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WinUAE 2.3.3 (18.09.2011)
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New features:

- New very low latency VSync mode, autodetects real refresh rate, no more 100% CPU usage, supports also windowed modes.
  (Not compatible with fastest possible CPU modes but planned in future)
- Experimental rawinput joystick/joypad support. (-rawhid command line parameter)
  Added because DirectInput is said to introduce some extra input lag.

Updates:

- Real cause for Max Transfer IDE problem found. IDE emulation detects and logs it now. (*)
- CD image audio buffer increased slightly, some systems had glitches in CD audio.
- Non-configured joystick/mouse autoswitch update: short firebutton press or move left = insert into joystick port,
  longer press or move right = insert into mouse port. 
- Add Harddrive option does not require Administrator privileges anymore, most removable drives can be used without
  higher privileges, at least under Windows 7.

Bug fixes:

- IDE emulation write hang introduced in 2.3.2.
- A590/A2091 emulation crash if CPU was 68020+.
- On the fly CD switching (both images and real CDs) reliability improved.
- Direct3D blank screen problem is now 100% fixed. Really.
- win32.hardfile_path didn't work.
- On the fly resolution change didn't work correctly, resolution autoswitch improved.
- Key or joystick button mapped to mouse direction didn't work.
- Analog stick mapped to mouse had too fast and unstable speed.

*) Max Transfer problem was introduced with ATA v2 specification. ROM built-in IDE driver assume ATA v1 behavior,
some drives are compatible with ATA v1, some are not and will require Max Transfer fix. It is NOT a drive bug.

- do not misdetect standard adf images that have small amount of garbage data appended at the end of file
- forgotten experimental code removed. (b1, broke Sequential 18Frames! part)
- ECS superhires sprite color fixed (Didn't handle "color scrambling")

- added "statefile_name" configuration file entry, sets default statefile name (normally "default.uss")
- fixed jittery raw mouse movement
- resolution autoswitch should now work correctly, no more strange centering without autoscale.
- analog stick mapped as a mouse had wrong and unstable speed
- rarely used configuration entries were only supposed to be written if they had non-default value. re-saving configuration will reduce size of most config files. Older bug.
- "Integer scaling" visible in GUI (AF specific feature originally), selects biggest integer scaling ratio that still fits on screen
- "VSync (new)" renamed to "Low latency VSync"
- Input panel configuration #1-#3 can be renamed by manually editing config file (input.x.name=name)
- GUI allows FPU in cycle exact modes. Not much point but if you really want to enable it..

New features:

- AROS ROM replacement development snapshot included, replaces old
  very basic ROM replacement feature, used by default if official
  KS ROM is not found.
- New autofire option. Button released = autofire. Button pressed = normal
  non-autofire firebutton.
- Stop the CPU and wait until blitter has finished if any blitter register
  is accessed while blitter is busy and CPU mode is fastest possible.
  Better workaround than immediate blitter for programs that have blitter
  wait bugs with fast CPU.
- Serial port telnet server.

Updates:

- Disk emulation accuracy improved
  (Codertrash / Mexx, El Egg Tronic Quarts / Quadlite)
- CIA timer undocumented startup delays emulated (Risky Woods sound
  glitches)
- win32.floppy_path and win32.hardfile_path really works as expected.
- Display panel refresh rate accepts non-integer values.

Bug fixes:

- Implemented workaround that should fix Direct3D blank screen problem.
- Sample ripper crash.
- 68000 exception 3 emulation fixed again. (Broke compatibility with some
  very old copy protections, for example Soldier of Light and Zoom!)
- Reset bug that broke Arcadia mode, A1000 mode and Action Replay ROMs.
- Automatic resolution switch interlace detection was unreliable.
- CD32 early boot menu is accessible again.
- Rare crash when switching from fullscreen RTG mode to native mode.
- Borderblank chipset feature didn't work in ECS Denise mode.
- Possible input configuration corruption due to uninitialized variable.
- Color change table overflow crash that can happen when emulated
  program crashes really badly.

