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Revision: 1.3
Committed: 1999-10-03T20:40:05Z (25 years, 1 month ago) by cebix
Branch: MAIN
Changes since 1.2: +10 -1 lines
Log Message:
- updated documentation
- building RPMs works now

File Contents

# Content
1 V0.7 (alpha)
2 - Source tree imported into CVS
3 - Added BasiliskII.spec file and top-level Makefile to simplify
4 making distributions [with assistance from Roman Niewiarowski]
5 - Unix: "basilisk_ii_keycodes" renamed to "keycodes", default
6 location of keycodes file is now /usr/local/share/BasiliskII/keycodes
7 - Unix: improved the install target, added uninstall target
8 - Unix/Linux/NetDriver: removed MAKEDEV, functionality now included
9 in Makefile ("make dev")
10 - Unix/sys_unix.cpp: Sys_open() checks whether an HFS volume is currently
11 mounted under Linux and tries to unmount it
12 - Unix/sys_unix.cpp: implemented SysAddDiskPrefs() for Linux (scans
13 /etc/fstab to find HFS volumes)
14 - Unix/sys_unix.cpp: implemented Sys(Prevent/Allow)Removal() [Ryan Cumming]
15 - Unix/main_unix.cpp: added call to gtk_set_locale() before gtk_init()
16 [Toshimitsu Tanaka]
17 - Unix/video_x.cpp: "dga" screen preferences now takes width and
18 height as parameters (e.g. dga/640/480), like "win" [Pablo Averbuj]
19 - Unix/video_x.cpp: Caps Lock behaves as expected [Pablo Averbuj]
20 - Unix/prefs_editor_gtk.cpp: made the window width/height widgets
21 comboboxes providing some useful defaults
22
23 V0.7 (alpha) - 25.Jul.1999
24 - with 32-bit clean ROMs, the CPU type is now reported as a 68030
25 (for those OpenTransport fans :-)
26 - added new prefs item "nosound" to disable sound output
27 - sound output implemented for BeOS, Linux, Solaris and AmigaOS
28 (requires Sound Manager 3.x)
29 - dummy/audio_dummy.cpp: created
30 - dummy/prefs_dummy.cpp: created
31 - dummy/xpram_dummy.cpp: created
32 - macos_util.cpp: added FileDiskLayout()
33 - video.cpp: removed useless BlankMousePointer flag
34 - uae_cpu: updated to UAE 0.8.9
35 - uae_cpu/gencpu.c: fixed bug in CAS2, OpenTransport works now
36 - Unix: moved Linux- and FreeBSD-specific files to their respective
37 directories
38 - Unix: added 64-bit data types (needed by timer_unix.cpp)
39 - Unix: added keyboard translation method using raw keycodes instead of
40 keysyms (controlled by "keycodes" and "keycodefile" prefs items) which
41 doesn't depend on the selected keymap
42 - Unix: when running as root, Basilisk II tries to assign real-time
43 priorities to some threads
44 - Unix: calls to nanosleep() protected by autoconf define
45 - Unix/main_unix.cpp: tick thread replaced by POSIX.4 timer when possible
46 - Unix/timer_unix.cpp: uses POSIX.4 timing facilities when possible
47 - Unix/video_x.cpp: all X calls during emulation are now done from
48 the redraw thread which is also active in DGA mode; as a result,
49 XLockServer()/XUnlockServer() are no longer necessary
50 - Unix/sysdeps.h: changed C++ comments to C comments as this file is
51 included by some *.c files in uae_cpu [Brian J. Johnson]
52 - Unix/sysdeps.h: added unaligned access functions for SGI MIPSPro
53 compiler [Brian J. Johnson]
54 - Unix/Irix/unaligned.c: created [Brian J. Johnson]
55 - Windows: updated sources
