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o configurable directory for screenshots
o NatFeats SCSI driver for Linux
2014/10/17 - version 1.0.2 released
==========
o typo error hopefully fixed
2014/10/17 - version 1.0.1 released
==========
Just a quick bugfix release:
o SDL NF CDROM is included in the build correctly
o JIT is supported on kfreebsd (alternate kernel for Debian OS)
o some warnings that prevented build on Debian fixed
2014/10/15 - version 1.0.0 released
==========
Major highlights of this release:
o JIT CPU compiler now supports also ARM platforms driven by Linux
o JIT CPU compiler fixes memory management and adds some instructions
o massive NatFeat HostFS fixes and improvements (symlinks and more)
o NatFeat CD-ROM for Win32 and SDL
o NatFeat OSMesa support improved (OpenGL 4.4 / Mesa 10.1.4)
osmesa.ldg can replace tinygl.ldg now
o seamless mouse integration and keyboard input improved
o NVRAM: many country codes added (from current FreeMiNT)
o libSDL2 is supported now (along with libSDL 1.2.x)
o Cygwin, MinGW, Mac OS X, CentOS and Debian build fixes
Countless bug fixes and many other under-the-hood improvements are included
as well. This release crowns more than 13 years of continuous development
by many dedicated programmers (listed in the AUTHORS file). Thank you all!
2014/04/12 - version 0.9.16 released @ atariada.cz
==========
Major highlights of this release:
o JIT CPU compiler supported on 64-bit Linux and Mac OS X now!
(Jens made a miracle)
o MFPR FPU emulation should be perfect
(Andreas ironed out few remainings bugs)
o Ethernet support under Mac OS X should be way better
(Philipp added support for big packets and multi-packets)
o new config setting "LoadToFastRAM" to load kernel in FastRAM
(is Andreas working on fixing Linux-m68k issues in FastRAM?)
o David Gálvez improved NatFeat USB support (now requires FreeMiNT 1.19+)
There's also a small set of bugs fixed in this release - mainly in Mac OS X
thanks to Philipp but also some generic things like GPIP (Patrice).
2013/04/15 - version 0.9.15 released
==========
The main new feature of this release is the seamless mouse integration mode:
o Mouse input handling is improved a lot. Now ARAnyM has a seamless mouse
integration when new Clocky (2013/04/15) is loaded.
o There is no need to manually ungrab or grab the mouse.
o Also mouse grab on left button click now reacts on the first button
click everytime (previously only if you had window focus) and the
host and mouse cursor positions are synced.
o And if you ungrab the mouse intentionally then it's not automatically
grabbed when the host mouse pointer returns to ARAnyM window.
o At last, the annoying "resetting weird mouse packet" error is gone, too.
Bugs fixed:
o Native Features were missing proper memory overflow checks and bugs
in NatFeat drivers could kill the ARAnyM.
o NFVDI had a bug (a race condition) in resolution switching.
o build date of EmuTOS was decoded improperly
2012/09/20 - version 0.9.14 released
==========
Mac users: check out the new bridged ethernet (see README_ethernet.rtf).
All users: try out the new Single Blit Composing and Single Blit Refresh
modes - they might give you a better video performance.
There are also many compilation and build fixes for various MacOSX targets
and few MPFR FPU fixes.
And last but not least, there's a neat user requested feature - mouse ungrab
(frees your keyboard and mouse from ARAnyM window so you can work in other
applications while ARAnyM is running) simply by clicking the host middle
mouse button (well, works only if you don't have the Eiffel mouse wheel
emulation enabled in settings).
2012/03/23 - version 0.9.13 released
==========
A couple of important bugfixes accumulated in last few days:
o USB NatFeat doesn't fail to claim devices in certain cases
o MPFR FPU got fix for restarting of instructions after access error
o JIT CPU version should work even when compiled with newer compilers
o update your mmusetup.cnf in MiNT setup for larger FastRAM (see
provided atari/mmusetup.cnf that is set for 512 MB FastRAM now)
2012/03/19 - version 0.9.12 released
==========
New features:
o MPFR based new precise FPU emulation core. Somewhat slower than the
normally used IEEE or UAE FPU emulation cores (about 5 times)
but should be totally complete and precise. Enabled in Linux binary
MMU builds (aranym-mmu). Hopefully Debian-m68k developers will enjoy it
:-)
o USB NatFeat fully usable: https://github.com/aranym/aranym/wiki/manual#usb
With a FreeMiNT driver you can access your USB flash discs from
the Atari side easily. First enter the SETUP GUI and plug in
the desired USB device. The USB support is compiled in by default
in all linux binary packages.
o NF Clipboard implemented newly for BeOS
o "aranym --version" will now list the built-in FPU core and also all
NatFeats that are compiled in.
