BupSystem 0.9.6.3 |
2020-5-27 |
Added
- Separate menu item icons for Aero themes.
- Support for using the menu in Full Screen Mode.
- Optional confirmation when erasing the cartridge history.
- Multiple file support for Drag 'n Drop.
Cleanup
- All menu item icons redrawn in monochrome.
- Custom images are a little more considerate of system metrics.
- Disabled menu items could still be triggered in Full Screen Mode using their accelerator keys.
- Adjustments in the Color Dialog are now shown whether or not a cartridge is loaded.
- Disabled mouse cursor autohiding while the Color Dialog is visible.
- Corrected longstanding GDI Resource leaks in the Input and Joystick Disconnected Dialogs.
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BupSystem 0.9.6.2 |
2020-5-2 |
Added
- Upgraded to Visual C++ 6.0 SP5 + Processor Pack.
- Optimization now favors Pentium Pro.
- EXRAM support for 32K cartridges.
- SUBPAR and SUBLET variants of SOUPER cartridges.
- SST39SF040 (512KB NOR Flash) for SUBLET cartridges.
- Cartridge type guessing when loading Binary Files (*.bin).
- Sorted history of recently played cartridges and persistent file filters.
- Execution pause, resume, and frame step.
- Menu item icons.
Cleanup
- Sally's clock multiplier was accidentally grouped with save state data.
- Rendering is now skipped when a cartridge isn't running.
- Moved console region selection into its own menu.
- Changed default cartridge format to Atari 7800 File (*.a78).
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BupSystem 0.9.6.1 |
2019-8-26 |
Added
- Full Screen Mode toggle on double-click.
- Upgraded to JoyFish v0.8.6.1.
Cleanup
- Improved keyboard navigation in dialogs, button focus and ordering is much friendlier.
- Input assignment procedures can now be aborted by pressing Esc.
- Full Screen Mode was overwriting the user's window dimensions.
- EXFIX segment in SUPER cartridges wasn't enabled for *.a78 files.
- AutoSave feature wasn't working if an XBoard was installed.
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BupSystem 0.9.6.0 |
2019-8-1 |
Added
- EMPTY cartridge support.
- RIOT edge detection on PA7 support.
- VCS compatible memory map support via INPTCTRL's MEN bit.
- TIA INPT0 - INPT3 ground path and INPT4 - INPT5 latch support.
- EXRAM sizing support for 32K and SUPER cartridges.
- Unmapped $4000 - $7FFF region support for SUPER cartridges.
- Brightness and Contrast sliders to the Color Dialog.
- Graphics API (GAPI) abstraction layer and NULL Render Path.
- Drag 'n Drop loading support for cartridges and snapshots.
- Upgraded to JoyFish v0.8.6.0.
Cleanup
- Default settings now favor accuracy rather than performance.
- Disabling EXT only held A15 and A14 low on cartridge accesses rather than A15, A14, and A12.
- Maria's palette registers aren't readable, no matter which addressing mode you use.
- Input merging feature now allows the Left or Right Triggers to be read in single button mode.
- RIOT's timer was stopping after its second underflow instead of continuing to decrement.
- Sally's ABS,X and ABS,Y reads now perform dummy accesses on page boundaries.
- Sally's ABS,X and ABS,Y writes are now five cycles long and perform dummy accesses.
- XBoard is now installed by default, but will remain "asleep" until XCTRL is written to.
- Overhauled Pokey's audio implementation, still not perfect but significantly less bad.
- Reduced the maximum size of ABSOLUTE cartridges to 64KB.
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BupSystem 0.9.5.4 |
2018-11-1 |
Added
- Commandline loading support (BupSystem [Cartridge]).
- Atari 7800 File (*.a78) loading support.
- Binary File (*.bin) loading support.
- Upgraded to JoyFish v0.8.5.3.
Cleanup
- Resources and configuration data now stored relative to BupSystem's actual location on disk.
- Save state format now includes version tags.
- Filter selections moved into their own popup menu.
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BupSystem 0.9.5.3 |
2018-4-18 |
Added
- Aspect Ratio choices expanded to Television, Square Pixels, and Stretch to Fit.
- Upgraded to JoyFish v0.8.5.2.
Cleanup
- Screen Saver and Monitor Power Down now disabled while running.
- Several Direct3D 9 performance enhancements for faster texture updates.
- Display surface is now a system component rather than part of Maria's module.
- Increased BupBoop 1.2.2cz's patch and music stack depths from four entries to sixteen.
