FS-UAE 2.5.18dev Released

A new development version has been released. Changes in FS-UAE 2.5.18dev:

  • Disabled / soft-removed PearPC PPC implementation.
  • Changed A4000 default floppy drive type to 3.5″ HD.
  • New option cdfs (boolean). Can be used to disable builtin CDFS.
  • Reduced number of OpenAL buffers to pre-2.5.17dev level.
  • Updated emulation core from WinUAE 2900b18.

Known issues:

  • When starting FS-UAE from FS-UAE Launcher, accelerator flashs ROM writes are not persistent because the launcher uses a new copy every time.
  • Booting CD32 with CD inserted works, but inserting later, or eject + re-insert does not seem to work right now.
  • On OS X, cursor movement is currently not received by FS-UAE when the window is not focused (either something SDL 2 or OS X itself does). This makes mouse integration a bit less useful.

FS-UAE 2.5.17dev Released

A new development version has been released. Changes in FS-UAE 2.5.17dev:

  • Initial support for magic mouse / virtual mouse.
  • New option mouse_integration (boolean) (Setting it to 1 implies cursor=0, automatic_input_grab=0).
  • New option cursor (boolean + auto).
  • Removed audio_buffer_target_bytes (use audio_buffer_target_size instead).
  • Changes to audio buffer fill logic.
  • Measure fps internally with floating point numbers.
  • Fixed cyberstormppc.rom lookup when using FS-UAE config file.
  • Fixed ISO-8859-1 UTF-8 conversion (broke in 2.5.15dev).
  • Renamed testing option workbench -> workbenc_disk.
  • Updated emulation core from WinUAE 2900b17.

Known issues:

  • The PearPC fallback may not work properly. Please make sure you are using the qemu-uae plugin (check in fs-uae.log.txt that it is loaded properly) if you’re having problems.
  • AmigaOS 4.1 w/Picasso IV => sometimes weird frame rate (~36 FPS).
  • When starting FS-UAE from FS-UAE Launcher, accelerator flashs ROM writes are not persistent because the launcher uses a new copy every time.
  • Booting CD32 with CD inserted works, but inserting later, or eject + re-insert does not seem to work right now.
  • On OS X, cursor movement is currently not received by FS-UAE when the window is not focused (either something SDL 2 or OS X itself does). This makes mouse integration a bit less useful.

FS-UAE 2.5.16dev Released

A new development version has been released. Changes in FS-UAE 2.5.16dev:

  • Fixed legacy uaegfx_card option.
  • Make sure early configuration warning messages are displayed in GUI.
  • Fixed parsing of memory options.
  • Fixed infinite loop when more than one HDF/CD was used with UAE controller.
  • Fix for A1000 boot issue with full kickstart ROM.
  • Fixed patching of Cloanto A500/A4000 roms (broke in an earlier dev ver).
  • Specify rpath for OS X executable (so plugins can find libs from fs-uae).

Please note that there was an issue with FS-UAE 2.5.15dev and the QEMU-UAE plugin (for PPC support) on OS X. When updating to 2.5.16dev, this should work, but you also must update the QEMU-UAE plugin to v2.1.0fs020001.

Known issues:

  • The PearPC fallback may not work properly. Please make sure you are using the qemu-uae plugin (check in fs-uae.log.txt that it is loaded properly) if you’re having problems.
  • AmigaOS 4.1 w/Picasso IV => sometimes weird frame rate (~36 FPS).
  • When starting FS-UAE from FS-UAE Launcher, accelerator flashs ROM writes are not persistent because the launcher uses a new copy every time.
  • Booting CD32 with CD inserted works, but inserting later, or eject + re-insert does not seem to work right now.