Bugfixes:
o memleaks in various files
o blitter memmove fix
o MacOSX project fixes
o small 64bit fixes in nfcdrom
o aliasing issue fixes (in nfosmesa that is not compiled in)
o CPU CAS+CAS2 instructions - several very important fixes!
o some little fixes for newer GCCs in various files
o RPM spec file updated for Fedora, openSUSE and Mandriva. Give
rpmbuild -tb aranym_0.9.12.orig.tar.gz a try!
2011/02/06 - version 0.9.11 released
==========
New features: SCC serial port emulation and USB NatFeat support.
BeOS/Haiku port: fixes and improvements.
MMU emulation: fix for initialization and FPU registers.
Video: fix (refresh palette when switching from true color to bitplane
mode) and an improvement (use current fullscreen size if fixed size is 0x0).
2010/05/27 - version 0.9.10 released
==========
New feature: GEM clipboard support that allows you to pass data between
GEM clipboard and the host one (MS Windows, Mac OS X and X Window System).
It's currently implemented in FreeMiNT only and uses its aranym.xfs
virtual filesystem (U:\host\clipbrd). Please see setup instructions
in https://github.com/aranym/aranym/wiki/gem_clipbrd
Also couple of important bugfixes:
o fixed two nasty crashes in HostFS (related to recent symlink fixes)
o fixed Xcode building universal binaries on PPC
o VIDEL autozoom feature with correct aspect ratio for non-square pixels
2009/09/05 - version 0.9.9 released
==========
This time mostly bugfixes:
o fixed possible crash in HostFS when quitting ARAnyM (not serious)
o fixed possible crash due to bug in libSDL up to v1.2.13 (very serious)
o fixed some redrawing problems in 8 and 16 color depths with soft NfVDI
o fixed all compile time warnings and Categories entry in aranym.desktop
o fixed weirdness when mouse pointer was leaving the window on Win and OSX
o fixed problem with invalid HostFS symlink breaking directory list
o improvement: HostFS symlinks are now shown as relative if possible
o fixed indirect descriptors handling in MMU
o fixed HostFS symlinks for certain path configurations
o added Mode key in the set of ARAnyM hotkey modifiers
o fixed Alt+mouse click problem on Mac OSX
o fixed Right Shift detection upon startup
If you found ARAnyM crashing previously when moving windows around
or doing any other activity where VDI had to blit screen areas then
please upgrade to this version ASAP. We've added a workaround for
a serious bug in the libSDL that was causing these weird ARAnyM crashes.
2009/04/25 - version 0.9.8beta released
==========
o CPU: fixed TRAPcc and FTRAPcc instructions (for Guillaume's mplayer :-)
o VIDEL: pixel precise horizontal scrolling implemented
o fixed BUSY signal handling on the parallel port
o fixed mouse grab/ungrab/autograb (see below)
o added new ARAnyM mouse cursor (white arrow)
o added middle mouse button handling (in Eiffel mode)
o added suport for reversing mouse Y-axis in IKBD (used in Linux-m68k)
o fixed many DSP56001 instructions
o fixed NFJPEG on 64bit hosts
o fixed several NF drivers to work under FreeMiNT (not rely on __NF cookie)
o buggy JIT-FPU was disabled. Now FPU is precise though slower in JIT mode
Mouse grab/ungrab/autograb has changed: first, ungrabbing when leaving
ARAnyM window was fixed (issue with autograb on the window border).
Then, ARAnyM got a new mouse cursor (white one) so you can recognize
now when the mouse is grabbed (the cursor pointer is black in TOS)
and when it's not (the cursor pointer is white now).
At last, mouse autograb upon entering ARAnyM window was disabled until
we can ensure the Atari mouse cursor is positioned in sync with host
mouse cursor (will require Atari OS support, probably in a form
of aranym.acc and AES implementing appl_tplay).
Also the "AutoGrabMouse" config option has been removed.
2008/11/08 - version 0.9.7beta released
==========
Mostly small fixes at various places plus a lot of work went into
improving the DSP56001 emulation. Also the sound DMA emulation is improved
to a point where GSXB driver should be unnecessary.
o improved automatic network setup on Mac
o reworked audio DMA emulation. Also added configurable host sound frequency
o one MMU bug fixed (regarding TTR)
o special support for halting ARAnyM on linux-m68k reboot (--halt)
o SDL GUI fixed (missing events after alerts)
o EMULOP is now privileged so if some old ARAnyM TSR starts crashing this is why
o joypads are now emulated
o joysticks and joypads can be configured in the config file
o '<>' and 'End' keys' scancodes made Atari compatible
Check the doc/config example file for the new [JOYSTICKS] and [AUDIO] sections.
2008/01/29 - version 0.9.6beta2 released
==========
Main change: major graphics output overhaul, two video backends - software
and OpenGL renderer. Faster graphics output on all platforms. Try enabling
the OpenGL output in the [OPENGL] section of the config file (beware, might
not work on some platforms, tested on Linux only).
