VICE v1.12 released...

Wonderboy · Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2003 3:44 pm Post subject: VICE v1.12 released...

Headline says everything...

new version... now with Plus4 emulation...
Here's the link: http://viceteam.bei.t-online.de/

Changes/Improvements:

** General
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- Added -autoload switch which acts like -autostart but without
actually starting the program.

- It is possible to use the printer emulation without switching off
true drive emulation now.

** C64 changes
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- Mouse emulation should work again.

- Improved trap emulation compatibility.

** C128 changes
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- Fixed some VDC crashs.

- Added support for national firmware and keyboard mappings.

- Implemented fast IEC bus.

** PLUS4 changes
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- New emulator. Currently it contains many bugs and several features
are missing. Do not send any bug reports for now.

** VIC-II
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- Fixed some raster interrupt emulation bugs.

- Some minor NTSC fixes.

- Reset should properly reset the VIC-II now.

** SID changes
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- The ReSID state is saved in snapshots now.

** Drive changes
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- Improved GCR sync detection.

- Added some more jobcodes to the 1581 emulation.

- RAM mirrors are properly emulated now.

** Unix changes
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- Added Catweasel MKIII SID support.

- The Gnome popup dialogs now have titles again. This now can be used
to hook up WM actions.

- Key events are passed to a focused Vice window even when the mouse
is not inside the emulator window.

** MS-Windows changes
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- Added Catweasel MKIII SID support.

- Next try to fix synchronization on very fast machines.

** OS/2
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- Added Fullscreen support!

** Miscellaneous changes
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- Each file system drive has a separate error channel now.

- Added a command to the monitor to put a string into the keyboard
buffer.

- The PC of the drive CPU emulation is correctly shown in the monitor
prompt now.

- The monitor shows the current line and cycle now.

- It is possible to switch off reset on cart attach/detach now.

Antiriad02 · Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2003 3:59 pm Post subject:

One question, what emulator do you like more CCS64 2.0 beta or VICE?
I like very much CCS64 but sometimes the games don´t work. I try and there are games what don´t load. I hate what it happens.

White Demon · Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2003 4:38 pm Post subject:

One thing I've noticed with Vice, why no 80 column mode for C128?

I want to put it into 80 column display but can find no option to set it as such.
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Fröhn · Grandmaster of C64 Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 1950

White Demon wrote:

One thing I've noticed with Vice, why no 80 column mode for C128?

I want to put it into 80 column display but can find no option to set it as such.

RTFM!

stuartt · Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2003 8:00 pm Post subject:

What's this Catweasel MK3 SID emulation? I cannot notice much difference between it and reSID.
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White Demon · Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2003 10:14 am Post subject:

Fröhn wrote:

RTFM!

Well that didn't help, the manual has nothing about how to actually get it into 80 column mode, just mentions it's available.

It was from the command line options window in the emulator itself where I found how to access it.
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Antares · Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2003 12:07 pm Post subject:

Antiriad02 wrote:

One question, what emulator do you like more CCS64 2.0 beta or VICE?
I like very much CCS64 but sometimes the games don´t work. I try and there are games what don´t load. I hate what it happens.

This has been one of the most asked questions on this forum (along with the "name your fave SID tune" type ones). Perhaps you might consider to use the search feature Smile

Spanish:

Esta ha sido una de las preguntas más repetidas del foro (junto con las del tipo de "¿cuál es tu música SID favorita?"). ¿Por qué no echas un vistazo con la herramienta de búsqueda? Smile

BTW: Now downloading VICE1.12!! Smile

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Rubi · Groupie in Training Joined: 22 Mar 2002 Posts: 89

stuartt wrote:

What's this Catweasel MK3 SID emulation? I cannot notice much difference between it and reSID.

It's a PCI card for your PC that (besides some other things) has a sound chip like the SID. Google for catweasel MK3 to get more infos.

- Rubi

Christian Johansson · Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2003 4:51 pm Post subject:

White Demon wrote:

One thing I've noticed with Vice, why no 80 column mode for C128?

I want to put it into 80 column display but can find no option to set it as such.

That is easy. When you open VICE 128 you get two windows, one for 40-column display and one for 80-column display (the black window is for 80-column display). Just use F1 followed by X to switch between the two modes/windows (F1 corresponds to Esc on a C128). The F7 key corresponds to the 40/80 column key so press that to toggle whether the emulator should use 40-column or 80-column display after a reset/start-up.

/Christian

Christian Johansson · Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2003 4:58 pm Post subject:

I saw that there is TFE (The Final Ethernet) emulation. This sounds very interesting. Does it mean that if I have an Internet connection open and use for example Contiki in the C64 emulator, I would be able to browse and read e-mail from inside the emulator?

/Christian

Eyeth · Groupie Joined: 05 Dec 2002 Posts: 261 Location: Miami, FL

Hello.

I already posted this in comp.emulators.cbm newsgroup. Here's the snippet:

Hello.

I downloaded the Windows version. ('m using Windows 98.) x64 worked as advertised and 1351 mouse emulation works great. I was able to boot and run Wheels 64 (GEOS 64 upgrade) w/o any problem.

I can't say the same for x128, though. x128's VDC emulation is finally fixed and works fine in NTSC mode. I had previous problems using the VDC screen when I set my x128 machine to NTSC. But, when I tried to load Wheels 128 (GEOS 128 upgrade), it would load a 3-block 'booter' program and in turn, this booter program will fail to load in the rest of the GEOS system, dropping to a cursor prompt. I'm using the 1581 drive as devices #8 and #9. I wonder if the following is the culprit?

> - Implemented fast IEC bus.

Additionally, I wasn't able to turn off TFE emulation from the menu.

