gs Implement monochrome double hi-res bit in $C029 - fixes original Your Apple Tour of the Apple IIgs and Apple II DeskTop on early IIgs system disks. [R.Belmont] - lisa - Added correct COP421 ROM dump. [Visual6502 team, Lord Nightmare, Segher] - swtpc - hooked up terminal keyboard, system responds to commands. [Robbbert] - a2600: hooked up softlist [Fabio Priuli] Software Lists: ---------------- - nes.xml: added the long awaited Bio Force Ape dump [thanks to Frank Cifaldi and the Lost Levels guys which made this possible] - 32x.xml: confirmed some dumps and replaced a few sets with proper dumps [ElBarto] - a2600 added softlist containing games whose names start with #-A [Kaylee] Source Changes: ---------------- - The core is based on MAME 0.142u1. This incorporates all features of the update to this core. [MAME team] - Update compiling.htm and howto.htm to latest wiki versions [Justin Kerk] - Fix wimgtool compile with OSD=winui [Justin Kerk] - uiimage.c: added reset of the char input buffer when selecting an entry in the file manager [Fabio Priuli] - softlist.c: rewritten part of the Internal UI handling for softlists to match the code used by the file selector (this will allow more improvements soon). [Fabio Priuli] - softlist.c: softlists entries are now ordered by shortname in the File Manager, so that it's easier to find the set you want to load (first of the promised improvements ;) ). [Fabio Priuli] - softlist.c: simplified softlist navigation (from the internal UI) by catching char inputs and searching for matching names among list shortnames, like in the file selector. [Fabio Priuli] - softlist: moved software list handling (in the Internal UI) to a separate source. [Fabio Priuli] - uiswlist.c: properly made non-clickable the "[compatible lists]" separator entry between main lists and compatible ones. [Fabio Priuli] - uiswlist.c: added a switch to choose between shortname order or description order for softlist entries (in the Internal UI), and adapted the char input code to match shortnames or descriptions accordingly [Fabio Priuli] - cartslot.c/chd_cd.c: added support for a callback function to test softlist sharedfeat (e.g. 'compatibility') and display a warning message accordingly. updated cdi.c as an example [Fabio Priuli] - clifront.c: fixed -listmedia output (extensions were messed up) [Fabio Priuli] - uiimage.c: File Manager now displays the brief name of the image device to make easier to decide where to mount images (see e.g. smssdisp or atom) [Fabio Priuli]

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