| Changes in 3.11, compared to 3.10i/j |
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| Additions: |
| 1. This version adds WiFi support for the Ultimate 64 and Ultimate 64 Elite. |
| Please read the manual on how to set up the ESP32 module. |
| https://1541u-documentation.readthedocs.io/en/latest/howto/wifi.html |
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| 2. JiffyDOS support for the built-in SoftwareIEC drive. This is a first step |
| to make the internal drive more usable. More effort needs to be done to |
| make the command set more compatible with CMD. |
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| 3. Assembly 64 integration. Many users use the offline version of the |
| great Assembly 64 online database, by running Fredrik's tool to copy |
| the content into folders onto a USB stick. Now, the Ultimate is the first |
| embedded ever system that integrates access to this online database! You |
| can now simply download and play titles directly from the internet on your |
| Ultimate device. Please read the manual about this here: |
| https://1541u-documentation.readthedocs.io/en/latest/howto/assembly.html |
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| 4. The Ultimate now supports a basic http daemon; also known as webserver. |
| This allows some simple files to be served from the Ultimate. This server |
| also implements a ReSTful API, which allows an external device to control the |
| Ultimate with standard web URLs. Read up on the API here: |
| https://1541u-documentation.readthedocs.io/en/latest/api/api_calls.html |
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| 5. On the Ultimate 64 it is now possible to isolate the serial bus from the |
| computer, which allows the Ultimate 64 to be used as external drives. |
| Look for "Serial Bus Mode" in the "Ultimate 64 Specific Settings". |
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| Fixes: |
| Various small fixes, such as the telnet session closing upon mount, configuration |
| of the cartrdiges that serve VIC data from external ROM, quite a few fixes in |
| the emulated printer, configurable page margins, ... and so on. |
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| Changes in 3.10i, compared to 3.10a |
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| Background: |
| If you would take some time to check the commit history of the repository |
| at GitHub, you may find over 500 commits since the last released version, 3.10a. |
| This is a lotttt more than it usually takes to release a next firmware version. |
| The version is still 3.10, so there are not many functional changes. Yet, files |
| have been touched, updated, or just made compatible with the new Ultimate-II+L |
| hardware. It was more difficult than expected to get the Lattice FPGA to work |
| correctly and keep compatibility with the existing hardware platforms. |
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| On top of the new introduction of the Ultimate-II+L, there is still a need to |
| support the "good old" 1541 Ultimate-II (or simply: U2). There have always |
| been issues with the Microblaze processor and the compiler from Xilinx. Every |
| version of the Xilinx compiler had different bugs that caused the Microblaze |
| based firmware to be broken in one way or another. Since the U2+L runs well |
| on the Risc-V, it was decided to upgrade the CPU inside of the U2 and ditch |
| the Microblaze forever. Unfortunately, the CPU that was chosen to run inside |
| of the U2+L did not fit in the same space as the Microblaze clone, so I |
| decided to write my own Risc-V compatible CPU. This is the CPU that will be |
| used from now on in the 1541 Ultimate-II. |
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| Fixes: |
| [Important] Fixed ExFAT filesystems with 128kB clusters |
| (Fixes failing D64 mounts from some ExFAT thumbdrives) |
| [Facebook Discussion] EasyFlash save function now saves all chip chunks to |
| support incomplete CRT files |
| [Issue-271] GEORAM at boot (MarkusC64) |
| [Issue-279] Support for 2 MHz operation for any cartridge, including EasyFlash |
| Minor fixes in the modem emulation layer from Scott Hutter (xlar54) |
| U64 only: Multicolor graphics side border bug (core version V1.41 => V1.42) |
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| Additions: |
| Firmware target added: Ultimate-II+L; the Lattice version! |
| System Information page now shows elaborate version info. |
| GEOS support functions from MarkusC64 |
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| Cartridge Support: |
| [Issue-314] Added support for Blackbox V9. |
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| Changes in 3.10a, compared to 3.10 |