Vice is improving and it is truly a great endeavor involving our classic hobbyist computer platform. Hopefully this would be a minor bug and that it can be easily fixed. I'll be looking forward to using the next version of x128 and use my favorite GUI, Wheels 128. Thanks for all the work you've done so far, I appreciate it!

Enjoy.
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turk182 · Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2003 12:26 am Post subject:

For the life of me I cant get the mouse emulation option to work with cheese...am I doing something wrong? do I need to turn of joysticks or something
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mcm · Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2003 7:18 am Post subject:

Damn, I have actually never tried VICE before...very impressive Smile

So far, I prefer it to CCS, I especially like the small window that displays what`s on the disk Razz

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Firefox · Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2003 1:21 pm Post subject:

JohnnyRebel wrote:

Damn, I have actually never tried VICE before...very impressive Smile

So far, I prefer it to CCS, I especially like the small window that displays what`s on the disk Razz

Good news about VICE.

Yes, VICE improved very much. I changed to VICE a year ago. If you like C64-gaming then you can even take snapshots of games, that's a very good tool.

I like to experimentate with the different color-palettes, it sometimes gives a different appearance to play games when you change the color-palette Wink

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Marticus · Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2003 9:51 am Post subject: No gfx filters?

I have been hoping for a while (even emailed the VICE dev team) for someone to add Scale2x to a c64 emulator. Most other platforms emulated have this (8bit ones anyway) and I have manually applied it to a few screenshots, and it looks good.

Oh well more hoping and nagging to do Smile

Wonderboy · Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2003 11:23 am Post subject:

I also prefer CCS, because I had these CPU Jam errors at VICE and the Warp Mode causes some crashes...

But CCS doesn't emulate Frankie goes to Hollywood Sad

Antiriad02 · Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2003 1:47 pm Post subject:

Wonderboy wrote:

But CCS doesn't emulate Frankie goes to Hollywood Sad

Frankie Goes To Hollywood works fine in C64s. An out of date emulator what you can download it of Dohi´s site. Smile

In Vice, I haven´t it tried. In C64s the game works all the time without errors. And the sound is practically perfect. I don´t kow but that game in CCS64 has bad the music. I don´t hear it simmilar to a real C64.
Bye.

yago · Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2003 12:12 pm Post subject: Re: No gfx filters?

Marticus wrote:

I have been hoping for a while (even emailed the VICE dev team) for someone to add Scale2x to a c64 emulator. Most other platforms emulated have this (8bit ones anyway) and I have manually applied it to a few screenshots, and it looks good.

Oh well more hoping and nagging to do Smile

Scaling2x is called "Double Size" in the Vice-Options-Menu.

Have Fun,
Zed Yago

midgard · Groupie Joined: 20 Mar 2002 Posts: 202

Antiriad02 wrote:

Wonderboy wrote:

But CCS doesn't emulate Frankie goes to Hollywood Sad

Frankie Goes To Hollywood works fine in C64s. An out of date emulator what you can download it of Dohi´s site. Smile

In Vice, I haven´t it tried. In C64s the game works all the time without errors. And the sound is practically perfect. I don´t kow but that game in CCS64 has bad the music. I don´t hear it simmilar to a real C64.
Bye.

Funny, in any case this is a demo and it will only run TEN MINUTES :oops:
It's still for sale.
If you want to enjoy C64s, you have to BUY it.
-m

Marticus · Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2003 5:01 am Post subject: Re: No gfx filters?

yago wrote:

Scaling2x is called "Double Size" in the Vice-Options-Menu.

That was either a poor joke or ignorance Smile

I invite you to peruse the scale2x page.

stuartt · Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2003 5:40 am Post subject:

Marticus - That would be good to see in WinVICE. How CPU intensive is this graphics processing mode?
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Eyeth · Groupie Joined: 05 Dec 2002 Posts: 261 Location: Miami, FL

Marticus wrote:

I invite you to peruse the scale2x page.

Whoa!

Thanks for opening my eyes, man. That feature would look great on VICE x64 and x128 as it recreates closely the true C64 feel. On a monitor, most pixels would blur and artifact. They are nowhere near as crisp as on an emulator screen.

Enjoy.
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stuartt · Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2003 9:31 am Post subject:

I've e-mailed the VICE Development Team and we'll see what the reply is...
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Marticus · Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2003 6:38 am Post subject:

stuartt wrote:

I've e-mailed the VICE Development Team and we'll see what the reply is...

I did that before and nothing came of it, maybe you'll have better luck. It's in many emulators now, arcade, snes, gba, even scummvm uses it Smile

I grabbed the source and am seeing if i can hack together something but my C++ is bad, pointers make me cringe Smile

Edit: I don't think it is very CPU intensive, it's a simple boolean operation from what I can tell, and there is MMX code example in the source at contrib/visualc/scale2x.cpp

Obviously it takes more CPU than a simple size doubling but not as much as the 2xSAI, SuperEagle and Biliniear filters I'd imagine.

Antiriad02 · Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2003 10:18 am Post subject:

midgard wrote:

Antiriad02 wrote:

Wonderboy wrote:

But CCS doesn't emulate Frankie goes to Hollywood Sad

Frankie Goes To Hollywood works fine in C64s. An out of date emulator what you can download it of Dohi´s site. Smile

In Vice, I haven´t it tried. In C64s the game works all the time without errors. And the sound is practically perfect. I don´t kow but that game in CCS64 has bad the music. I don´t hear it simmilar to a real C64.
Bye.

Funny, in any case this is a demo and it will only run TEN MINUTES :oops:
It's still for sale.
If you want to enjoy C64s, you have to BUY it.
-m

I thought that the emulator that can dowloading of Dohi´s site is complete. But not. I have it without restrictions. But the 2.0 version. There the game works. I can mail you the emulator if you want. Smile