56
57 V0.6 (alpha) - 12.Jul.1999
58 - Unix: Basilisk II now accepts a "-display <display>" argument to
59 specify the X display to use
60 - Unix: mounting floppies with Ctrl-F1 now works
61 - Unix/ether_linux.cpp: now works when ethertap is configured for
62 multicast support
63 - Unix/main_unix.cpp: XOpenDisplay() is now called from main()
64 - Unix/scsi_freebsd.cpp: added support for FreeBSD 2.x [Orlando Bassotto]
65 - Unix/posix_sem.cpp: updated [Orlando Bassotto]
66 - Unix/prefs_editor_gtk.cpp: serial pane recognizes FreeBSD serial/
67 printer devices [Orlando Bassotto]
68 - Unix/serial_unix.cpp: FreeBSD printer devices are recognized
69 [Orlando Bassotto]
70 - Unix/sys_unix.cpp: FreeBSD CD-ROM/floppy support, correct default
71 serial prefs for FreeBSD [Orlando Bassotto]
72 - Unix/sys_unix.cpp: fixed SysIsDiskInserted for Linux floppy
73 - Unix/FreeBSD/scsidump.cpp: added [Orlando Bassotto]
74
75 V0.6 (alpha) - 5.Jul.1999
76 - fixed mouse for Classic ROM and MacOS 6.x/7.x
77 - Unix/ether_linux.cpp: added ethertap support (see README for details)
78 - dummy/clip_dummy.cpp: created
79
80 V0.6 (alpha) - 2.Jul.1999
81 - rom_patches.cpp: added CheckROM() which has to be called before
82 PatchROM()
83 - rom_patches.cpp: started ROM patches for Classic/SE ROMs
84 - adb.cpp: ADB handlers get ADBBase passed in a3
85 - adb.cpp: moved temporary data area to ADBBase+0x163 (Mac Classic
86 mouse handler wants it there)
87 - emul_op.cpp/EMUL_OP_CLKNOMEM: reading from the RTC time registers
88 yields the correct time and date
89 - uae_cpu/cpu_emulation.h: added FLAYOUT_NONE to disable frame buffer
90 mapping
91 - uae_cpu/basilisk_glue.cpp: RAMBaseMac/ROMBaseMac are now set in
92 Init680x0() (instead of main_*.cpp)
93 - uae_cpu/memory.cpp: added support for Mac Plus/II memory maps
94 and 24 bit addressing
95 - uae_cpu/newcpu.cpp: re-implemented support for 68000/010 emulation
96 - uae_cpu/cpuopti.c: patched for egcs [Orlando Bassotto]
97 - main_*.cpp: added TwentyFourBitAddressing flag
98 - main_*.cpp: CPU type and addressing mode depends on ROM version
99 - main_*.cpp: tick thread changed to use new TimerDateTime() function
100 - include/video.h: VideoInit() takes "classic" parameter to select
101 "Classic" video mode (512x342, 1-bit)
102 - include/timer.h: new function TimerDateTime() to get local date/time
103 in Mac format
104 - Unix: support for FreeBSD [Orlando Bassotto]
105 - Unix/scsi_freebsd-cam.cpp: created [Orlando Bassotto]
106 - Unix/posix_sem.cpp: created [Orlando Bassotto]
107 - Unix/main_unix.cpp: added call to XF86DGAForkApp()
108 - Unix/video_x.cpp: support for Classic video mode and display on
109 1-bit screens
110 - Unix/video_x.cpp: added check whether screen is really DGA capable
111 - Unix/video_x.cpp: added check for image endianess
112 - Unix/sys_unix.cpp: added replacement for Linux llseek() for platforms
113 that don't have it
114 - Unix/*.cpp: replaced sleep()/usleep() by nanosleep()
115 - Amiga/prefs_editor_amiga.cpp: ROM file selection via file requester
116 didn't work
117
118 V0.6 (alpha) - 22.Jun.1999
119 - fixed small compilation problems on BeOS/x86
120 - rsrc_patches.cpp: fixed for MacOS 7.6.1
121 - dummy/scsi_dummy.cpp: scsi_send_cmd() was missing timeout parameter
