MESS v0.143u3 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.

MESS v0.143u3 Changelog:

0.143u3 New System Drivers Supported: ----------------------------- - Olympia PHC-2 [Kaylee Smith] - Sanyo MPC-64 [Kaylee Smith] - Yeno MX64 [Kaylee Smith] Systems Promoted from GAME_NOT_WORKING: --------------------------------------- - tk80: added LED display, i8255, keyboard, marked as working. [Robbbert] - pc1512: Rewrote the VDU, driver is now fully working. [Curt Coder] - cybiko: Promoted Cybiko V1/V2/Xtreme from GAME_NOT_WORKING. [Tim Schuerewegen] Skeleton drivers: ----------------- - Digelec/Wavetek model 804/EP804 [balrog, Lord Nightmare] - Iskra-3104 [temaperm,anasana] - Uzebox [Miodrag Milanovic] System Driver Changes: ---------------------- - cybiko: systems now start up and look for flash image [Tim Schuerewegen, R. Belmont] - ti99: RS232 connection working with hardware handshaking, up to 38400 baud in both directions. Added configuration option for different cable layouts. [Michael Zapf] - msx.c: Fixed loading of regular cartridges. [Wilbert Pol] - digel804: fix rom loading to pass verify; add a note about the beeper. mask i/o address area to 8 bits. [Lord Nightmare, smf] - mac: Working NuBus. 2 working cards are available initially: the existing RasterOps board is now a proper NuBus device, and the Apple 4*8 Graphics Card is available for faster booting. [R. Belmont] - ep804/digel804: fixed clock (was at double speed), hooked up speaker, figured out most of what reading i/o 0x43 does. [Lord Nightmare] - digel804: Figured out LED outputs, figured out keypad inputs [Lord Nightmare] - mac: added emulation of Moniterm Viking 1024x758 monochrome video card [R. Belmont] - digel804: Hook up ACIA; add proper mirrors to i/o areas; hook up ram banking (still has some issues needing to be worked out); document what a whole lot more of the i/o bits do. [Lord Nightmare] - kc: Updated bankswitch to allow the kc85_5 to boot. [Sandro Ronco] - pc1512: Fixed keyboard interface, pc1512v2 boots now. [Curt Coder] - amstrad.c: Refactored Multiface II support to be an expansion device. [Barry Rodewald] - msx.c: Added support for software lists. [Wilbert Pol] - mac: add 824gc NuBus video card (Apple 8*24 unaccelerated) [R. Belmont] - mac: Fixed constructor weirdness for 48gc/824gc, gave video cards human-readable names [R. Belmont] - sorcerer: Added floppy-disk support. CP/M works. [Robbbert] - mac: WIP on accelerated SuperMac Spectrum PDQ video card. This card works fine in B&W and 16 color modes (where it is not accelerated). 256 colors w/ acceleration partially works but the blitter is not all figured out yet. [R. Belmont] - mac: added VRAM mirror to fix the vikbw card under System 7 [R. Belmont] - mac: Added full emulation of Apple Hi-Resolution video card [R. Belmont] - mac: Preliminary emulation of SuperMac Spectrum 8 Series III video card [Jonathan Gevaryahu, R. Belmont] - intv : Added stic background buffering [Huygens] Added bus hiding during active display - mac: m2hires and vikbw ignore the top 4 address bits and thus are compatible with macii -bios 1 [R. Belmont] - mac: Preliminary work on Asante MC3B Ethernet card and DP8390x chip [R. Belmont] - intv: Minor timing changes [Huygens] Hooked up the Intellivoice module Software Lists: ---------------- - snes.xml: Added more dumps. Moved special chip description to an 'enhancement' feature. [Messfan] - pc1512/1640: Added some French floppies to softlist. [philippe] - msx1_cart.xml, msx2_cart.xml: Created initial cartridge software lists. [Wilbert Pol] - Added Apple Lisa 2 softlist [Kaylee] - coco_cart.xml: added better dump for canyon climber [Tim Lindner] Source Changes: ---------------- - Fix for the hlsl scanline jitter effect [nimitz] - Fix hlsl phosphor decay [nimitz] - H8: many more "S" opcodes, Lost in Labyrinth now runs [R. Belmont] - Add preliminary hookup of 10937 VFD controller chip, which very badly needs to be rewritten as a proper device. Add notes about i/o map. [Lord Nightmare] - h8: rewrote H8S/2xxx 8-bit and 16-bit timers. [Tim Schuerewegen] - hashfile.h: fixed parent .hsi files not being used by clones [Fabio Priuli]

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