FS-UAE 2.5.15dev Released

A new development version has been released. Changes in FS-UAE 2.5.15dev:

  • FS-UAE memory options are more clever, and can take arguments as both KB or MB (with recommended explicit K/M suffix). For example, for memory options which are always in MB, 8M == 8192K == 8192 == 8.
  • Flexible value matching for choice-based FS-UAE configuration options (i.e. cyberstorm-ppc == CyberStormPPC)
  • New model A4000/PPC (auto-enables CyberStorm PPC).
  • New model A4000/OS4 (CyberStorm PPC, Picasso IV, default to onboard SCSI).
  • New options graphics_card and graphics_card_memory (supercedes uaegfx_card).
  • New options accelerator, accelerator_rom, graphics_card_rom.
  • New –workbench option useful for command line testing (automatically inserts an appropriate wb disk in DF0).
  • Show GUI warning when floppy_drive_x files are not found.
  • Enabled A500/512K model (same as A500 but without slow RAM).
  • Enabled A4000 model (68030, 3.1 ROM, 2MB Chip + 8 MB Fast).
  • Added .bin extension to internal FS-UAE rom scanner.
  • More code cleanup / fixes, reduces compiler warnings.
  • Enabled floating point control.
  • Updated emulation core from WinUAE 2900b16.
  • Fixed bug when adding 2nd fast memory bank in non-autoconfig mode.
  • Allow 1 to be used as true/yes for boolean uae_* options.
  • Removed cpu_idle override, added new cpu_idle option (0 – 10).
  • Implemented support for growable VHD hard drive images.
  • Added proper error message when libcapsimage plugin is missing.
  • Use new dlopen plugin interface to load ppc and libcapsimage plugins.

Known issues:

  • The PearPC fallback may not work properly. Please make sure you are using the qemu-uae plugin (check in fs-uae.log.txt that it is loaded properly) if you’re having problems.
  • AmigaOS 4.1 w/Picasso IV => sometimes weird frame rate (~36 FPS).
  • When starting FS-UAE from FS-UAE Launcher, accelerator flashs ROM writes are not persistent because the launcher uses a new copy every time.
  • Booting CD32 with CD inserted works, but inserting later, or eject + re-insert does not seem to work right now.
  • Booting A1000 to kickstart screen does not work. Broke in FS-UAE 2.5.9dev / WinUAE 2.9.0 beta 9.

Changes in FS-UAE Launcher 2.5.15dev:

  • Added awareness of required ROMs for Picasso IV, Cyberstorm PPC.
  • Added new models A4000/PPC, A4000/OS4, A4000, A500/512K.
  • Added .bin extension to rom scanner (useful for Picasso IV ROM).

FS-UAE 2.5.14dev Released

A new development version has been released. Changes in FS-UAE 2.5.14dev:

  • Updated emulation core from WinUAE 2900b15.
  • Updates to Qemu PPC CPU integration.
  • New option: cdrom_drive_0_controller (to specify for example ide1)
  • Fixed problem when inserting, ejecting and then inserting a CD again.
  • Changes to how fastest-possible-mode works and interacts with frame rendering (solves some issues, might introduce new ones…)
  • Fixed and activated more recent Picasso96 (uaegfx) code.
  • Enabled emulation of GFX hardware boards (Picassso IV, etc).
  • A bit more code cleanup and fixes to make code compatible with MSVC.

Known issues:

  • Booting CD32 with CD inserted works, but inserting later, or eject + re-insert does not seem to work right now.

FS-UAE 2.5.13dev Released

A new development version has been released. Changes in FS-UAE 2.5.13dev:

  • Updated emulation core from WinUAE 2900b14.
  • Harmonize CD IOCTL / image initialization with WinUAE.
  • Initial version of QEmu PPC CPU integration (not fully working yet).
  • Removed –disable-cpuboard option to configure (no longer needed).
  • Updated Picasso96 code, but old version is still used (needs more work).
  • Add internal HRTMon rom to the rom list on startup.
  • Show GUI warning when some config incompatibilities are detected.
  • GUI warning when custom uae_ options fails or are not recognized.
  • Added more compiler warnings by default.
  • More code cleanup, especially in src/od-fs.
  • Merged several modules which were similar between FS-UAE and WinUAE.