fuse-emulator-announce — Announcements of new versions, major changes etc to Fuse (the Free Unix Spectrum Emulator), the Fuse utilities and libspectrum, the ZX Spectrum file-format handling library.

[fuse-emulator-announce] Fuse 1.6.0 released

[Fredrick M. <fr...@sp...>]

A new release of Fuse, the Free Unix Spectrum Emulator, is now available at the SourceForge project:

https://sourceforge.net/projects/fuse-emulator/

Highlights of this release include:
Add TTX2000S emulation
Experimental PulseAudio sound driver
Fix activation of joystick and IF2 peripherals when loading a snapshot
GTK/Win32: New higher resolution keyboard picture on GTK and win32 UIs
GTK: Add Fuse icon to the about dialog and the main window
GTK: Load/save binary dialog remembers last values
GTK 3: Improve moving and sizing Fuse's window under Wayland
GTK 3: Fix kempston mouse values on Wayland
GTK 3: Fix bug when resizing from 2x to 3x
SDL: Fix crash when using dispmanx backend on the Raspberry Pi
SDL: Allow forcing fullscreen mode when SDL doesn't report available screen modes
WidgetUI: New dialog to load/save binary data
WidgetUI: Enable HOME and END keys in menus
WidgetUI: Use monospaced characters on memory browser
WidgetUI: Fix crash when trying to overwrite read-only files
Win32: Fix bitwise operation in debugger
Xlib: Try to keep graphic filter when the user resize the window
Fix display corruption with HQ 3x scaler
Fix antialiasing effect of AdvMAME3x scaler
Add 4x, TV 4x, Pal TV 4x and HQ 4x scalers on GTK, SDL, win32 and Xlib UIs
Allow screenshots with TV 3x, PAL TV and Timex 1.5x scalers
Various minor bugfixes
Many thanks to everyone who's contributed to this release. Source code and binaries for Windows are currenly available on the SourceForge site; compiled binaries for various other platforms should become available in the next few days.

Fred

[fuse-emulator-announce] Fuse 1.5.7 released

[Fredrick M. <fr...@sp...>]

A new release of Fuse, the Free Unix Spectrum Emulator, is now available at the SourceForge project:

https://sourceforge.net/projects/fuse-emulator/

Highlights of this release include:
GTK+ 3: Make the offset entry wider in memory browser
GTK+: Remove duplicated surface creation code
GTK+: Remove use of deprecated gtk_device_(un)grab functions
GTK+/Win32: Add *.bin as an allowed filetype to file selectors and amend .fmf filetype
Improve Fuse's Kempston mouse handling under GTK+ 3.x
"Save binary" command can now save 65536 bytes again (regression introduced in 1.5.6)
Various minor bugfixes
Many thanks to everyone who's contributed to this release. Source code and binaries for Windows are currenly available on the SourceForge site; compiled binaries for various other platforms should become available in the next few days.

Fred

[fuse-emulator-announce] Fuse 1.5.6 released

[Fredrick M. <fr...@sp...>]

A new release of Fuse, the Free Unix Spectrum Emulator, is now available at the SourceForge project:

https://sourceforge.net/projects/fuse-emulator/

Highlights of this release include:
Z80 flags register is now correct after SCF and CCF
"Variant" Alkatraz loaders (e.g. Gauntlet 3 and Shadow Dancer), "Variant" Search Loader programs (e.g. Lotus Esprit Turbo Challenge and Space Crusade) and Dinaload loaders (e.g. Astro Marine Corps) are now accelerated
More improvements disabling phantom typist after finishing loading TAP or standard ROM TZX files
Saving and loading binary data no longer increments tstate count or triggers breakpoints
Stop RZX playback/recording on machine reset/change
Various minor bugfixes

Many thanks to everyone who's contributed to this release. Source code and binaries for Windows are currenly available on the SourceForge site; compiled binaries for various other platforms should become available in the next few days.