122 - Unix/video_x.cpp: fixed compilation problem on systems without DGA
123 - BeOS/prefs_editor_beos.cpp: it is now possible to drop ROM files on
124 the "ROM File" control
125 - BeOS/sys_beos.cpp: Basilisk II will not try to unmount volumes (from
126 BeOS) that are to be mounted read-only
127
128 V0.6 (alpha) - 20.Jun.1999
129 - scsi.cpp: added "timeout" parameter to scsi_send_cmd()
130 - scsi_*.cpp: fixed S/G table processing bug in scsi_send_cmd()
131 (every entry was written to/read from the same buffer address)
132 - Unix/scsi_linux.cpp: implemented
133 - Unix/video_x.cpp: new hotkeys: Ctrl-Esc = emergency quit from DGA mode,
134 Ctrl-Tab = suspend DGA mode
135 - Unix/video_x.cpp: implemented VideoQuitFullScreen() (used by
136 ErrorAlert())
137 - BeOS/video_beos.cpp: implemented VideoQuitFullScreen() (used by
138 ErrorAlert())
139
140 V0.6 (alpha) - 19.Jun.1999
141 - sys_*.cpp: 400K DiskCopy disk images are now recognized (84 byte
142 header)
143 - user_strings.cpp: added strings for GTK preferences editor
144 - Unix: implemented preferences editor (requires GTK)
145 - Unix: added "install" target to Makefile
146 - Unix: created minimal man page
147 - Unix/main_unix.cpp: ErrorAlert() and WarningAlert() pop up dialog
148 boxes when GTK is present
149 - BeOS/prefs_editor_beos.cpp: added "Create" button to volume list
150 - BeOS/prefs_editor_beos.cpp: "About" dialog added
151
152 V0.5 (alpha) - 13.Jun.1999
153 - prefs.cpp: added ZapPRAM()
154 - prefs.cpp: PrefsReplaceString() can now take an index
155 - user_strings.cpp: added strings for preferences editor
156 - prefs_editor_*.*: created
157 - sys.h: SysCDStop() now takes the MSF address of the lead-out track
158 as a parameter
159 - AmigaOS: start offset and size of devices is now given in blocks,
160 not bytes
161 - AmigaOS: implemented preferences editor
162 - BeOS: implemented preferences editor
163 - AmigaOS/sys_amiga.cpp: added checks for NSD and 64-bit TD commands
164 (not yet used)
165 - AmigaOS/sys_amiga.cpp: implemented CD audio commands
166 - Unix/sys_unix.cpp: CD-ROM devices are opened with O_NONBLOCK flag
167 - Unix/sys_unix.cpp: using CDROM_DRIVE_STATUS to check for inserted
168 disks if drive supports it
169 - Unix/sys_unix.cpp: CD-ROM devices are closed and reopened on eject
170 to clear the driver's internal buffers
171 - Unix/video_x.cpp: added incremental refresh mode [David Lawrence]
172 - Unix/video_x.cpp: small changes to the DGA code
173
174 V0.5 (alpha) - 17.May 1999
175 - new "fpu" prefs item to enable/disable the (buggy) UAE FPU emulation
176 - Defaults for platform-specific prefs items can be set in the new
177 AddPlatformPrefsDefault() function which gets called by PrefsInit()
178 - added dummy audio component, so MacOS versions >=7.5 should be more
179 stable when running programs that try to do something with sound
180 - adb.cpp: relative mouse mode should work a bit better
181 - macos_util.cpp: new function HasMacStarted() to check Mac warm
182 start flag
183 - macos_util.cpp: new function MountVolume() to aid implementation
184 of manual volume mounting
185 - cdrom.cpp: added CDROMMountVolume()
186 - BeOS: replaced "Mount floppy" menu item by submenu with list of all
