uBee512

Compact Flash (CF) core board replacement and IDE hard disk hardware interface emulation were added. The CF emulation features Premium and Standard models with 2MB of memory. The IDE emulation is built into the CF CB emulation but may also be used with other FDC models. Built-in time and date environment variables were added. Unix account creation has been fixed and more endian fixes for the PPC should see the CP/M tools and tape wav files now working. The z80api_execute_complete() function was fixed, as it was not completing on all dd/fd/cb/ed prefixed opcodes. Other changes and fixes were also made.

The Z80 emulator has been replaced with z80ex. The memory and ports management system has been overhauled. There is no longer any banked memory swapping. This has greatly reduced host CPU time for some Microbee systems. Sources now compile and work on Mac OS X Intel and PPC models. Changes were made to improve PIO serial. Serial, parallel, and other PIO interrupts have been improved. Full screen, sound, volume+, volume-, and tape buttons were added to the OSD menu. Loading of ROMs using MD5s, mouse cursor position when switching between full and a window display, and disassembly of IX and IY instructions were fixed.

This release adds an OSD GUI system that can be enhanced over future
releases. The GUI provides a resizable buffered console dialog. OSD
dialogs can be dragged and minimized. It adds an EMUKEY+C hotkey to
enter a "stdout" version of the OSD console. The Exit and Reset dialogs
have been replaced with OSD versions. Improvements have been made to HW
flashing, cursor timing, and RTC emulation. It adds MD5 support for ROM
and disk alias files, and adds the option --verbose to set the reporting
level and options to create and use alternative user account locations.

OpenGL support was added, along with nine gl-x
support options. An Ubuntu/Debian binary package
has been added. A built-in scripting language has
been added with 18 --if-x support options and
internal variables that can be created or removed
with --vasrset and --varuset options. Dynamically
created variables were added. OpenGL supports full
screen mode, maximized mode, and resizable
windows. In window mode, any aspect ratio can be
selected. The --echo and --exit options were added
for scripts. Other additions and improvements were
made. Changes to sample configuration files and
two bugfixes were also made.

Changes to video rendering: SW/HW video surfaces are supported along with 8, 8gs, 16, and 32 bits per pixel modes. The options --video-type, --video-depth, --mouse-wheel, --lockfix-win32, --lockfix-x11, --js-clist, --lcons, --gui-persist, --cmd-repeat1, and --cmd-repeat2 are added. This release adds mapping of the joystick to commands, and hot keys to pause and set volume. Hot keys are now repeatable. Volume level, paused state, and debug are added to the status line. Color PROM values are added. Uost CPU time for screen writing is reduced by eliminating redundant updates. There are new versions of some CP/M tools. Many other changes and fixes were made.