Massive Mac OS X port improvements: MacIntel supported, fat binaries
available, JIT working (on x86), networking working, and more.
o IDE disks now up to 130 GB large (removed 32 GB barrier)
o SCSI/partitions no longer limited to 2 GB, and made up to 4x faster
o new ARAnyM logo at startup, new window manager, menu and desktop icons
o networking fixes: now works after reboot, new Setup config dialog added
o HostFS fixes: Dreadlabel() for MAGXDESK
o SDL-GUI: 8x16 font, 80 columns, improved old dialogs and added new ones
o MinGW compilable (native MS Windows binary, contrary to Cygwin one)
o RTC timer on Linux host for more precise MFP timer interrupts
(if it errors out try running "sudo sysctl -w dev.rtc.max-user-freq=1024")
o new command line option "--locale CC" where CC is ISO country code
(example: "--locale DE" will preset NVRAM to german keyboard layout)
o one more FPU bug (visible in frexp()) fixed
2007/07/09 - version 0.9.5beta released
==========
This version brings major speed up of the MMU version thanks to contribution
of Roman Zippel and also many improvements for Mac OS X as well as bunch of
smaller fixes at many places by dedicated ARAnyM developers.
o OpenGL fixes: mouse cursor, alpha channel on big-endian machines
o OpenGL is loaded dynamically now (requires SDL 1.2.10 or newer)
o new project file for Xcode 2.x used to build Universal binaries of MacAranym
o JITc for Solaris x86
o MMU translation cache for major speed up of the MMU mode (now almost
comparable with non-MMU mode - 3 GHz host CPU outperforms 100 MHz 68060!)
o HostFS symlink fix
o new TOS patches and VIDEO SETUP dialogs. Most of the settings require
reboot to take effect.
o VIDEL refresh was wrong, now fixed and configurable on-the-fly in SETUP
o TV/VGA switch was wrong, now fixed and configurable in the SETUP
o small CPU bitfield insn fix, FPU sin/cos fix, VIDEL ST-Shifter fix,
nfVDI mfdb.fd_stand fix, TOS bconout redir fix...
o many other build system fixes
2006/11/28 - version 0.9.4beta2 released
==========
I was so wrong when I wrote "last MMU bugs were fixed" in previous release
notes. This second beta release fixes several newly found CPU/FPU bugs that
appeared when ARAnyM became actually used by Debian-m68k people.
So the linux-m68k kernel as well as other MMU/FPU software should run
much better now.
Other news and fixes:
o optional MIDI output to /dev/sequencer (in [MIDI] try Type=sequencer)
o ARAnyM shouldn't hang on quit anymore
o protect2k enabled by default (better HW compatibility with Atari)
o cxx-exceptions enabled by default (considerably faster in MMU mode)
o in Cygwin ARAnyM ignores $HOME and follows Windows practice with
$HOME under Document and Settings/
o new config file option "GMTime" (set to No by default). When enabled,
ARAnyM uses Greenwich Mean Time (useful when running an OS that knows
timezones like something Linux based or maybe even properly configured
SpareMiNT)
o linux-m68k properly boots now (with HW initialized)
o IKBD settings (mouse wheel, AltGr) stored in [IKBD] section of ARAnyM
config file
o sound: preliminary locking (XBIOS LockSnd/UnlockSnd) implemented
o nfVDI: fixed vswr_mode alpha expansions (tested on newsgroup reader Troll)
o new option in [ETHx]: MAC = aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff for configuring the MAC
Address of the network interface. You can run several ARAnyMs in a LAN
now :-)
For the additions in the ARAnyM config file see the provided commented
configuration file.
2006/09/22 - version 0.9.4beta released
==========
This release has one major highlight: two last MMU emulation bugs have
been fixed and ARAnyM now runs Linux-m68k stable for days without any
single issue. I can now fully recommend ARAnyM for Linux-m68k kernel
development and also Debian-m68k development. Hoping that it will help
the m68k linux platform to survive for a little longer.
There is also a great new feature for those who are tired of setting up
virtual disk drives for booting to TOS/GEM system: ARAnyM now supports
bootstrapping directly from host filesystem! You need new versions of
both EmuTOS and FreeMiNT kernel (with built-in HostFS driver) and
the following configuration (in the [GLOBAL] section of ARAnyM config file):
------ aranym config --------
Bootstrap = /path/to/mint.prg
BootstrapArgs = DEBUG_LEVEL=1 BOOT_DELAY=0 MEM_PROT=NO
BootDrive = C
-----------------------------
Of course you also need to define the BootDrive (C:) host path in the
[HOSTFS] config section. FreeMiNT tries to locate the modules and other
files in usual C:\MINT\ path that is redirected to your host filesystem.