187 removable volumes
188 - Win32: many fixes and improvements [Lauri Pesonen]
189
190 V0.5 (alpha) - 8.May 1999
191 - added information about GPL to all source files
192 - rom_patches.cpp: fixed one unaligned access problem (Sparc)
193 - replaced "off_t" by "loff_t" to allow 64 bit disk access under Linux
194 - created "dummy" platform directory containing generic "do-nothing"
195 versions of certain files to aid in testing and porting
196 - Unix: improved autoconf stuff and sysdeps.h
197 - Unix: now compiles under Solaris
198 - Unix/video_x.cpp: automatic SHM detection, fallback to XPutImage
199
200 V0.5 (alpha) - 26.Apr.1999
201 - main_*.cpp: ramsize is rounded down to 1MB boundary
202 - uae_cpu/memory.h: added "REGPARAM2" in more places [Lauri Pesonen]
203 - uae_cpu/memory.cpp: changed "Diff" variables from "uae_8 *" to
204 "uae_u32" [Lauri Pesonen]
205 - uae_cpu/memory.cpp: added "REGPARAM2" in more places [Lauri Pesonen]
206 - uae_cpu/newcpu.h: added "REGPARAM2" in more places [Lauri Pesonen]
207 - uae_cpu/newcpu.cpp: added "REGPARAM2" in more places [Lauri Pesonen]
208 - Windows/*: integrated updated Windows sources from Lauri Pesonen
209
210 V0.5 (alpha) - 25.Apr.1999
211 - prefs.cpp/PrefsRemoveItem(): deleting the last item now works
212 - uae_cpu/memory.cpp: changed "uae_u8 REGPARAM2 *func()" to
213 "uae_u8 *REGPARAM2 func()"
214 - Unix/ether_unix.cpp: implemented
215 - Unix/Linux/NetDriver: created
216 - Unix/video_x.cpp: added support for 32 bit screens, cleaned up
217 VisualInfo code
218 - BeOS/ether_beos.cpp: cleaned up the code
219 - BeOS/video_beos.cpp: full screen video mode and color depth can now
220 be set via prefs("scr/<mode>")
221
222 V0.4 (alpha) - 15.Apr.1999
223 - Added some literature references to the source files
224 - Modularized CPU engine: the interface of the CPU engine is now
225 defined in cpu_emulation.h, so different CPU engines can be
226 substituted more easily [as requested by Bill Huey]
227 - uae_cpu/gencpu.c: duplicate_carry() was missing in SUB and NBCD routines
228 - Unix: added autoconf stuff
229 - Unix: modified the makefile so it won't fail if cpuopti didn't work
230 [Daniel Thompson]
231
232 V0.4 (alpha) - 11.Apr.1999
233 - cdrom.cpp: find_hfs_partition() bailed out too soon when finding no
234 "PN" signature [Lauri Pesonen]
235 - prefs.cpp: prefs file allows more whitespace between keyword and value
236 [Lauri Pesonen]
237 - prefs.cpp: remodeled to allow platform-specific prefs items (list of
238 keywords is kept in table)
239 - video.cpp/cscSetEntries: luminance mapping uses integer instead of
240 floating point math
241 - video_*.cpp: on most systems, the frame buffer is allocated with
242 two additional lines as some ROM versions seem to write behind
243 the frame buffer proper
244 - BeOS/Unix/sysdeps.h: defined X86_ASSEMBLY on i386/GCC systems
245 - BeOS/Unix/sysdeps.h: redefined get/put_mem() functions to take and
246 return an uae_u32 value, added some more x86 optimizations
247 - Unix/serial_unix.cpp/kSERDBaudRate: rates between 57600 and 65535
248 result in a rate of 57600 [Lauri Pesonen]
249
250 V0.4 (alpha) - 10.Apr.1999
251 - upgraded to UAE 0.8.8 CPU, CPU is now built with "gencpu", UAE sources
