[hatari-devel] Hatari 1.8.0 has been released

[Nicolas Pomarède <npomarede@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello

a new Hatari version 1.8.0 has just been released. You can get it from 
http://hatari.tuxfamily.org/ or directly in 
http://download.tuxfamily.org/hatari/

Sources are of available, as well as prebuilt binaries for Windows (in 
32 bit and 64 bit mode) and OSX.

Thanks to all the people who contributed to this version with code, 
ideas, bug reports.

This version marks a special spot for demos' lovers, as it will run "The 
Union Demo", one of the best demos ever released for the Atari STF.

This demo was not supported until now, due to a very special disk 
format, but after a lot of improvements to the FDC emulation, Hatari is 
now able to handle STX files, using our own open source support for the 
Pasti format, as well as IPF/CTR files on any OS (using caps library).

So, enjoy "The Union Demo" and all the games in STX format !


Brief changelog :
 - Huge improvements to the FDC emulation : timings, status bits, 
undocumented behaviour, configurable RPM,
   support for single or double sided drive, improved DMA transfers' 
accuracy, interrupt on index, ...
 - Add support for STX files on any OS (no dll required), as well as 
support for IPF/CTR files created with the Kryoflux board (using the 
open source caps library)
   The STX support also adds an exclusive new format .wd1772 to save 
writes made to an STX file, which means games can save high scores for 
example
 - Some various fixes to the video emulation for demos that were not 
correctly emulated yet
 - Many changes to the CPU related to prefetch (used in many games' 
protection) and simultaneous interrupts.
 - Some fixes to STE sound (microwire and LMC) and to Falcon sound 
(although some bugs remain)
 - Some fixes to Gemdos HD emulation : clip filenames, autostart
 - Some fixes to ASCI HD : larger image, improve some commands and 
better handling for unsupported ones
 - Some fixes to the IKBD emulation
 - Changes to the UI : 2nd line of information at the bottom, better 
performances under SDL, more options in some screens.
 - For developpers : more Natfeats commands, better tracing of OS calls 
(bios, xbios, ...), many additions to the debugger (too numerous, see 
the doc)


See release-notes.txt for the full changelog.

Fixed demos :
- 4-pixel plasma screen by TOS Crew (video, color change during only 4 
cycles)
- HighResMode by Paradox (video, color changes in overscan med res at 60 Hz)
- It's A Girl 2 by Paradox (video, bottom border removal on a 60 Hz screen)
- Pacemaker by Paradox (microwire, YM sound was muted)
- Panic by Paulo Simoes (video, was broken since Hatari 1.7)
- Shforstv.exe by Paulo Simoes (video, did not work in STE mode)
- Sommarhack 2011 Invitro by DHS (CPU/MFP, top border not removed)
- Stax Compilation #65 (conflict with Mega ST's RTC)
- The Union Demo (cpu, memory access, ikbd, protection)
- The World Is My Oyster - Convention Report Part by Aura (video, res=3)
- Tymewarp (cpu, bus error)
- UMD 8730 by PHF (video, unused bits in STF color registers)
- IKBD no jitter by Nyh (acia/video, use a VBL of 160240 cycles)

Fixed games :
- Batman The Movie (cpu, exception stack)
- Chart Attack Compilation (cpu, prefetch)
- Darkman (cpu, prefetch)
- Dragon Flight (cpu, illegal instruction)
- International 3D Tennis (cpu, prefetch)
- Leavin' Teramis loader text (video address at $ffe100)
- Lethal Xcess Beta (cpu, bus error, code running at $ff8800)
- Lethal Xcess (mfp, top border not removed sometimes)
- Maze (by Martin Dennett & John Parker)
- Parasol Stars (cpu, prefetch)
- Reeking Rubber (by Nature), Falcon game
- Titan (cpu, prefetch)
- To Be On Top (cpu, memory access, ikbd, protection)
- Warp (ikbd, interrupt used for decoding sectors)
- Xenon 2 (cpu, prefetch)


Nicolas