Other news and fixes:
o new command line parameter -P (as in Position) will position the ARAnyM
window to your desired location - enter the coordinates of upper left
window corner ("-P 50,50") or try to center the window with "-P center".
This should help especially on MS-Windows where the ARAnyM window often
ended partially off screen.
o Host desktop <-> AES clipboard interconnection. Currently for MS-Windows
only. You need a special FreeMiNT driver that creates a new filesystem
in FreeMiNT where you can point the AES to store the Clipboard. Find
more information in documentation at https://github.com/aranym/aranym/wiki
o various improvements in graphics area - major speed up for bitplane modes,
speed up of graphics on Mac OS X, OpenGL alpha mask fix and others.
o Mac OS X: Swapped meaning of CTRL and META key for Mac OS X back to
"the logical way": The Apple key(s) represent left and right meta key
and CTRL key is mapped to Atari CTRL key.
A new, more Mac like set of keyboard shortcuts defined:
Left Apple + , = Open preferences dialog
Left Apple + q = Quit
Left Apple + r = Reboot
Left Apple + escape = Grab/Ungrab mouse cursor
Left Apple + d = Enable debugger (if built-in)
Left Apple + s = Save screenshot
Left Apple + f = Toggle fullscreen mode
o MS-Windows: corrected/improved window/fullscreen toggle.
o bug #1521310 fixed: Shifters are now released before the GUI thread
is started.
o MIDI now outputs raw data which could be used for mapping the MIDI port
to host MIDI directly (untested)
o new compile-time configuration (--enable-protect2k) improves compatibility
with ST/TT/Falcon where hardware protects first 2 kB of RAM against
user mode accesses. Enabled by default in MMU build only since it can
cause some performance degradation.
2006/02/20 - version 0.9.3beta released
==========
Exciting news: ARAnyM now has its own domain (https://aranym.github.io/) and also
brand new Wikiwiki for easier cooperation on improving ARAnyM documentation
- visit https://github.com/aranym/aranym/wiki and look around...
This is not much polished release. I have intended it mainly as a checkpoint
for both developers and users, to resync and continue developing further.
Eventhough most work went into into NF VDI since last release so ARAnyM can
now output via OpenGL and features TrueType fonts (thanks to improved fVDI)
there are many other changes in most areas of ARAnyM:
o hotkey combination to free keyboard/mouse lock is LeftAlt+Ctrl+Shift
(configurable in the SETUP GUI)
o improved and bugfixed HostFS
o fixed nfjpeg and enabled by default
o nfosmesa with driver for FreeMiNT
o switch to fullscreen and back works in MS Windows now
o OpenGL NF VDI driver (almost?) working
o configurable mouse cursor (ikbd or host)
o configurable NF CDROM driver (linux or sdl)
o configurable NF VDI driver (software or opengl)
o joystick hat
o DMA audio emulation
o RTC timer for precise 200 Hz Timer C emulation
o multiple ethernet interfaces (up to four in default build)
o AltGr key (right Alt key on PC keyboard)
o ethernet and floppy work in linux-m68k kernel
o improved Mac OS X port
o all binaries removed from source archive, to comply with Debian rules
(don't distribute what you can't rebuild from the archive with supplied
tools). There is a new AFROS CVS repository for the binary drivers.
If upgrading from previous release you have to update the HostFS, NF VDI
and also Ethernet drivers. We'll provide a ZIP archive with all necessary
drivers. The impatient can get the Atari drivers at https://aranym.github.io//bin/
2005/04/14 - version 0.9.0 released
==========
We've been providing 68040 PMMU (a memory management unit emulation,
required for running FreeMiNT with MMU protection, and Linux/m68k)
since version 0.1.5 (almost three years ago) though this is the first
version of ARAnyM where the PMMU really works, thanks to awesome
debugging and fixing done by Andreas Schwab.
So ARAnyM runs Linux/m68k kernel now. Really. This opens up a new
area of usage - ARAnyM can help developing Linux/m68k kernel and
systems based on it (Debian/m68k, for example).
Besides the PMMU there is a whole lot of new features and fixes:
o multisession CD in IDE emulation
o Win32 networking (TAP based, like in Linux)
o NFOSMESA: OpenGL rendering for Atari applications using host CPU
o NFJPEG: JPEG decoder (a TSR) using host CPU power via NatFeats, based
on Brainstorm's JPEG DSP decoder API
o direct disk partitions access
o MFP interrupts fixed
o LILO fixes, compiles without linux headers now
o many 64-bit fixes and cleanups
o compiling using the Fink suite on MacOSX
o famous fVDI boot bug fixed
o fVDI fixes in bitplanes
o parallel port mapped to parport (in linux) or to a file
o hotkeys configuration: Setup, Quit, Reboot, Ungrab, Debugger, ScreenShot
and FullScreen hotkeys can be configured at runtime in the SETUP.
o SETUP fileselector improved (folders before files, CWD)
o fVDI pixel size bug fixed
o documentation.txt updated with several new sections (networking,
programming with ARAnyM, single partitions support and more).
