- Added support for Direct3D pixel shader filters (very fast compared
to software filters, pixel shader 2.0+ compatible display card
required), plain Direct3D filter performance improved.
Latest (August 2008 or later) DirectX required.
- In windowed mode all resolution or chipset/RTG mode switches
resize the window instead of window closing and opening.
- Aspect ratio setting added to RTG and filter panels.
- Window resize enabled in windowed mode (chipset mode).
- Added Picasso96 option "Always scale in windowed mode" which enables
window resizing and disables automatic resize. Keeps aspect ratio
automatically.
- Only reset fullscreen mode when resolution or depth changes.
- On the fly USB mouse/joystick insert/removal does not modify
currently selected input device(s) in Ports-panel.
- Enable ini-mode (registry replacement) if .ini
(without .exe) is found. Previously always used winuae.ini.
And more. Originally 1.5.1 was planned to be "1.5.0 bug fix" update only...
- Failed to start with some display card/driver combinations.
- Regular (non-RDB) OFS formatted hardfiles didnīt mount under KS 1.3.
- Memory corruption in configuration file handling causing random
crashes when loading or saving configuration files.
- Configuration files in subdirectories didnīt load if configuration
cache was enabled.
- RTG hardware mouse cursor may have been invisible (or had
wrong graphics) in some cases after resolution change.
- Switching between non-interlaced and interlaced modes caused random
"scanline" graphics corruption.
- Built-in HRTMon crashed in JIT modes.
- Interlace modes fixed in "normal" (non-doubled/scanline) modes.
- Fixed borderblank graphics corruption in interlaced modes.
- Fixed possible crashes when switching Windows desktop resolution or
when using quick user switching.
- "Kickstart Replacement" fixed.
- PCMCIA SRAM emulation didnīt work in memory expansion mode.
- Emulation paused if "stop sound while inactive/minimzed" was enabled.
- Improved directory filesystem statefile support.
- AVI recording crash if only audio recording was enabled.
- Native DLL support fixed.
- Forced fullscreen refresh rates didnīt work in some cases.
- Multiple identical (same serial number) USB game controllers do not
confuse input system anymore.
- Major blitter slowdown in some AGA modes.
- ADF was not updated if disk write was aborted (Cadaver save disk)
- Crash when USB mouse/joystick was removed or inserted before
emulation was started.
The Retro Computer Museum is a new project launched in the UK by Andy Spencer. The project is to create a retro computer and console museum in the UK based in Leicestershire.
The idea behind the museum is to archives the history of computer and console video gaming through the use of real working machines, allowing visitors to the museum a hands on experience, so they can play and interact with the games and real machines throughout the history of computing.
Where is the project at so far?
The Retro Computer Museum is still being developed. At the moment the machines to be displayed and used in the final museum are still being collected. Already over 50 working computers and consoles are in the museum's collection ready to be included. Many of these were kindly donated to to the project for inclusion, and if anyone else has some retro computers or consoles they wish to donate for inclusion at the museum please contact Andy at the email address below for further details.
Open Day.
An open day is being held on Sunday 16th November 2008 to see how popular the idea of this museum is going to be. If you live near to Leicestershire please come along to show your support and also to chat with the people behind the project and to share your thoughts and ideas about it.
The Open day is being held at the Swannington Village Hall, near to Coalville in Leicestershire in the UK (directions to be added).
There will be around 20 working systems at the open day including Sinclair Spectrums, Commodore 64s and Amigas, Amstrad CPC464, Sega consoles, Nintendo consoles, and some others to play on!
Website.
A website for the museum is already up and running at http://www.retrocomputermuseum.co.uk Please visit to see more of the project and what it is trying to achieve. The website already has extensive information about the machines already collected together for inclusion, and also contains a forum where you can post your support or offer ideas and suggestions.
Classicamiga would like to wish Andy luck with this project. We hope that the open day attracts a lot of vistors who will enjoy the event and also share their ideas and thoughts about the project.
Individual Computers have moved to a new address and also new drivers for the CatWeasel MK4 have been released.
