Atari_8bit: Altirra v1.6 :: AEP Emulation Page - Emulation News

Version 1.6 (April 25, 2010):

features added

Debugger: Added profiler.
Debugger: Added support for loading CA65 labels.
Debugger: Added verifier to catch possible coding errors.
Debugger: Added support to view extended memory to some commands and panes.
UI: Added option for controlling vertical sync lock.
UI: Added /opengl command line switch.
UI: BASIC ROM is now noted on window caption.
UI: Window position is saved on exit.
UI: Added /debug switch to launch in debugger mode.
UI: Added /f switch for full-screen mode.
UI: Added .car extension to Open Image dialog.
UI: Input maps can now be cloned.
UI: Input maps can now be bound to a specific game controller index.
UI: Create disk dialog now has entries for standard disk formats.
UI: Added ability to paste text from clipboard.
UI: Moved warm reset to F5, bound Help to F6 and Break to F7, and merged Run into F8 to match other emulators.
UI: Added program icon.
Simulator: Added option to fill memory with a psuedorandom pattern on cold boot instead of zeroes.
Simulator: Added support for 65C816 high memory at banks $01-03.
POKEY: Increased playback sampling rate to 44KHz.
POKEY: Added option to toggle non-linear mixing.
POKEY: Added option to toggle individual sound channels.
POKEY: Implemented keyboard overrun bit.
VBXE: Register window can now be switched between $D6xx and $D7xx.
Disk: Added support for 1050 drive dual density format.
Disk: Added support for XF551 drive high speed commands.
GTIA: Added a stronger level of NTSC artifact emulation.

bugs fixed

Fixed command line parsing and added several new switches.
HLE: Fixed math pack issues preventing Atari Basic ATN(), INT(), and SQR() from working.
HLE: Fixed handling of BASIC enable/disable on warm reset.
LLE: Improved math pack implementation.
ANTIC: Playfield DMA wasn´t properly shut off on cold reset.
ANTIC: Improved emulation of mid scan line DMACTL changes.
ANTIC: Reset line now resets position counters.
ANTIC: Emulated single cycle glitch in VCOUNT at the end of a frame.
ANTIC: Implemented delay for changes to CHBASE to take effect.
POKEY: Adjusted timing of STIMER and timer rollovers.
POKEY: Retuned filters and non-linear mixing curve.
POKEY: Fixed behavior of SKSTAT serial overrun bit.
GTIA: Added option for displaying full PAL height when extending display past scan line 239.
GTIA: Fixed display of beam position when single stepping with VBXE enabled.
Debugger: Fixed bug where history window didn´t allow scrolling to the bottom via the slider.
Debugger: History window now always shows last executed instruction.
Debugger: History window now flushes and rebuilds the tree when the history window rolls over.
Debugger: "Toggle read/write breakpoint" in the memory window was using the wrong address.
Debugger: Disassembly window now tracks 65C816 M/X/E state.
Debugger: .history command was using wrong register state for decoding indexed effective addresses.
Debugger: Fixed incorrect index register values in Registers pane in 65C816 emulation mode.
Debugger: Fixed disassembly of JMP (abs,X) and JSR (abs,X) instructions.
CPU: XCE instruction no longer sets M/X bits when staying in native mode.
CPU: Fixed bank used by JML, JMP (abs), and JMP (abs,X) instructions in 65C816 mode.
Disk: Added support for reading broken DD disks that have full 256 byte boot sectors.
Disk: SIO acceleration hook now sets SKCTL correctly.
UI: Fixed issue where full-screen mode didn´t always cover the entire screen.
Simulator: Shortened delay to releasing OPTION on startup.