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SheepShaver NEWS -- history of user-visible changes. 2005-03-08 |
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Copyright (C) 1997-2005 Christian Bauer and Marc Hellwig |
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Version 2.2 (snapshot) - 21.Mar.2005 |
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* Implement high-precision timings on POSIX systems |
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* Add other SDL keysym translations |
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* Add some SSE2 optimizations to the AltiVec emulation core |
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* Add port to FreeBSD 5.3 and NetBSD 2.0 systems (x86 tested) |
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* Add initial port to Windows with SDL graphics |
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* Fix interrupt handling, registers are now fully preserved |
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* Fix support for native execution on recent Linux/PPC systems |
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* Fix support for Gossamer ROMs (PowerMac G3 Beige) |
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* Fix crash in Apple Personal Diagnostics on MacOS 9 |
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* Fix crash in Power Management on MacOS 9 |
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Version 2.2 (snapshot) - 07.Jul.2004 |
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* Add support for MacOS 9.0.4 |
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* Add native port to MacOS X with SDL graphics |
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* Fix timebase emulation. UpTime() is now more accurate |
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* Fix hardware cursor acceleration in X11 |
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* Fix 'r' and <ctrl> key mappings for Apple X11 servers |
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* Fix video thread cancellation on MacOS X |
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* Fix detection of PowerPC 750FX and 970 processors |
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Version 2.2 (snapshot) - 09.Jun.2004 |
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* Improve generic JIT engine to reach around 1/8-th of native speeds |
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* Improve 68k audio processing with "reentrant" JIT generated code |
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* Add Native QuickDraw acceleration for BitBlt (srcCopy) and FillRect |
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* Add TUN/TAP device support on Linux systems |
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* Add run-time depth switching. Support at least 1-bpp screens |
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* Add "idlewait" option to pause SheepShaver when MacOS is idle |
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* Fix ethernet support on little endian and 64-bit systems |
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* Fix initialization of NVRAM on first-time use |
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Version 2.2 (snapshot) - 25.Feb.2004 |
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* Improved generic JIT, FPU instructions are now translated |
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* Add AltiVec emulation, emulated CPU is now a PowerPC 7400 (G4) |
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* Add initial port to MacOS X with an X11 server |
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Version 2.2 (snapshot) - 14.Jan.2004 |
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* Fix several CPU emulation bugs, extended testsuite |
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* Fix FPU emulation, "scrollbar" & Graphing Calculator bugs are gone |
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* Add support for 64-bit platforms, more precisely AMD64 with JIT |
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* Add support for copy-paste of text on Unix/X11 systems |
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* Add support for wheel mice |
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* Better support for PowerMac PCI ROMs with more generic patches |
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* Better support for audio output (with pre-G3 PowerMac PCI ROMs) |
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* Improve native Linux/PPC port |
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Version 2.2 (snapshot) - 25.Nov.2003 |
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* Initial public release with PowerPC CPU emulator for testing |