The new drivers V 2.5.0.0 for Windows 2000 and Windows XP (32-bit
versions) are fixing a few bugs in handling 5,25 inch drives. The new
imagetool V3.1 can now read and write three new formats:
VersaDOS HD
these
disks have been provided by Perfint tech from India. They are used to
store medical imaging data. With new, faster computers now being able
to retrieve data from older medical equipment, lots of money can be
saved, and up-to-date medical service with modern image processing
algorithms can be provided at lower cost. We're especially happy about
this use case, as it has extremely high value to threshold countries.
VersaDOS 3HDDI
these disks have been provided to us
by Matisa from Switzerland, a company that makes machines for railroad
track construction and maintenance. The disk was mangled and obviously
written on a very bad drive, but we managed to retrieve enough data for
implementing this new format.
HP4145
this disk was provided to us by Bosch (Hildesheim, Germany), where it is used in semiconductor test-equipment.
Another new feature of the
imagetool is the possibility to save d64/d71/d81 images of Commodore
disks with additional error information. The automatic recognition of
disk formats now gives a list of possible formats instead of stopping
at the first positive try, which makes the function a lot more useful.
Hyperion announces AmigaOS 4.1. Link to the main page of Hyperion is here.
Antwerp, Belgium - 11 July, 2008.
Hyperion Entertainment is very pleased to announce that Amiga OS 4.1
has gone into final testing and is scheduled for release mid-Q3/2008.
Building on the solid foundations of Amiga OS 4.0, Amiga OS 4.1
introduces a wealth of substantial new functionality which is a
prerequisite for the deployment of industry standard applications on
the Amiga platform.
State-of-the-art applications such as modern web-browsers, productivity
software or digital imaging software typically operate on large
datasets with a corresponding memory footprint which rapidly outstrips
the physical memory of any computer system. Amiga OS 4.1 offers
intelligent memory paging and uses transparent disk based memory - but
only when you need it.
Sophisticated media content creation packages, multimedia applications
such as video players and 3D games have sparked a revolution in storage
technology with hard-drive capacities now reaching the terabyte range.
Amiga OS 4.1 introduces an all new filesystem, JXFS, the fastest and
most robust filesystem available for the Amiga platform, with support
for drives and partitions of multiple terabytes.
Graphics cards too have become increasingly powerful and versatile.
Amiga OS 4.1 implements 3D hardware accelerated Porter/Duff image
composition which is deeply integrated into the system. The upside is
not only that the Amiga OS 4.1 user-interface offers unprecedented
functionality and customization options such as transparent windows
with arbitrary shapes. The use of a compositing engine also results in
totally flicker-free screen-updates.
Building on this compositing engine is Amiga OS 4.1's implementation of
the "Cairo" device-independent 2D rendering library which has become a
de facto industry standard and is used in applications as diverse as
Firefox 3, Java/ClassPath's SWING and even Open Office.
With these new features, Amiga OS 4.1 paves the way for countless
exciting possibilities for the Amiga platform. Indeed, Amiga OS 4.1 is
not only the most advanced AmigaOS incarnation to date, it is also the
best way to reacquaint
yourself with times when computing was fun!
A non-exhaustive list of key new functionality of Amiga OS 4.1:
* Intelligent memory paging
* Hardware compositing engine (Radeon R1xx and R2xx family)
* Implementation of the "Cairo" device-independent 2D rendering library
* Picture Transfer Protocol (PTP) support for greater digital camera compatibility
* JXFS filesystem with the support for drivers and partitions of multiple terabyte si
* Improved Workbench functionality
* New and improved DOS functionality (full 64 bit support, universal
notification support, automatic expunge and reload of updated disk
resources)
* Improved 3D hardware accelerated screen-dragging
* Reworked AmiDock with true transparency
* Reworked Warp3D Radeon drivers with new functionality
* And much, much more.
Required hardware: AmigaOne
Required graphics card for hardware compositing: Radeon 1xx or Radeon 2xx
Recommend graphics card: Radeon 9250
Amiga OS 4.1 will ship in a cardboard package (box preview) and will be
distributed world-wide by Acube Systems Srl. Details on pricing and
availability will be forthcoming.
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