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0.125

New System Drivers Supported (in no particular order):

Bashkiria-2M (not fully operational) [Miodrag Milanovic]
BK 0010/0010.01 [Miodrag Milanovic]
Bondwell 2 (not working) [Tomas Karlsson]
COMX 35 (not working) [Curt Coder]
Dick Smith Super-80 with VDUEB (original version) [Robbbert]
KOEI PasoGo (not working) [Peter Trauner]
Orion 128/Z80 Card II/Pro[Miodrag Milanovic]
Pentagon (not fully operational)[Miodrag Milanovic]

System Driver Changes:
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[ABC80] Fixed so that it boots and keyboard works. [Robbbert]
[APPLE2] Changed slot system to be implemented as MAME devices. [Nate
Woods]
[BK] Added cassette loading [Miodrag Milanovic]
[BW2] Added MSM6255 LCD controller emulation. [Curt Coder]
[CBM, C16] Simplified keyboard and interrupt handling code. [Fabio Priuli]
[C64] Fixed some timings in c64 pal. [Roberto Zandonà]
[C64] Partial input fix, joystick 2 still not working. (bug #1150) [Roberto
Zandonà]
[C64] Implentation of sprite wrapping at the top of the screen. (bug #1599)
[Roberto Zandonà]
[COCO/COCO3] Transitioned Bitbanger and VHD support to use MAME´s core
device system. [Nate Woods]
[COUPE] Rewrote interrupt handling and screen handling, fixes line
interrupts. [Dirk Best]
[COUPE] Added natural keyboard support. [Dirk Best]
[COUPE] Added support for the SAD and SDF disk image formats, as well as
720k CP/M images. [Dirk Best]
[COUPE] Added support for up to four 1 MB memory expansions. [Dirk Best]
[ELECTRON] Fixed corrupt text in Mode 3. [Robbbert]
[EP128] Merged ex128 and ex128a drivers, to use alternate BIOSes. [Fabio
Priuli]
[GENESIS] Clean and speed up SSF2 banking [Cowering]
[GENESIS] Add automatic support for many ´pirate´ carts (thanks to Haze for
them) [Cowering]
[IBMPC,IBM5150] Renamed ibmpc driver to ibm5150. [Wilbert Pol]
[LISA] Fixed serial number read. (bug #1583) [Gilles Fetis]
[MBEE] Added quikload support for COM and MWB filetypes. Added LOCK key to
keyboard. [Robbbert]
[ORION] Added cassete loading [Miodrag Milanovic]
[PC] Fixed error reporting when loading non-existant images. [Nate Woods]
[PC] Fixed cursor blinking. (bug #1096) [Wilbert Pol]
[PCJR] Various improvements, promoted from TESTDRIVER. [Wilbert Pol]
[QL] Converted ZX8301/2 into devices, and fixed system halting. [Curt Coder]
[SCORPION] IO map is fixed, and NMI for service mode added[Miodrag Milanovic]
[SPECIAL] Added Erik clone, and fixed bank switch problem [Miodrag Milanovic]
[SPECTRUM] Split into multiple drivers and cleanup [Miodrag Milanovic]
[SPECTRUM] IO maps are done in proper way [Miodrag Milanovic]
[SPECTRUM] Homebrew ROMs are now selectable BIOSes instead of separate
drivers. [Miodrag Milanovic]
[SVI318] UART fix. [Tomas Karlsson]
[T1000HX] Fixed bug #1130. [Wilbert Pol]
[THOMSON] Fixed crashes with non-default ram sizes. (bug #1443) [Antoine
Mine]
[TMC2000] System is now working. [Curt Coder]
[TI99] Natural keyboard fix. [Fabio Priuli]
[TUTOR] Changed joystick to use keypad instead of arrow keys by default.
[Fabio Priuli]
[VECTREX] Fixed bug #1569 [Mathis Rosenhauer]

User Interface Changes:
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Fixed bug in file selector that could cause paths to contain extraneous
separators. (bug #1595) [Nate Woods]
Shift+ScrollLock now triggers a paste command. [Nate Woods]
Fixed file manager navigation keys. (bug #1600) [Nate Woods]
[Windows] Made -nonewui default. Depending on the reaction this spawns,
the newui may be removed in the future. [Nate Woods]
[Windows] Fixed "Configure..." dialog problem when customizing certain
system´s controllers. (bugs #1570, #1573) [Nate Woods]
[Windows] Reduced flickering in input configuration dialog. [Nate Woods]
[Windows UI] Updated MESS icon, logo and other artwork (Asterokid, MAMEPlus
team, Hobie Troxell)
[Windows UI] Fixed custom filters dialog. (bugs #1561, #1574) [Nate Woods]

Imgtool Changes:
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Source Changes:
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The core is based on MAME 0.125. This incorporates all features of the
update to this core. [MAME team]
Major changes to transition MESS´s device system onto MAME´s device system.
[Nate Woods]
Converted printers, snapshots and quickloads to the new device system.
[Nate Woods]
Fixed memory bug in the hash file parsing code that could cause problems in
debug builds. [Nate Woods]
Converted CDP1861 and CDP1864 display controllers to devices. [Curt Coder]
Updated WD17xx floppy implementation; busy signal is now set correctly.
[Miodrag Milanovic]
Clarified error message when MESS fails to load because of a device that is
expected to be present. (bug #1493) [Nate Woods]
Created a ´dumpkbd´ debugger command to dump all natural keyboard info.
[Nate Woods]
Fixed a regression in natural keyboard support that could cause certain keys
to not be recognized. (bug #1564) [Nate Woods]
Converted HD63450 DMA controller to the new device system. [Barry Rodewald]
New MESS specific OSD call: osd_get_clipboard_text(). [Nate Woods]
Changed Apple FDC/IWM implementation to be a MAME device. This affects the
Apple II, Apple III, Apple IIgs, Lisa and Mac drivers. [Nate Woods]