- Difficulty Switch labels now match Atari's nomenclature : Beginner (Left) and Advanced (Right).
- Difficulty Switches' positions were implemented... ugh, backwards.
- Moved Maria's DMA setup and first DLL fetch back to the first active line.
- Maria now uses a fixed render abort offset whether or not the current line is the last of a display region.
- Maria's DMA shutdown procedure is now allowed to overflow into the next scanline.
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BupSystem 0.9.5.2 |
2017-12-27 |
Added
- Automatic input configuration support.
- Upgraded to JoyFish v0.8.5.1.
Cleanup
- Input dialog now highlights each button's mapping field when pressed or reassigning.
- Maria's line counters and MSTAT now update at the end of DMA rather than at the end of a scanline.
- Moved Maria's DMA setup and first DLL fetch to the last line of VBL rather than prefixing the first active line.
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BupSystem 0.9.5.1 |
2017-10-2 |
Added
- List of detected joysticks now displayed after a manual rescan.
- XInput support.
Cleanup
- Maria's Display Lists now terminated by (0 == (DL_PW & $5F)) rather than (0 == DL_PW).
- Joystick auto rescanning would never trigger from a cold start if multiple joysticks were connected.
- Joystick auto rescan interval reduced from four to two seconds.
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BupSystem 0.9.5.0 |
2017-7-23 |
Added
- BIOS support and BIOS section in HTML Help.
- Preliminary support for the system control register.
- Mouse cursor autohiding in Full Screen Mode.
- Entries in the Troubleshooting section pertaining to accuracy.
Cleanup
- TIA now has collision register read residue instead of open bus.
- Split Sally's emulation into fetch and execute phases to fudge timing a little better.
- Maria's NTSC and PAL menu listings now include their respective frequencies.
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BupSystem 0.9.4.2 |
2017-2-23 |
Added
- Light Pen and Light Gun input using the mouse.
- EXRAM/A8 support for 32K cartridges.
- Small (320x240) and Large (960x720) window size presets.
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BupSystem 0.9.4.1 |
2016-12-13 |
Added
Cleanup
- Improved Direct3D 9 recovery upon device loss or internal driver error.
- Maria's Triple Bandwidth Mode wasn't indicating whether or not it was enabled.
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BupSystem 0.9.4.0 |
2016-10-8 |
Added
Cleanup
- Improved performance by merging the active display and overscan buffers.
- Renamed NTSC Aspect Ratio to TV Aspect Ratio.
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BupSystem 0.9.3.2 |
2016-7-12 |
Added
- Optional support for Pontus Oldberg's XBoard.
- Troubleshooting section in HTML Help.
Cleanup
- Reworked Maria's DMA timing to better match hardware sprite tearing behavior.
- Cartridges can now respond to reads and writes throughout the entire address range.
- Window placement is no longer discarded when entering or exiting full screen mode.
- Save State format reworked for improved file verification and size.
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BupSystem 0.9.3.1 |
2016-6-29 |
Added
- Pokey support for 32K and SUPER mappers.
Cleanup
- Left and Right Trigger inputs now merged in single button mode, this can be optionally disabled.
- Maria's linebuffers now only swap and clear when rendering is enabled at the start of a scanline.
- TIA's audio output reduced to (2/3) of its original amplitude to prevent clipping.
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BupSystem 0.9.3.0 |
2016-6-21 |
Added
- Upgraded to BupBoop 1.2.1cz.
- Cycle-based audio pusher, sample playback is now supported.
Cleanup
- Overscan on the left and right sides of the screen in NTSC Aspect Ratio were swapped.
- Builds now optimized for speed rather than just using the default optimization settings.
- Maria graphic fetches only wrap within a page in character mode, direct reads perform a full address increment.
- Open bus reads now return the last driven state on the first read, subsequent reads are logically OR'd with $1B.
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BupSystem 0.9.2.9 |
2016-6-8 |
Added
- Open bus behavior (reads return the last driven state).
- Sally undocumented instructions.
- Sally slow cycle penalties when accessing TIA or RIOT.
- History section in HTML Help.
Cleanup
- Maria is now allowed to read herself.
- Maria now waits 32 clocks (@7.16MHz) into a scanline before taking the bus from Sally.
- TIA and RIOT mirroring were way off.
- RIOT's prescaler was running one extra tick upon reset.
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BupSystem 0.9.2.5 |
2016-5-27 |
Initial Release
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