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| Fixes: |
| [Issue-246] Fixed: Virtual Printer crashes when file cannot be created. |
| [Issue-234] Deleting last item in directory makes selection invisible |
| [Issue-236] Confirmation modal asking a question only gives 'OK' instead of 'Yes/No'. |
| [Issue-R17] Added mapping of ESC key to RUN/STOP. |
| [Facebook Request] Added: Leave menu on mount (can be selected per drive) |
| [Facebook Bug Report]: Fixed starting Kingsoft Business Basic cartridge |
| [Facebook Bug Report]: Allow Maverick (and others?) to write wrong sector headers on MFM tracks. |
| [Facebook Bug Report]: Unable to select GeoRAM. Is now a mode of the RAM Expansion Unit. |
| [Facebook Bug Report]: Fixed color palette not loaded at boot (U64 only). |
| [Facebook Bug Report]: Fixed USB sticks not recognized |
| [Messenger Report]: Improvements to palette file read. Rejects faulty files. Fixes hang-up |
| [Messenger Report]: Fixes 'Create DNP' when run from Telnet. Turned out to be a stack overflow. |
| [Email Discussion]: Adds EEPROM segment to GMOD2 when it is missing in the CRT file |
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| U2: |
| Fixes that U2 updater killed the flash before asking to update, leaving a semi-bricked device. |
| Fixes drive sounds. |
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| Modem: |
| ACIA NMI pulse extension to extend over bad line. This allows the 6502 to see it always. |
| Performance optimization ACIA / Modem |
| Allow spaces after ATDT command. |
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| Cartridge Support: |
| Additional C128 cartridge variant that allows banking and offers some RAM (U2/U2+ only). |
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| Changes in 3.10, since official release (3.9 / 1.37) |
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| Added features: |
| - Hardware emulation of 1571 and 1581 drives (U2+ / U64 only) |
| - MFM support on 1571, with enhanced G71 format to store MFM tracks |
| - Added audio samples for insert / remove floppy disk |
| - Added second drive sound to speaker output |
| - Possiblity to use your own drive sound samples |
| - Custom U64 palettes |
| - SystemInfo Page, showing drive, cartridge and storage status |
| - Flash Disk, to store drive roms, sounds, cartridges and such |
| - Cartridges are now always CRT files. Selected by filename in the config |
| - Cartridge compatibility check and reporting |
| - GMOD2 support, including EEPROM (U2+ / U64 only) |
| - Zaxxon Cartridge support |
| - Implemented writing CVT files back to a disk image (enables copying CVT files across disks.) |
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| Various UI Improvements: |
| - Select & Delete, using Shift-DEL |
| - Recursive delete from context menu |
| - Long filename truncation (thanks to 'naali' / Antti Svenn) |
| - Scrollable string edit box |
| - Adds save function for all cartridges, including EasyFlash and GMOD2 |
| - Full Clear function of configuration in Flash |
| - Added 'F3' Help screen to config menu |
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| Technical Fixes: |
| - Fixed RGB mode (U64 only) |
| - Fixed block read command |
| - Fixed access of files with special chars in CBM disk images, accessed from IEC |
| - Fixed UCI issues with SidPlay and others |
| - Fixed colon issue in Ultimate Kernal ROM |
| - Fixed crash on invalid file chain CBM filesystems |
| - Fixed check order DIR / VOLUME; fixes some issues with exFAT directories |
| - Added M and V commands in modem emulation layer, V now supporting numeric responses. Thanks Scott Hutter |
| - Fixed the root cause of the VOLUME bit set in exFAT directories |
| - Fixed missing 'probe' for filesystems on multi-partition disks |
| - Fixed loading from wrong device ID when issuing the 'run disk' command |
| - Fixed many little bugs in the generation of CVT files (copying GEOS files from a disk image) |
| - Adopted changes to U64 Kernal to set default loading ID, as submitted by Leif Bloomquist |
| - Adopted USB modifier key handling, as submitted by Peter de Schrijver |
| - Corrected bug in extended partition table reading |
| - Relaxed C128 cartridge timing (for C128 carts) |
| - Extended UCI I/O bytes to support Hyperspeed Kernal properly |
| - Check for file copy onto itself |
| - Increased robustness against loading faulty disk images |
| - Fixed VIA latch mode in 1541/1571. |
| - [Issue 227] Fixes 'get sensible name' function for Ulticopy |
| - Fix for .d71 sector allocation - format should give 1328 blocks free, not 1347. |
| - Fixes possible crash when decoding a GCR track to binary |
| - [Issue 160]: SpeedDOS / DolphinDOS loading errors |
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