252 moved to "uae" directory
253 - new preferences item "rom" to specify the path of the ROM file
254 - new preferences item "ether" for Ethernet driver
255 - new INTFLAG_ETHER interrupt flag
256 - main_*.cpp: added ChoiceAlert()
257 - main_*.cpp: disabled UAE FPU (as it is buggy)
258 - serial_*.cpp: device_name is now a "const char *"
259 - serial_*.cpp: implemented monitor (#define MONITOR 1 to activate)
260 - *.h: changed "#ifdef _XXX_H_" to "#ifdef XXX_H" as symbols starting
261 with an underscore are reserved
262 - rom_patches.cpp: icon data moved to sony/disk/cdrom.cpp
263 - rom_patches.cpp: removed unnecessary a0/a1 save/restore from drivers
264 - slot_rom.cpp: removed unnecessary a0/a1 save/restore from drivers
265 - serial_defs.h: added error codes
266 - AmigaOS: the Kickstart ROM is no longer used to redirect NIL pointer
267 accesses as this crashes some machines (especially 68040-based);
268 a scratch memory block is used instead
269 - AmigaOS/serial_amiga.cpp: implemented
270 - AmigaOS/ether_amiga.cpp: implemented
271 - AmigaOS/sys_amiga.cpp: SysAddSerialPrefs() now returns real defaults
272 - AmigaOS/main_amiga.cpp: when the memory for the Mac RAM and ROM
273 cannot be allocated, an error message is displayed (instead of crashing)
274 - AmigaOS/main_amiga.cpp: interrupts are disabled during execution
275 of an EMUL_OP routine
276 - AmigaOS/asm_support.asm: the CTRL-C handler checks for pending
277 AmigaDOS operations
278 - AmigaOS/asm_support.asm: the interrupt signal exception is rethrown
279 when the interrupt level in EmulatedSR gets lowered while interrupts
280 are pending
281 - BeOS: switched from project files to Be supplied makefile system
282 - BeOS/ether_beos.cpp: implemented
283 - BeOS/serial_beos.cpp: modem status of parallel device is returned
284 as (dsrEvent | dcdEvent | ctsEvent)
285 - BeOS/serial_beos.cpp: implemented kSERDBaudRate
286 - BeOS/serial_beos.cpp: serdtDCE is set in PrimeIn()/PrimeOut()
287 - Unix/serial_unix.cpp: added support for parallel ports
288 - Unix/serial_unix.cpp: serdtDCE is set in PrimeIn()/PrimeOut()
289 - Unix/video_x.cpp: pressing F12 and q will quit Basilisk II in DGA mode
290 (useful when it crashed)
291
292 V0.3 (alpha) - 14.Mar.1999
293 - Unix/video_x.cpp: added 15, 16 and 32 bit window modes [Bill Huey]
294 - BeOS/video_beos.cpp: "screen" prefs item is now either
295 "win/<width>/<height>" for window mode or "scr" for full-screen
296 mode
297 - added documentation of preferences file format to README
298
299 V0.2 (alpha) - 11.Mar.1999
300 - tested with ROM versions 19 and 26
301 - prefs.cpp: renamed TYPE_BOOL to TYPE_BOOLEAN beacuse of name clash on
302 BeOS R4.1
303 - uae_memory.cpp: added support for frame buffer pixel type conversion
304 in virtual addressing mode, the Mac frame buffer layout now has to be
305 specified in MacFrameLayout (video.h)
306 - Unix/video_x.cpp: the "screen" prefs item is now read to select
307 window mode (with a specified window size) or DGA mode
308 - Unix/video_x.cpp: DGA mode supports 15, 16 and 32 bit modes (packed
309 24 bit pixels don't work)
310 - Unix/Makefile.linux: added -D_REENTRANT to compiler flags
311
312 V0.2 (alpha) - 23.Jan.1999
313 - first alpha release