Fred

[fuse-emulator-announce] Fuse 1.5.5 released

[Fredrick M. <fr...@sp...>]

A new release of Fuse, the Free Unix Spectrum Emulator, is now available at the SourceForge project:

https://sourceforge.net/projects/fuse-emulator/ <https://sourceforge.net/projects/fuse-emulator/>

Highlights of this release include:
Improve sound accuracy on Unix 64 bit systems
Allow the use of real joystick hats/dpads in the SDL joystick code
Rename compat_get_home_path() to compat_get_config_path()
Various minor bugfixes
Many thanks to everyone who's contributed to this release. Source code and binaries for Windows are currenly available on the SourceForge site; compiled binaries for various other platforms should become available in the next few days.

Fred

[fuse-emulator-announce] Fuse 1.5.4 released

[Fredrick M. <fr...@sp...>]

A new release of Fuse, the Free Unix Spectrum Emulator, is now available at the SourceForge project:

https://sourceforge.net/projects/fuse-emulator/ <https://sourceforge.net/projects/fuse-emulator/>

Highlights of this release include:
Add *.FMF as an allowed filetype to file selectors
Save SCR from current display file
Use 44.1KHz as default sound frequency
Upgrade to libspectrum 1.4.3 to fix TC2048 and TC2068 timings regression
Various minor bugfixes
Many thanks to everyone who's contributed to this release. Source code and binaries for Windows are currenly available on the SourceForge site; compiled binaries for various other platforms should become available in the next few days.

Fred

[fuse-emulator-announce] Fuse 1.5.3 released

[Fredrick M. <fr...@sp...>]

A new release of Fuse, the Free Unix Spectrum Emulator, is now available at the SourceForge project:

https://sourceforge.net/projects/fuse-emulator/ <https://sourceforge.net/projects/fuse-emulator/>

Highlights of this release include:
Disable inactive peripherals after loading a snapshot
Re-enable sound after phantom typist finishes loading TAP, standard ROM TZX or +3 DSK images
Upgrade to libspectrum 1.4.2 to fix writing RZX files containing a snapshot which cannot be compressed
Many thanks to everyone who's contributed to this release. Source code and binaries for Windows are currenly available on the SourceForge site; compiled binaries for various other platforms should become available in the next few days.

Fred

[fuse-emulator-announce] Fuse 1.5.2 released

[Fredrick M. <fr...@sp...>]

A new release of Fuse, the Free Unix Spectrum Emulator, is now available at the SourceForge project:

https://sourceforge.net/projects/fuse-emulator/ <https://sourceforge.net/projects/fuse-emulator/>

Highlights of this release include:
Emulate ROM bug loading zero length blocks when using tape traps
Fix the format of double-sided +3 disks
Spectrum reset is accelerated when phantom typist is enabled and a file is loaded from the menu
Add options UI for phantom typist
GTK+ 3 UI: Memory browser dialog allows to go to specific offset
Many thanks to everyone who's contributed to this release. Source code and binaries for Windows are currenly available on the SourceForge site; compiled binaries for various other platforms should become available in the next few days.

Fred

[fuse-emulator-announce] Fuse 1.5.1 released

[Fredrick M. <fr...@sp...>]

A new release of Fuse, the Free Unix Spectrum Emulator, is now available at the SourceForge project:

https://sourceforge.net/projects/fuse-emulator/ <https://sourceforge.net/projects/fuse-emulator/>

Highlights of this release include:
Prevent crash when we try to disassemble an instruction with many DD or FD prefixes.
Fix crash when setting debugger variables.
Prevent crash when we try to profile an instruction with many DD or FD prefixes.
GTK+ UI: Improve behaviour of default button on dialogs.
GTK+ and win32 UIs: Support hex numbers in load/save binary and pokefinder dialogs.
SDL UI: Allow to select the video mode used in full-screen.
Many thanks to everyone who's contributed to this release. Source code and binaries for Windows are currenly available on the SourceForge site; compiled binaries for various other platforms should become available in the next few days.

Fred

[fuse-emulator-announce] Fuse 1.5.0 released

[Fredrick M. <fr...@sp...>]

A new release of Fuse, the Free Unix Spectrum Emulator, is now available at the SourceForge project:

https://sourceforge.net/projects/fuse-emulator/ <https://sourceforge.net/projects/fuse-emulator/>

Highlights of this release include:
Autoload snapshots replaced by a "phantom typist" which types LOAD "" or similar.
Alkatraz loaders (e.g. Cobra and Fairlight) are now accelerated.
Debugger: Ensure conditional timed breakpoints work correctly
Many thanks to everyone who's contributed to this release. Source code and binaries for Windows are currenly available on the SourceForge site; compiled binaries for various other platforms should become available in the next few days.

