MESS 0.133 Released

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MESS, the Multiple Emulator Super System, was updated to version 0.133. Four new system drivers are now supported. This time there were no user interface or Imgtool changes. To see a full list of changes in this new version, read the first comment to this post.

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If you want to give MESS 0.133 a try then download it here.

Here's the changelog:

New System Drivers Supported (in no particular order):

• Canon Cat [Miodrag Milanovic]
• MMD-1 [Miodrag Milanovic]
• Nuova Elettronica Z80NE + LX.388 + LX.390 [Roberto Lavarone]
• Netronics Elf II [Curt Coder]

Systems Promoted from GAME_NOT_WORKING:

• Bondwell 12 [Curt Coder, Tomas Karlsson]
• Bondwell 14 [Curt Coder, Tomas Karlsson]
• C-80 [Curt Coder]
• CCE MC-1000 [Curt Coder]
• Fujitsu FM-7 [Barry Rodewald]
• Fujitsu FM-77AV [Barry Rodewald]
• KONTIKI 100 [Curt Coder]
• Lerncomputer LC-80 [Curt Coder]
• Lerncomputer LC-80.2 [Curt Coder]
• PK8000 Sura/Hobby [Miodrag Milanovic]
• PK8000 Vesta [Miodrag Milanovic]
• PK8020 Korvet [Miodrag Milanovic]
• Poly-Computer 880 [Curt Coder]
• TI-83 [Xander]
• TIKI 100 [Curt Coder]
• VCS-80 [Curt Coder]
• Visual 1050 [Curt Coder, rbramante]

Skeleton drivers:

• ACT Apricot Xi / F1 / F10 / Portable
• AIM 65/40
• Apple Bandai Pippin
• A.S.EL. Amico 2000
• Beta Computer
• DEC VT220
• DEC VT320
• DEC VT520
• EC-65
• EC-65K
• Elektor Junior
• Epson LX-800
• Intel SDK-86
• Jugend+Technik CompJU+TEr
• MMD-2
• MPF-1 Plus
• Netronics Explorer 85
• Nintendo Virtual Boy
• PROF-180X
• PROF-180X
• PTC SOL-20
• Robotron Z9001 / KC85/1 / KC87
• Swyft
• ZRT-80

System Driver Changes:

• [APRICOT] Added proper dumps. [John Elliott]
• [BW12] System is now fully working. Disk operations are very slow, so set maximum speed to unlimited while loading. [Curt Coder, Tomas Karlsson]
• [C80] System is now fully working. [Curt Coder]
• [EINSTEIN] Largely rewritten and lots of cleanups. [Dirk Best]
• [GENESIS] Save RAM emulation improved for several games (bugs #1691, #1696, #1823, #1824) [Enik]
• [LC80] System is now fully working. [Curt Coder]
• [MC1000] System is now basically working. [Curt Coder]
• [MZ80] [MZ700] Sound works now [Miodrag Milanovic]
• [NES] Fixed mappers #88, #193, added mappers #107, #154. [Heretical One]
• [PC] Renamed bondwell to bw230. [Curt Coder]
• [PC200] Proper ROM labels and PCB locations, added v1.2 dump. [John Elliott]
• [POLY880] System is now working, except single stepping. [Curt Coder]
• [SC80] Merged with lc80.c. [Curt Coder]
• [SEGA CD] Rearranged sets and added new and better dumps. [Justin Kerk, TmEE, segaloco]
• [SNES] Fixed a blending flag bug (see Micro Machines bg colors), added basic Horizontal Mosaic effect, fixed 16x16 tiles in 2bpp mode (see e.g. Super Adventure Island, but also many others). [Angelo Salese]
• [SPECTRUM] Added logging support for Text/Message/Archive/Hardware/Custom Blocks in TZX files. Info are not (and won´t be) used directly by the emulator, but can be of use to improve bug reports. Also, updated TZX support to v1.20 by deprecating some block types. [Fabio Priuli]
• [TI85] TI-83 now works [Xander]
• [TI85] Fixed TI-82/TI-83 on/off and NVRAM, added a DSW to TI-83 for the battery status [Xander]
• [TI85] Initial work on TI-83+ emulation. [Xander]
• [TIKI100] System is now working, except for double sided disks. [Curt Coder]
• [VCS80] System is now fully working. [Curt Coder]
• [V1050] System is now working with some minor issues. [Curt Coder, rbramante]

Source Changes:

• The core is based on MAME 0.133. This incorporates all features of the update to this core. [MAME team]
• Added support for passing around ´deleted address mark´ information to the floppy system. [Roberto Lavarone]
• Changes to the wd17xx implementation: [Roberto Lavarone]
  
  • Added support for head loaded feedback from floppy drive.
  • Busy flag was cleared too early.
  • Added support for the WD1771.
• Changes to the NEC765 implementation: [Curt Coder]
  
  • Fixed interrupt timing in FM/MFM modes.
  • NO DATA error flag is no longer set during EOT condition.
• Added natural keyboard support to KR2376. [Roberto Lavarone]
• Static/const/include improvements. [Atari Ace]
• Cleaned up the makefile: [Curt Coder]
  
  • grouped drivers by manufacturer
  • sorted manufacturers in alphabetical order
  • moved general use ICs to shared group.