Posted By
Mike
on 2000-11-04
|  Minus4w Version 2 is out NOW!!!
At long last!! Come and get it at its new homepage http://minus4.plus4.net
1) Basic emulation will now work under NT4.0 service pack 3 ( no sound or joysticks )
2) TED+Sample Sound added Via DirectSound ( Not NT )
3) ECM colour mode added ( Manic Minor )
4) Screen Blanking fixed to whole screen or none ( Manic Minor )
5) Scanline drawing fixed a little.
6) Raster IRQ delay of 8 cycles changed to 2 instructions, works a little better (Icicle works)
7) True ROM paging now in.
8) Inverse character mode fixed
9) Joysticks now available under DirectInput ( not NT - at least I don't think so! )
10) Keyboard input fixed ( Elite now works )
11) All 8 roms can now be replaced via prefrences dialog - This isn't to say they will all work!!!
12) Disk emulation added. Both from a D64 file, and FAKE from the current directory.
Saving to PC directory enabled.
13)Displaying of ".PRG" files only in directory now has an on/off switch in prefrences.
14) BCD mode fixed. Mercenary, and Exorcist now work okay.
15) HardSID support!!! Great PC SID card, find out more at http://www.hardsid.com
16) Vertical Scrolling added.
17) Top and bottom borders added. ( allows for TEXT in lower border )
18) Simulated T.V. added, ( allows text in the top border )
19) Command line added -p "filename.prg" -r "commandline" (i.e. minus4w -p "finder.prg" -r "run")
-s to disable sound.
-t to disable timer
20) Joystick emulation on Cursor keys added. UP,DOWN,LEFT,RIGHT and CTRL for fire.
This can be switched on/off from prefs
Mike
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