MESS v0.149 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 v0.149 Changelog:

0.149 ------- MAMETesters Bugs Fixed ---------------------- - 05127: [Misc.] (paso1600.c) paso1600: Invalid read of size 4 (Robbbert) - 05160: [Crash/Freeze] (thomson.c) to8, to8d: Access Violation with "-ramsize 262144 -cart 6809ass2" (Wilbert Pol) New System Drivers Supported: ----------------------------- - Otrona Attache [Al Kossow, Barry Rodewald] Systems Promoted from GAME_NOT_WORKING: --------------------------------------- - BOB-85 [Robbbert] - SSE SoftBox [Curt Coder, Mike Naberezny] Skeleton drivers: ----------------- (none) Software Lists: ---------------- -horizon.xml: Added floppy images. [Dave Dunfield, Andrew Lynch] -cpc_flop.xml: added the available SPS release. [Kaylee] -softlist: added list for Otrona Attache disks. [Kaylee] -vsmile.xml: added new German dumps. [TeamEurope] -hx20: Added floppy software list. [Curt Coder] -softbox: Added floppy software list. [Mike Naberezny] -qx10: Added floppy software list. [Curt Coder] -ep64_cart.xml: Added cartridge software list. [Curt Coder] -ep64_cass.xml: Added preliminary cassette software list. [Guru, Curt Coder] -ep64_flop.xml: Added floppy images. [Curt Coder] -ti99_cart.xml: Almost all cartridges available. [Michael Zapf] Source Changes -------------- -superslave: Refactored serial terminal to connect to an RS-232 port. [Curt Coder] -mpz80: Fixed terminal. [Curt Coder] -Added RS-232 ports to several drivers. [Curt Coder] -vk100/vt100: Added RS-232 port and COM5016T baud rate generator. [Curt Coder] -atarist: Added RS-232 and MIDI ports. [Curt Coder] -sdk86: Added serial terminal. [Curt Coder] -ql: Added RS-232 ports. [Curt Coder] -psxcd: fix cdda [Carl, Dr. Venom] -votrtnt: Added serial terminal [Robbbert] -68ksbc: Added serial terminal [Robbbert] -applix: Major improvements, system is mostly working [Robbbert] -altos5: Major improvements [Robbbert] -sms/gamegear: Various improvements [Fabio Priuli] * Converted cart handling and mappers to use slot devices * Simplified bios and cart bankswitch mechanism * Added save state support to both systems * Removed on-cart EEPROM from main gamegear now that it can be properly implemented on carts which have it * Added support for the card slot to Master System I console; use the -card switch to load Sega Card/MyCard dumps in the emulated system * Added backward compatibility to SG-1000 Mark III, for SG-1000 games * Made LCD persistence hack optional (ON by default, it can be turned OFF from Driver Configuration submenu) * Reduced tagmap lookups all across the driver * Updated the systems to rely on xml only for RAM/NVRAM when loading from softlist -Ignore unformatted tracks in dsk files [smf] -td0_dsk: add new floppy system support for teledisk [Carl] -ehx20: Added slave CPU ROM dump. [Kevtris] -sg1000: converted the driver to use the new sega 8bit cart slot. [Fabio Priuli] -sg1000: added emulation of the Card Catcher passthrough cart. [Fabio Priuli] -gba: updated the driver to use slot devices for carts and removed on-cart flash ram devices from main gba now that they can be properly implemented on carts which have them [Fabio Priuli] -gba: made save states more robust. [Fabio Priuli] -nes: fixed nvram mirroring in Family Circuit '91 (Namcot-175 board), the game still has some issue when saving to NVRAM. [Fabio Priuli] -intv: converted the STIC video chip emulation to be a device. [Fabio Priuli] -sp0256: modernized the SP0256 Narrator Speech Processor sound device. [Fabio Priuli] -intv.c: added support for save states to all systems of this driver. [Fabio Priuli] -coleco: added missing input-related variables to save states, which should now work. [Fabio Priuli] -pasogo.c: Added readme. [Guru] -qx10.c: Hook keyboard up to serial controller [Carl] -pce.c: converted carts to use slot devices [Fabio Priuli] -pce.c: moved the cd addon to be a separate device. now save states work in the driver for HuCard games, not yet for CD games. [Fabio Priuli] -pv1000.c: modernized the sound device and added save state support. [Fabio Priuli] -scv.c: simplified input reading and added save state support [Fabio Priuli] -softbox: Promoted driver to working. [Curt Coder, Mike Naberezny] -Fixed IEEE-488 bus reset on Commodore drives. [Curt Coder] -enterp: modernized the Dave sound chip. [Fabio Priuli] -softbox: Added Corvus hard disk. [Curt Coder, Mike Naberezny] -pet: Implemented SoftBox IEEE-488 peripheral mode, where a PET computer is used as terminal. [Curt Coder, Mike Naberezny] -enterp: converted the Nick Graphics Chip to be a device. [Fabio Priuli] -Fix for Apollo PIC8259 breakage [Hans Ostermeyer] -gba.c: simplified video code, removing many redundancies. [Fabio Priuli] -abc80x, abc1600: Added Luxor ABC keyboard port slot interface. [Curt Coder] -softbox: Added CP/M hard disk installation instructions. [Mike Naberezny] -pet8032: Fixed lowercase mode. [Mike Naberezny] -concept: added stub implementation for the expansion slots as slot devices in place of previous outdated custom one. [Fabio Priuli] -Corrected pitch and readback behavior for the ALF Apple Music II, and noted it's the same as the ALF AM1. [R. Belmont] -BOB85: fixed Next key, enabled pasting with standard trainer keys, marked as working [Robbbert] -softbox: Fixed LEDs. [Mike Naberezny] -Modernized MEA 8000 sound device. [Fabio Priuli] -Modernized the Mac Sound device. [Fabio Priuli] -Modernized uPD1771c sound device. [Fabio Priuli] -gizmondo: converted the GF4500 to be a device. [Fabio Priuli] -ip22: converted the SGI Newport graphics board to be a device. [Fabio Priuli] -enterp: Added Guru-readme and fixed setnames. [Guru] -Modernized MC68328 (DragonBall) device. [Fabio Priuli] -pc.c: Added t1000sl2. Hooked up the Tandy 1000 character rom to the other Tandy 1000 drivers. Reimplemented Tandy 1000 ROM banking according to the schematics. [Cowering, Wilbert Pol] -Modernized VT100/Rainbow video device. [Fabio Priuli] -Modernized VIC3 video device. [Fabio Priuli] -Modernized uPD71071 DMA device. [Fabio Priuli] -Modernized DS1315 clock device. [Fabio Priuli] -dsk_dsk: Fixed incorrect sector size bug preventing standard DSK images from working. [Barry Rodewald] -Modernized Samsung S3C44B0 device. [Fabio Priuli] -Modernized AY-3-1015 device. [Fabio Priuli] -bml3.c [jedwidz] * improved keyboard * improved video * disk support -megadriv: emulated protection for 16 Mahjong Tiles II and Tekken Special [EkeEke, Fabio Priuli] -ep64: Modernized the Enterprise 64/128 driver. [Curt Coder] -pet8032: Fixed natural keyboard. [Mike Naberezny] -marked Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance, Game Gear, Intellivision, Lynx, Master System, MegaDrive / Genesis, NES / Famicom, Neo Geo Pocket, Neo Geo Pocket Color, PV-1000, Super Cassette Vision, Super NES / Super Famicom, Wonderswan and Wonderswan Color as supporting save states. PC-Engine supports save states too, but only for HuCard games and not for CDs. Please report issues with save and restore in these systems, if any, to MameTesters. [Fabio Priuli] -ql: Added Merlin Tonto ROM dumps. [Ash Evans] -pet4032: Fixed natural keyboard. [Mike Naberezny] -terminal: Fixed natural keyboard. [Mike Naberezny] -n64: improved PIF / RDRAM initialization [Joe] -wangpc: Use medium resolution video controller by default. [Curt Coder] -ti99: Added a new cartridge type "gromemu" for GROM emulators

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