--Beta 4

- added new autofire option. Button released = autofire. Button pressed = normal non-autofire firebutton.
- 231b13 reset fix fixed again (A1000 and Arcadia emulation crash)
- automatic resolution switch interlace detection was unreliable
- show a message and refuse real harddrive write attempts to block zero (=RDB write attempt) if drive has one or more mounted PC partitions. Partitioning is going to fail even if write appears to succeed.
- screen mode change (fullscreen<>windowed or windowed mode window size change) released all currently pressed keys, it should only happen when WinUAE loses focus, not when switching modes
- window title bar mouse text shortened, F12 note added
- stop the cpu and wait until blitter has finished if any blitter register is accessed while blitter is busy and cpu mode is fastest possible

WinUAE 2.3.1 released (26.02.2011)
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New features:

- Directory filesystem ACTION_LOCK_RECORD and ACTION_FREE_RECORD.
- Gamepad joystick type for games that support 2nd fire button but
can't read it without pullup resistor. (for example Aladdin)
- Manual filter configuration fully implemented.
- Autoresolution supported (automatically selects lowest used
resolution on the fly)
- MIDI device names are stored in configuration file.

Updates:

- Custom chipset undocumented feature compatibility updates.
(For example Magic Demo / Diabolics, MoreNewStuffy by PlasmaForce,
Kefrens Party Intro by Wiz)
- M68K AROS compatible IDE and RTG emulation.
- Statefile compatiblity updates. (Initial audio glitches, mouse
counters updated correctly, CPU exact mid-instruction state saved,
active disk DMA state saved)
- New filter defaults, 1x (not FS) and always scale if selected
screen/window size is very small or large enough.
- Auto resize and center filter modes 1x/2x.. modifiers now
adjust window size.
- Attempt to load disk image and harddisk paths in state files from
current directory, current adf/hardfile path and finally state
file directory if original path or file is missing.
- SCSI emulation physical drive tray load/eject passthrough.
- SCSI emulation CD audio support improved.
(for example T-Zero and The Shadow of the Third Moon)
- Clipboard sharing disable option in GUI.

2.3.0 bugs fixed:

- Audio pitch errors if audio period rate was near minimum audio
DMA limit.
- Very heavy CPU usage if program continuously plays really short
audio samples.
- ROM scanner again detects *.rom files in root directory.
- Sample ripper works again.

Bugs fixed:

- Directory filesystem was slow on most modern multicore systems.
- CDTV CDA playback didn't work if play ending track was set to
last track. (Prehistorik CDTV)
- 2352 byte sector plain ISO images didn't mount correctly.
- Some drives had problems reading Mode 2 Form 1 data tracks.
- SPTI+SCSI SCAN didn't detect any non-CD devices (broke in 2.2.1)
- Automatic resize filter didn't always work correctly.
- Topmost scanline was usually not visible in autoscale modes.
- GamePorts parallel port joystick configuration crash fix.
- Random RTG color errors when switching to/from fullscreen 8-bit
RTG modes.
- Archive mounting crashed if something prevented complete unpack
(for example non-dos dms image file)
- Harddrive state files didn't save correctly if more than one
harddrive was configured.
- A2065 Z2 board emulation fixes. (Lost interrupts, broadcast
packets getting ignored, transmitter dropping big packets.)
- A500 power led fade tricks really work now.
- HRTMon didn't work in cycle-exact modes.

And more...

Beta 7:

- RTG board start address was not 16M aligned if Z3 fast board smaller than 16M was enabled (no functional difference)
- D3D mode was still modifying host FPU rounding modes
- increased number of available breakpoints and memwatch points
- debugger commands can be sent via uae-configuration (or custom input event) uae-configuration dbg "debugger command" (remember quotes if debugger command has spaces)
- Fullscreen Max/TV filter settings only worked if display panel resolution matched emulated resolution
- added "Manual" filter option (originally used by AF, now added to GUI, positioning using absolute shres/laced coordinates) Ignore it.

After more than 5 years of silence, we provide you with a new snapshot release of WinFellow. In regard to WinFellow alpha v0.4.4 build 2, the improvements are:

1. Fixed crash when enabling exact vertical pixel doubling or interlace compensation

WinFellow would crash after enabling exact vertical pixel doubling and/or interlace compensation. This has been fixed.

2. File access has been made Vista/Windows 7 compatible

WinFellow will now perform file operations at the appropriate location in case of Vista & Windows 7. You can use WinFellow correctly when having guest account access on Vista and/or Windows 7.

We have a pulse!