2004/11/07 - version 0.8.11beta released
==========
We've been slow and quiet lately but nevertheless a progress has been
made. Some important changes for users include:
o FASTRAM.PRG is no longer needed. Xavier patched TOS 4.04 so it now
finds out the correct FastRAM size automagically.
o Bridged networking works and is easy to set up thanks to the updated
'arabridge' script and slightly improved documentation.txt.
You must update your 'aranym.xif' FreeMiNT driver (now requires
FreeMiNT 1.16.0 or newer) and also the nfeth-config tool.
o JIT compiler in Windows binary works better than in previous release.
o integrated LILO fixed (though ARAnyM does not boot Linux-m68k yet).
o various little SETUP GUI improvements (edit fields are much better now,
CHS values are updated correctly after creating new empty disk image,
repeated saving of config file from the SETUP GUI fixed, new Keyboard
and mouse setup dialog - almost empty now, but promising :-).
o AutoZoom screen fixed and improved. You can now choose a constant host
screen size for whatever the Atari screen size is. Might be very useful
for LCD/DFP owners. This improvements required change in the API and so
new version of 'aranym.sys' fVDI ARAnyM screen driver must be installed
in your setup.
o Mac users might enjoy new keyboard translation tables. All keys should
be mapped correctly.
o new EmuTOS included in this release fixes XaAES/FreeMiNT 1.16.1beta
keyboard problems.
o host mouse wheel can produce Eiffel 1.08+ compatible scancodes now.
Switch this mode in the SETUP GUI. Note that currently neither fVDI
nor EmuTOS support this.
All beta testers (i.e. YOU :-) are encouraged to report all bugs
and problems either into aranym user mailing list or directly into
the bug tracker (available on ARAnyM webpages under the 'Contact' link).
2004/08/07 - version 0.8.10beta released
==========
Great news for MS Windows users: ARAnyM runs with JIT CPU compiler now
thanks to Xavier's work on sigsegv handler.
Other than that we have been fixing bugs and cleaning the source code:
o Francois fixed sinh and tanh (FPU instructions)
o 'aratapif' is found in $PATH again
o many more internal bug fixes that are not directly visible to users
2004/07/06 - version 0.8.9beta released
==========
Great bug fixes:
o JIT CPU is working on Linux 2.6.x
o Blitter is finally not crashing anymore
o integrated LILO (Linux Loader) reads gzipped files
o SDL GUI now accepts numbers typed on numpad
Especially the Blitter fix itself justifies a new release
since it has always been buggy and it was so annoying. Now we've won.
2004/07/05 - version 0.8.8beta released
==========
Main bug fixes:
o MC68881 tan() insn fixed on ia-32 host cpu arch
o one of JIT SIGSEGV crashes on linux 2.6.x
o floppy emulation (corrupted in 0.8.6beta release)
o HostFS fixes (symlinks, Dfree)
o many MACOSX fixes (FPU works) and improvements
o CapsLock under X11 fixed
o various SDL GUI bugfixes
New features:
o new networking based on bridging:
tools/arabridge is able to establish a bridge over the tap0 tunnel
and eth0 nif so that aranym becomes part of your LAN visible from
other machines etc. For example DHCP from ARAnyM works now.
[ETH0] type = ppp|bridge and tunnel = tap0 config options added
o Patrice's experimental PCI bridge (disabled in default builds), can
be used for developing PCI drivers for Milan/Hades on ARAnyM :-)
o SETUP GUI visually improved again (3D Look! :)
o easy Disk Image generation in the SETUP - just enter your desired disk
image path and size in MB and click on Generate.
o configuration file parser now recognizes "~" special char that is
expanded to $HOME (path to user home dir).
2004/02/15 - version 0.8.7beta released
==========
o fixing HostFS bug that was introduced in 0.8.6beta
o further visual improvements of SETUP GUI
o better handling of Reset/Restart of an operating system
2004/02/08 - version 0.8.6beta released
==========
Important bugfixes, further SETUP improvements and new Mac OSX target:
o visual improvements in SETUP GUI
o new functions available in SETUP GUI (Fullscreen, ScreenShots, Help)
o fixed changing path to Floppy in the SETUP
o fixed serious bug in Floppy path configuration (crash at startup)
o fixed serious bug in NVRAM handling (might caused crashes at early TOS boot)
o hopefully fixed problem with HostFS mount points on aranym reboot
2004/01/07 - version 0.8.5beta released
==========
Number of important changes:
o JIT CPU fixed! (although kernel 2.6 is not supported yet)
o double bus errors (infamous error loops) handled now correctly
o direct Mac OS X support for ARAnyM (compiles but doesn't run(?))
