Version0.70

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Changes

• Improve register handling and support with XMS.
• Fix some issues with deleting open files.(windows only issue)
• Add dummy LPT1 class. (windows only issue)
• Improve some of the internal dos commands. (choice, copy and shift)
• Improve ROM area. (for games that use it for random numbers or overwrite it as some sort of detection thing)
• Improve compatibility of dynamic core by making it handle certain pagefaults earlier.
• Move internal dos tables around so we have more umb memory.
• Add some dos tables.
• Dynamic core supports io exceptions.
• Move some interrupt handlers to XT Bios locations.
• Add a dynamic fpu on x86.
• Improve fpu on non-x86.
• Trapflag gets strict priority over hardware IRQs.
• Trapflag support for the dynamic core.
• Add dummy TRx handling.
• Fix a few rarely used character functions.
• Improve auto cycle guessing code.
• Improve and extend the joystick support.
• Add autofire support.
• Improve the mapper so you can map keys to the joystick and vice versa.
• A few game specific video card fixes.
• Fix some 64 bit cpu bugs.
• Add support for certain cdrom detection schemes.
• Improve HSG/Red Book support.
• Improve MSCDEX.
• Improve dynamic core support under intel macs.
• Add basic support for clipper programs.
• Add support for different keyboard layouts.
• Add auto core guessing.
• Fix a few flags bugs.
• Fix a few small cpu bugs.
• Improve soundblaster detection rate by various programs.
• Improve EMS emulation. (allow mapping of non standard regions)
• Improve keyboard input codes on various OS-es.
• Fix problems with filenames having stackdata in them.
• Changed a few basic operations in DOSBox so they take emulated time.
• Improve dos ioctl functions.
• Extend cpu core so they are capable of detecting and raising a few more exception types.
• Improve DOS functions when dealing with virtual drive.
• Improve FAT drives.
• Better handling of volume-labels in file functions.
• Image disk cycling capability. (prompt)
• Try to reduce the impact of using an analog joystick.
• Several measures to avoid code invalidation on certain types of self modification in the dynamic core.
• Add dynamic core memory function inlining.
• A few small mouse improvements. (some games are using things they shouldn't)
• Add nullmodem emulation.(h-a-l-9000)
• Some small cga and hercules fixes.
• Add more scalers (hq2x/hq3x/sai). (Kronuz)
• Change configuration file loading support. It now supports multiple configuration files.
• Make dynamic core capable of running some win32s programs.
• Fix and add some rare soundblaster modes. (Srecko)
• Better soundblaster mixer controls. (Srecko)
• Make soundblaster installation under windows much easier.
• Add device control channel handling.
• GEMMIS support (ems under windows).
• Support more colours in win 3. (vasyl)
• Don't show unmounted drives in windows filemanager.
• Fix some bugs in the int13 handler.
• Simulate some side-effects of bios interrupt handlers on flags.
• Add IPX functions needed by netbios.
• Make ports take emulated time.
• Tabcompletion is now aware of the CD command.
• Add suppport for the dac pel mask.
• Fixes to hercules emulation, better detection and bank switching.
• Fixes to tandy emulation, 640x200x16 mode and different sizes bank.
• EGA/VGA memory changes detection for faster rendering.
• Gus 16 bit fixes.
• Many timer improvements.
• Some pcjr fixes.
• Some booter fixes.
• Many small fixes.