Fred

[fuse-emulator-announce] Fuse 1.4.1 released

[Fredrick M. <fr...@sp...>]

A new release of Fuse, the Free Unix Spectrum Emulator, is now available at the SourceForge project:

https://sourceforge.net/projects/fuse-emulator/
 <https://sourceforge.net/projects/fuse-emulator/>

 <https://sourceforge.net/projects/fuse-emulator/>
Highlights of this release include:
Improvements to the loader acceleration code to reduce errors - Blood Brothers, City Slicker, Driller, Dynamite Dan, Games Compendium (by Gremlin), Joe Blade II, Kokotoni Wilf, Powerplay, Saboteur, Trapdoor and Zanthrax now all load successfully
Multiface 3 returns values stored from ports 0x1ffd and 0x7ffd
Set contention for DivIDE/DivMMC EPROM memory and clear data to 1's
Debugger: Allow an exit code to be specified when using the "exit" command
Debugger: Add new "tape:microphone" and "spectrum:frames" system variables to allow access to the current tape level and frame count since reset
Correct enabling of ide slave menu item
Add *.mlt as an allowed filetype to file selectors
Upgrade to libspectrum 1.4.1 to fix generation of malformed RZXs

Many thanks to everyone who's contributed to this release. Source code and binaries for Windows are currenly available on the SourceForge site; compiled binaries for various other platforms should become available in the next few days.

Fred

[fuse-emulator-announce] Fuse 1.4.0 released

[Fredrick M. <fr...@sp...>]

A new release of Fuse, the Free Unix Spectrum Emulator, is now available at the SourceForge project:

https://sourceforge.net/projects/fuse-emulator/ <https://sourceforge.net/projects/fuse-emulator/>

Highlights of this release include:
Add DivMMC emulation
Add ZXMMC emulation
Add support for MLT format screenshots
Many thanks to everyone who's contributed to this release. Source code and binaries for Windows are currenly available on the SourceForge site; compiled binaries for various other platforms should become available in the next few days.

Thanks,
Fred

[fuse-emulator-announce] Fuse 1.3.8 released

[Fredrick M. <fr...@sp...>]

A new release of Fuse, the Free Unix Spectrum Emulator, is now available at the SourceForge project:

https://sourceforge.net/projects/fuse-emulator/ <https://sourceforge.net/projects/fuse-emulator/>

Highlights of this release include:
Add workaround for Multiface One and 128 clash
Limit RZX sentinel warning to once per playback
Disable Melodik interface on 128K machines
Correct the list of machines for Multiface One
Document --mdr-len and --mdr-random-len options
Document support for the Recreated ZX Spectrum
GTK UI: Destroy tape browser dialog on close
Fix Z80 snapshot writing when +D is enabled
Fix offset of keyboard mappings in Z80 v3 snapshots
Many thanks to everyone who's contributed to this release. Source code and binaries for Windows are currenly available on the SourceForge site; compiled binaries for various other platforms should become available in the next few days.

Thanks,
Fred

[fuse-emulator-announce] Fuse 1.3.7 released

[Fredrick M. <fr...@sp...>]

A new release of Fuse, the Free Unix Spectrum Emulator, is now available at the SourceForge project:

https://sourceforge.net/projects/fuse-emulator/ <https://sourceforge.net/projects/fuse-emulator/>

Highlights of this release include:
Add Multiface One/128/3 interface emulation
Restore +2A/+3 ALL_RAM mode from snapshots
SDL: Hide cursor when UI runs on a console (Raspberry Pi)
Fix crash when saving CSW tapes
Many thanks to everyone who's contributed to this release. Source code and binaries for Windows are currenly available on the SourceForge site; compiled binaries for various other platforms should become available in the next few days.