o HostFS fixed
o script for easy building of ARAnyM on Windows/cygwin
o SETUP GUI greatly improved - Disks Setup is complete, other will follow
o SETUP GUI at startup of ARAnyM (-G command line switch)
o floppy insert/eject support at runtime (in the SETUP GUI)
o fVDI NatFeat driver with local color palette support (XaAES likes it)
You will have to update your fVDI driver.
o ARAnyM now defines new value for the _MCH cookie: 0x50000. Update
your .aranym/config files with this new value.
o Alt+Ctrl+Esc now helps releasing mouse&kbd input even in fullscreen
New AFROS is released together with ARAnyM to provide the updated
fVDI driver.
Generally most work went into the SDL GUI SETUP which is becoming
a central place for on-the-fly reconfiguration. Press the "Pause"
key to open up the SETUP GUI anytime. Currently only disk configuration
is complete but new setup dialogs will follow shortly.
2003/10/04 - version 0.8.2beta released
==========
Changes:
o Direct Linux-m68k loading with integrated LILO
o MIDI output to a file
o HostFS cleaned up again (you must upgrade your HOSTFS.DOS driver)
o SCSI emulation introduced which simplifies the harddisk driver
installation greatly
o STOP CPU instruction fixed to work properly (no more shaky
mouse under EmuTOS and FreeMiNT)
o Native access to host's CD/DVD-ROM using BetaDOS BOS NatFeat CDROM driver
o Various little updates in README, FAQ and doc/documentation.txt
o Literally tons of bugfixes and improvements (fVDI, JIT, XHDI, portability)
2003/04/11 - version 0.8.0beta3 released
==========
Changes:
o Windows/Cygwin support greatly improved (see below)
o HostFS bugfixed and works equally well on Windows/Cygwin
Binaries released for Windows/Cygwin now define clearly where ARAnyM
files are stored: User-specific files (configuration, NVRAM) are in
subfolder ".aranym" in the My Documents folder (usually available from
your desktop directly). System-wide data (TOS, EmuTOS, font8.bmp) are
stored in subfolder "aranym" relative to the aranym.exe binary.
2003/04/08 - version 0.8.0beta2 released
==========
Changes:
o the key for making a screenshot changed to PrintScreen
o [ARANYMFS] renamed to [HOSTFS]
o aratapif execution fixed
o HostFS improved
o Cygwin support should be better
For updating your ARAnyM config file simply run "aranym -s".
2003/03/23 - version 0.8.0beta1 released
==========
New features:
o Networking. Yeah! ARAnyM.XIF as the Ethernet driver for MiNT-Net.
o VIDEL compatible (bitplane) 1, 2, 4 and 8 bit fVDI modes.
o new command line option "--swap-ide" that allows you to boot from [IDE1]
o new HostFS drivers (both BetaDOS and MiNT's xfs) are fully working now.
o for GFA programmers out there: natfeat/atari_example_gfa.lst
o new config option "ModelName" for [IDE0/1]. Name your drives :-)
o P4 fix for JIT (thanks to Gwenole of Basilisk II)
o CD-ROM now also on Windows/Cygwin
Naturally some bugs were fixed - most notably in mouse input.
Also we've received some BeOS related patches so ARAnyM might run on BeOS
as well now.
2003/01/29 - version 0.7.0 released
==========
What is new?
NatFeats seem to finally stabilize. "__NF" cookie has been hardwired
both to TOS 4.04 and to EmuTOS so it can be used by user applications
to test for extended host capabilities. See the example code in
src/natfeat/atari_example.c.
Improved VIDEL emulation (virtual screens work now). Improved VIDEL
rendering including auto zooming and OpenGL render.
fVDI fixed. You must update your floppy/disk images with new fVDI driver.
New experimental hostfs access drivers - instead of using MetaDOS driver
under FreeMiNT Standa created a proper FreeMiNT XFS driver and then wrote
a FreeMiNT API emulation layer for singleTOS' MetaDOS! This is untested
so beware and backup your data first.
Also more work has been done on ECE (Ethernet Card Emulation). It's
unfinished, though - currently the MiNT driver throws bombs. We would
need some Atari hackers to debug some of the Atari driver peculiarities.
Large disks (disk images) supported now. There is also a new tool
for creating real large disk images (up to 32 GB!)
And as always, many bugfixes.
I also put together a first snapshot of the "afros" (ARAnyM FRee OS" :-)
Just download it, unpack it and run aranym with the provided config file.
