And again another version has been released, this was mainly a speed
update as stated on the main page of AmiKit, for better performance.
Icons loading up to 3 times faster and system being more responsive in
general.
- UPDATED: AfA_OS - faster icon_lib.exe
- UPDATED: LimpidClock (decreased program's priority to speed up the system)
- UPDATED: Meridian 2.23 (1-Mar-2007)
- UPDATED: microgolded 8 SP 8
- UPDATED: MMKeyboard 3.24 (1-Mar-2007)
- UPDATED: playOGG 6.4d
After only 3 beta versions, WinUAE 1.4.1 has been released.
Major bug fixed: Startup crash introduced in version 1.4.0
Fixed: Yet another bsdsocket crash fix Fixed: ASPI detection ignored NeroASPI, also ASPI detection was improved Fixed: Some interlaced programs had color stripes or wrong colors in right border Fixed: Picasso96 RTG RAM mapping error in non-JIT mode
New: New input targets added (disk swapper, input configuration 1-4) New: Quickstart-mode automatically selects best available CD access mode
New: Master (Windows main volume) volume control added to input targets New: Map "POV Hat"-type joypad control to joystick horizontal and vertical
The amiga emulator WinUAE 1.4.0 has finally been released after several beta versions.
New features:
CDTV emulation, including CD controller, internal SRAM and 64KB SRAM expansion memory card support
More compatible SPTI CD32/CDTV CD support
Advanced Chipset configuration. Miscellaneous model specific
hardware configuration entries like real time clock chip type, CIA-A
TOD clock source, RAMSEY, FAT GARY register emulation
Rewritten harddisk configuration system. No more lost hardfile or virtual directory configuration entries if path was missing
A3000/A4000 motherboard RAM bank support
Added Arcadia bios rom type selection
New Windows Vista-style application icon added
Small CIA and custom chip emulation updates
Bugs fixed:
FPU emulation floating point to integer conversion fixed (proper clamping instead of truncating)
uaeserial.device compatibility improved
New serial port detection didn't detect all types of serial ports
Random sound errors after adjusting sound GUI setting on the fly
Directory filesystem memory leaks fixed and compatibility improved
It was not possible to disable keyboard layout C after enabling it
Sound panel settings were not always enabled correctly
Command line parameter -datapath didn't work
Disk image drag and drop didn't work
Quickstart panel disk swapping is properly delayed again
Some Picasso96 display modes were not available
bsdsocket freeze fix (Aminetradio)
Windows driver Catweasel support works again
"Faster RTG"-mode lockups fixed
External drive sound selection GUI didn't work if fdrawcmd.sys was not installed
AmiKit can now be updated to version 1.3.0 via its Live update feature.
- AmiKit now supports PNG, dual PNG and OS4 icons thanks to Bernd Roesch!
- Directory Opus Magellan II also supports these icons! FINALLY!
- Ken Lester has painted the dual PNG icons for AmiKit!
Many might have noticed that Aminet has been experiencing difficulties with their server over the last weeks. This meant that they had to run Aminet in a restricted mode. That has now been fixed, and everything should therefore be back to normal again.