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Hi!

This is my Christmas present for you!

I have uploaded a new Beta version of ZEsarUX, 11.1 Beta 2.

You can dowload it from https://github.com/chernandezba/zesarux ... 11.1-Beta2

Changes from the last Beta 1:
* Improvements:

Added SDHC cards addressing support
Added Sphere Meter Type to View Sensors
Improved ZSF snapshot: save Datagear DMA state
Allow saving .Z80 TC2048, TC2068, TS2068 snapshots. Allow loading .Z80 TC2048, TC2068 snapshots

Improved Spectrum Next emulation:
- Added Layer modes 6 and 7 (blend modes)
- Added stackless NMI
- Added DAC Channels A,B,C,D
- Allow tiles on RAM 7
- Improve display render when only ula enabled (6% less cpu on my computer)
- Fixed 128k/+2a/Pentagon timings
- Fixed DIVMMC mapping after RETN
- Fixed Copper timings
- Fixed esxdos handler call DISK_FILEMAP
- Fixed esxdos handler changing local directory when a .nex snapshot is loaded
- Fixed palette offset for layer 2
- Fixed ULA layer horizontal scroll
- Fixed sprite clipping on left and top border
- Fixed Tile wrapping at 16k/8k
- Fixed DMA burst mode when prescaler=0
- Fixed DMA Transfer restarting the byte count at the end of a transfer
- Fixed cpu speed when opening tape file

Improved Debug:
- CPU history: allow to see full history
- Dissassemble numeric parameters on Z80N (Z80 Spectrum Next) opcodes (NEXTREG NN,A, TEST N, etc)
- Allow to enable/disable breakpoint at an adress (not just enable/remove), using key 'L' uppercase. Disabled state is saved on configuration

Improved ZX Vision:
- Allow keys Home/End on windows
- Video layers window can now be backgrounded
- Debug DMA window can now be backgrounded
- Now rainbow bars on windows title are visible on all GUI Styles when an error or splash message appears
- Added a direct function to open Breakpoints window

* Fixes:

Fixed right click on upper buttons when menu closed and no windows open
Fixed esxdos handler call F_GETCWD when root directory (/)
Fixed esxdos handler call F_GETCWD when directory does not exist
Fixed Cassette out sound: allow to hear it on computers: MSX, Spectravideo
Fixed recovering window position after restore/unminimize
Fixed MSX keyclick sound

You can read the full changelog here:

https://github.com/chernandezba/zesarux ... /Changelog

By the way, you can now play Atic Atac for Next machine on ZEsarUX, you need first to enable setting Storage-> SD/MMC-> Enable SDHC addressing and load file aticatac.nex from Smartload


Merry Christmas!

Cheers
César

Nice! Thanks

When you'll release also the Linux version can you please use an updated SSL library?

The one used up to now is obsolete and the emulator doesn't even start: "zesarux: error while loading shared libraries: libssl.so.1.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory"

Alternatively I think also a statically linked library should work (or use a plain site)

marste wrote: ↑Sun Jan 12, 2025 9:37 pm When you'll release also the Linux version can you please use an updated SSL library?

The one used up to now is obsolete and the emulator doesn't even start: "zesarux: error while loading shared libraries: libssl.so.1.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory"

Alternatively I think also a statically linked library should work (or use a plain site)

Every Linux stable version I generate is for the following distros:


debian11_i686

debian11_x86_64

fedora38_x86_64

ubuntu22_x86_64

If ZEsarUX doesn't start on your PC you have to compile it from source code, I can't generate binaries for all distributions

Cheers

I can understand, but then why instead you don't create just a single package?
Have a look here: https://appimage.org/

marste wrote: ↑Wed Jan 15, 2025 7:05 pm I can understand, but then why instead you don't create just a single package?
Have a look here: https://appimage.org/

Thanks. I will take a look

Not sure if ZEsarUX is a good fit for it, but to take the "joining" even a step further (same executable for every platform as Windows, Linux, Mac, etc) there might be the cosmopolitan lib: https://github.com/jart/cosmopolitan