2002/10/20 - version 0.6.8 released
==========
Highlights:
- aranym on Mac OS X really works
- aranym can open read only disk drives or images (designed for aranym on CD)
- CD-ROM works like on real Atari (auto mount)
- GFA Basic works thanks to IKBD fix
Finally an active Mac OS X user cared to send us a few mails so Mac OS X
is now fully working and a binary package of aranym for Mac OS X will soon
be available. Thanks Wim!
The new option for read only disk drives has been extended so it's not
XHDI specific anymore but works generally also for emulated IDE interface.
Thus change your aranym config file - the XhdiWrite is replaced with
ReadOnly flag.
[IDE0|1]
# XhdiWrite = Yes|No ; default is No, enable for EmuTOS
ReadOnly = Yes|No ; default is No, change to Yes if you want
; to open read only disk image (e.g. from a CD)
Many various changes to JIT compiler (TuneAlignment, NOP filler and more).
Several JIT related statistics are enabled in this build.
CD-ROM support was greatly improved. CD Automount works like on real Atari,
you just insert a CD and access it. For unmounting a CD you can either use
various software utilities (try Ctrl+Shift+J in Thing!) or you can also
use the aranym GUI - you'll find there new section "Discs" and in that
a CD-ROM button labelled either "Eject" or "Insert" (depends on the current
CD-ROM status).
Also an interesting fix in IKBD now allows GFA Basic (3.6TT) to run on
Aranym (even under EmuTOS :)
Some cosmetics changes - documentation updated mildly, aranym now prints
its version on startup (include in your debug reports), some clean ups
in the source code for better portability (non-c-headers support, generic
bool..).
2002/10/12 - version 0.6.6 released
==========
This release brings a couple of major changes. Probably the greatest is
that the JIT (just-in-time) compiler of m68k code into x86 code works
and makes ARAnyM the fastest Atari clone ever made. Now you can do things
you never thought that would be possible - like watching fullscreen DivX
movies or playing famous games like Quake. It's real fast.
Another cool thing is the Native Features interface, designed to allow
writing video/sound/disk drivers and other extensions in a portable way.
First thing that got ported to NatFeat interface is the XHDI extension
that lets EmuTOS access the ARAnyM disk drives directly. Other drivers
will be ported to NatFeats soon. Look at src/natfeat/atari_example.c
to see how easy is to write a NatFeat compliant driver.
Surprising news is the DSP M56001 emulation that was added by Patrice.
See what he has to say about it: "I only got one DSP program to work:
a very simple rotozoom one I wrote. There are many things missing
in the DSP emulation: interrupts, audio. The only programs that could
work are those that use the DSP for calculations (and read/write their
parameters on the host port). BadMood is in this case. You can also use
the Motorola DSP tools to build DSP programs under Aranym, they work."
Patrice also rewrote the IKBD/MIDI/ACIA implementation and ARAnyM now
supports also joysticks. And improved VIDEL by adding auto center and
auto zoom features (small Atari resolution should be zoomed automatically).
New config options in aranym config file are as follows:
[JIT]
JIT = Yes|No
JITFPU = Yes|No
JITCacheSize = <amount_in_kB> // cache size - bigger = better
JITLazyFlush = <number>
[IDE0|1]
XhdiWrite = Yes|No // default is No, enable for EmuTOS
Also, ndebug was improved. Breakpoints were added and also
"run until <addr_in_memory> = <certain_value>" was implemented.
fVDI blitting is faster now up to 4 times. Also, you have to update both
fVDI.PRG and aranym.sys fVDI driver on your disk images. Don't forget that!
For other fixes and changes please look into the ChangeLog file. Thanks.
This is a list of unreleased versions and major changes in them:
2002/10/08 - version 0.6.5b - CPU back in main thread, SDL issues fixed
2002/09/28 - version 0.6.4b - Xhdi writing fixed. Backup your disk/images!
2002/09/28 - version 0.6.3b - bus error looping could be partially sorted out
2002/09/28 - version 0.6.2b - fVDI blitting accelerated, new IKBD/ACIA/joystick
2002/09/24 - version 0.6.1b - VIDEL zooming on dest screen
2002/09/15 - version 0.6.0b - SDL loop in main thread, CPU in separate thread
2002/09/12 - version 0.5.0b - CPU JIT compiler works thanks to 68040 TOS patch
2002/08/26 - version 0.4.0b - DSP runs in its own thread and is nearly complete
2002/08/04 - version 0.3.0b - Native Features implemented
2002/07/20 - version 0.2.0 released (celebrating the Woody release!)
==========
Long time since previous release. I have been waiting for finishing
a couple of promising modules but since Debian 3.0 (AKA Woody) has just
been released I am releasing ARAnyM as well to celebrate it :-)
Seriously, we wanted to give you something to play with and test the
number of changes and new features in ARAnyM while we'll be working
towards next major release.