Thanks,
Fred

[fuse-emulator-announce] Fuse 1.3.6 released

[Fredrick M. <fr...@sp...>]

A new release of Fuse, the Free Unix Spectrum Emulator, is now available at the SourceForge project:

https://sourceforge.net/projects/fuse-emulator/ <https://sourceforge.net/projects/fuse-emulator/>

Highlights of this release include:
Add Covox interface emulation
Disable accelerate loader while recording RZX files
WidgetUI: Disable RollbackTo menu option
Work around invalid "used bits in last byte" field in TZX tapes
Save SpecDrum level as unsigned in SZX snapshots
Many thanks to everyone who's contributed to this release. Source code and binaries for Windows are currenly available on the SourceForge site; compiled binaries for various other platforms should become available in the next few days.

Thanks,
Fred

[fuse-emulator-announce] Fuse 1.3.5 released

[Fredrick M. <fr...@sp...>]

A new release of Fuse, the Free Unix Spectrum Emulator, is now available at the SourceForge project:

https://sourceforge.net/projects/fuse-emulator/ <https://sourceforge.net/projects/fuse-emulator/>

Highlights of this release include:
Disable tape traps when playing/recording RZX files
WidgetUI: Fix memory leak in file selector
Silently skip PLTT blocks in SZX snapshots
Validate "used bits in last byte" field in TZX tapes
Fix the load of PZX tapes with malformed strings
Many thanks to everyone who's contributed to this release. Source code and binaries for Windows are currenly available on the SourceForge site; compiled binaries for various other platforms should become available in the next few days.

Thanks,
Fred

[fuse-emulator-announce] Fuse 1.3.4 released

[Fredrick M. <fr...@sp...>]

A new release of Fuse, the Free Unix Spectrum Emulator, is now available at the SourceForge project:

https://sourceforge.net/projects/fuse-emulator/

Highlights of this release include:
Fix syntax for "breakpoint read" debugger command
Fix Z80 unit test 39 to test the right opcode
Win32: Fix joystick initialisation
FreeBSD: Use power-of-2 sound buffers
Many thanks to everyone who's contributed to this release. Source code and binaries for Windows are currenly available on the SourceForge site; compiled binaries for various other platforms should become available in the next few days.

Thanks,
Fred

[fuse-emulator-announce] Fuse and the ZX Spectrum Vega+

[Philip K. <ph...@sh...>]

The Fuse team note today’s announcement from Retro Computers Ltd that the
Vega+ handheld will be using a modified version of Fuse to provide its
Spectrum emulation, and that Retro Computers Ltd intend to fully comply
with their obligations under the GNU GPL to provide the source to the
version of Fuse which will run on the Vega+. Portability has always been
one of Fuse’s goals, so we are pleased that it has been able to be made to
run on another new platform.


For avoidance of doubt:


   - The Fuse team were not aware that Fuse was going to be used in the
   Vega+ until the end of 2016. One of the fundamental tenets of open source
   software is that there is no requirement to communicate use of the
   software, so this does not represent any breach of the GNU GPL by Retro
   Computers Ltd.
   - No members of the team were involved in the porting of Fuse to the
   Vega+.
   - No members of the team have received any compensation, monetary or
   otherwise, for the use of Fuse in the Vega+.

Given the ongoing disputes around the Vega+, the Fuse team do not intend to
make any further statements on this matter unless there is a material
change in circumstances.


Cheers,


Phil

on behalf of the Fuse team

Re: [fuse-emulator-announce] Test mail, will be deleted

[Philip K. <ph...@sh...>]

On Wed, Feb 08, 2017 at 08:35:10AM +0000, Philip Kendall wrote:
> This is a test signed mail.

The management apologise for the noise; I thought this mail would have
been held for moderation but I misremembered the list settings.

Phil

[fuse-emulator-announce] Test mail, will be deleted

[Philip K. <ph...@sh...>]

This is a test signed mail.

[fuse-emulator-announce] Fuse 1.3.3 released

[Fredrick M. <fr...@sp...>]

A new release of Fuse, the Free Unix Spectrum Emulator, is now available at the SourceForge project:

https://sourceforge.net/projects/fuse-emulator/

Highlights of this release include:
Add support for the hidden MEMPTR register
Mark new disks as needing to be saved
Show more information on disk modification status in menus
Fix multiple save of disks
Allow overwriting disk images
Many thanks to everyone who's contributed to this release. Source code and binaries for Windows are currently available on the SourceForge site; compiled binaries for various other platforms should become available in the next few days.