Major news:
- new graphical user interface for runtime configuration of ARAnyM
(unfinished yet)
- EmuTOS being part of ARAnyM binary distribution (TOS 4.04 is not
required to boot ARAnyM anymore)
- boot floppy image with essential up-to-date ARAnyM drivers and tools
(so you can easily upgrade your harddisk images)
And now more detailed news in ARAnyM since last public release:
Standa created 'fvdicout.app' which, being based on TosWin II source code
should bring a complete VT52 emulation for applications with console
output under fVDI. You'll find it in atari/fvdi/utility folder.
Heiko Achilles added a 'mouse packet compressor' that is supposed to
remove any delay when moving with mouse more quickly (or on more loaded
machine). It may either fix problems you could have with your mouse
or it can create a new, previously unseen mouse events' bugs. Test
and let us know.
The aranymfs (the MetaDOS host filesystem driver) has been converted
to GCC compilable form. Please beware and test the host filesystem access
carefully.
Brand new keyboard hotkeys:
- Scroll Lock (the mostly unused key on PC keyboards) now switches
between windowed and fullscreen mode!
- Ctrl+Pause cold reboots the ARAnyM correctly now
- Pause key now invokes cool new ARAnyM GUI configuration.
Please note that the GUI is far from being finished. The only useful
option is the "Reset" and perhaps also the Quit (for those that can't
remember the Shift+Pause combo). The GUI will soon be filled with tons
of configure options so stay tuned...
Another change from previous versions is that we now require original
TOS 4.04. Various patched versions we supported before are unsupported
now. So please get a clean original TOS 4.04 - or give the EmuTOS a try!
All you need is to empty the "TOS=" option in the ARAnyM config file.
Long filename->TOS 8.3 format conversion was improved so that it now
handles also filenames ending with a dot.
A long standing bug in Yamaha emulation was fixed. This helps mainly
the lowlevel emulation of parallel port access. The parallel/printer
port is emulated so accurately that even PARCP works flawlessly.
Note though that this is not enabled automatically as it requires
root privileges to run ARAnyM. We are going to add other methods
for accessing the host parallel port in a more user/kernel friendly
way.
I know that after releasing the input focus with Alt+Ctrl+Esc combo
sometimes the Alt+Ctrl stay held down. I added a special code for
removing the stale Alt+Ctrl state. Please let us know if this helped.
Hackers Guide (hguide.txt) was updated. If you want to hack on ARAnyM
you should read it first.
From the other exciting news: Patrice Mandin has started work on DSP
emulation for ARAnyM. He's actually nearly finished it so it may be
available in the next version of ARAnyM already!
Johan Klockars also started rewriting some pretty core things in the
fVDI ARAnyM driver and fVDI itself so expect the next major release
to be a real killer (in both good and bad sense ;-)
BTW, if there is a developer that would be willing to finish the nearly
working ECE (Ethernet Card Emulation) then please join us in ARAnyM
development mailing list.
Generally, there is a lot of cool things to work on in ARAnyM project
so if you want to help out then write to us.
2002/04/22 - version 0.1.7 released
==========
Sound is working! Put the atari/sound/zmagxsnd.prg to your AUTO
folder and Aniplayer (after switching to XBIOS in its Sound Config
dialog) should play all sounds nicely!
Several very bad or annoying bugs in aranymfs fixed. Now it should
be real usable.
It's possible to Reboot the machine by pressing Ctrl+Pause.
IKBD problems after reboot will be fixed in next release.
Two new config file options: "Redir_Console" and "Redit_Printer".
If set to "yes" the BIOS console (2 and 5) or printer (0) output
is redirected to the host console.
RPM spec file for ARAnyM. If your Linux distro is RPM based you may want
to try out the following command:
'rpm -tb aranym-0.1.7.tar.gz'
It should build a binary RPM package of aranym which you can then install
the usual way (rpm -i aranym*.rpm).
2002/04/12 - version 0.1.6 released
==========
Serious problem with NMI not being able to break STOPped CPU
fixed. Also when compiled with --disable-timer it now generates
system 200 Hz interrupt correctly even when the CPU is STOPped.
2002/04/11 - version 0.1.5 released (please update your fVDI driver!)
==========
Since the previous public release we made a lot of changes. Probably the most
significant is the large rewrite of CPU. Current ARAnyM can be compiled
with full PMMU (Memory Management Unit of Motorola 68040 CPU). This brings
the ability to run FreeMiNT with memory protection enabled. It also opens
door for running Unix-like operating systems (Linux or NetBSD for m68k)
but unfortunately the current level of HW emulation is not sufficient for
those yet. But we are working on it (and gladly accept any help from you!)
While rewriting the CPU we also updated the FPU. ARAnyM's FPU now fully
supports all MC68881/2 as well as MC86040 FPU instructions.
There is also a developer version of ARAnyM with JIT (just-in-time compiler)
but it is not stable enough yet.