Thanks,
Fred

[fuse-emulator-announce] Fuse 1.3.2 released

[Fredrick M. <fr...@sp...>]

A new release of Fuse, the Free Unix Spectrum Emulator, is now available at the SourceForge project:

https://sourceforge.net/projects/fuse-emulator/ <https://sourceforge.net/projects/fuse-emulator/>

Highlights of this release include:
Allow keyboard arrow keys to be used as a cursor joystick
Limit sound generation to less than 500% speed
WidgetUI: Fix order of Z80 flags in debugger
Win32: Limit sound generation from 50% to 300% to work around bugs in the DirectSound driver
Many thanks to everyone who's contributed to this release. Source code and binaries for Windows are currently available on the SourceForge site; compiled binaries for various other platforms should become available in the next few days.

Thanks,
Fred

[fuse-emulator-announce] Fuse 1.3.1 released

[Fredrick M. <fr...@sp...>]

A new release of Fuse, the Free Unix Spectrum Emulator, is now available at the SourceForge project:

https://sourceforge.net/projects/fuse-emulator/
 <https://sourceforge.net/projects/fuse-emulator/>

 <https://sourceforge.net/projects/fuse-emulator/>
Highlights of this release include:
Warn on inserting disk images for disks larger than the emulated drive
Win32: Re-enable standard output for Windows builds
Win32: Minimum supported OS is now Windows 2000
Many thanks to everyone who's contributed to this release. Source code and binaries for Windows are currently available on the SourceForge site; compiled binaries for various other platforms should become available in the next few days.

Thanks,
Fred

[fuse-emulator-announce] Fuse 1.3.0 released

[Fredrick M. <fr...@sp...>]

A new release of Fuse, the Free Unix Spectrum Emulator, is now available at the SourceForge project:

https://sourceforge.net/projects/fuse-emulator/ <https://sourceforge.net/projects/fuse-emulator/>

Highlights of this release include:
Recreated ZX Spectrum Bluetooth keyboard support
Reset the emulated machine when auto-loading TRD/SCL disks
Update the +3e ROMs to v1.43
WidgetUI: Add an About Fuse dialog with less cluttered text
Print a summary of enabled features when building Fuse
Many thanks to everyone who's contributed to this release, and in particular thanks to Ekkehard Morgenstern and Alberto Garcia for their contributions. Source code and binaries for Windows are currently available on the SourceForge site; compiled binaries for various other platforms should become available in the next few days.

Thanks,
Fred

[fuse-emulator-announce] Fuse 1.2.2 released

[Fredrick M. <fr...@sp...>]

A new release of Fuse, the Free Unix Spectrum Emulator, is now available at the SourceForge project:

https://sourceforge.net/projects/fuse-emulator/ <https://sourceforge.net/projects/fuse-emulator/>

Highlights of this release include:
Support for loading the first tape, snapshot, dock cartridge or RZX file found inside .zip files.
Support for auto-booting TR-DOS disk images without a boot file.
Fix +3 disk autoload.
Many thanks to everyone who's contributed to this release, and in particular thanks to Sergio Baldoví for his contributions. Source code and binaries for Windows are currently available on the SourceForge site; compiled binaries for various other platforms should become available in the next few days.

Thanks,
Fred

[fuse-emulator-announce] Fuse 1.2.1 release

[Fredrick M. <fr...@sp...>]

A new release of Fuse, the Free Unix Spectrum Emulator, is now available at the SourceForge project:

https://sourceforge.net/projects/fuse-emulator/ <https://sourceforge.net/projects/fuse-emulator/>

Highlights of this release include:
Add Z80 registers, last byte written to the ULA, tstates since interrupt and the primary and secondary memory control ports as debugger variables.
Extend breakpoints on paging events to more peripherals: Beta 128, +D, Didaktik 80, DISCiPLE, Opus Discovery and SpeccyBoot.
Fix crash on widget UIs when hitting the close icon on the title bar several times.
Fix loading bugs when the detect loaders feature is being used.
Many thanks to everyone who's contributed to this release, and in particular thanks to Philip Kendall and Sergio Baldoví for their contributions. Source code and binaries for Windows are currently available on the SourceForge site; compiled binaries for various other platforms should become available in the next few days.

Thanks,
Fred