{"id":8410,"date":"2004-10-19T08:01:48","date_gmt":"2004-10-19T08:01:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1\/ef\/?p=8410"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T22:00:00","slug":"","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.emu-france.com\/?p=8410","title":{"rendered":"[Ordi.] OpenMSX v0.5.0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nouvelle version pour cet \u00e9mulateur de MSX. En voici les am\u00e9liorations:<\/p>\n<h5>This release includes a complete redesign of the hardware configuration XML files. Also many devices were renamed. I\/O ports are now specified in the hardware configuration instead of hardcoded. Configurations in the old format<br \/>\nare no longer supported.<br \/>\nIf you copied the configurations that came with openMSX 0.4.0 to a different<br \/>\nlocation (for example, ~\/.openMSX\/share), replace them by the configurations<br \/>\nshipped with 0.5.0.<br \/>\nThe Python script share\/scripts\/convert_hardwareconfig.py can be used to<br \/>\nconvert your custom-made configurations. It may not convert every detail<br \/>\ncorrectly, but it will save you a lot of time compared to manually converting<br \/>\nconfigurations.<\/p>\n<p>The new ROM pools feature makes installing system ROMs easier. A ROM pool is a<br \/>\ndirectory where openMSX looks for system ROMs. The new hardware configuation<br \/>\nXML files contain the SHA1 sums of the required system ROMs, so openMSX can<br \/>\nfind the right ROMs in the ROM pool automatically. The default ROM pool is the<br \/>\ndirectory share\/systemroms.<\/p>\n<p>Settings, including key bindings and user directories, can now be saved. By<br \/>\ndefault, settings are automatically saved when openMSX exits. If you don&rsquo;t want<br \/>\nthat, do \u00ab\u00a0set save_settings_on_exit false\u00a0\u00bb and save manually with the new<br \/>\n\u00ab\u00a0save_settings\u00a0\u00bb console command. It is also possible to save settings to<br \/>\nseparate files, so you can keep multiple, independent configurations.<\/p>\n<p>Old configuration options were converted to settings:<br \/>\n&#8211; machine: the default machine (needs openMSX restart)<br \/>\n&#8211; frequency: the sound mixer frequency (needs openMSX restart)<br \/>\n&#8211; samples: the size of the sound mixing buffer (needs openMSX restart)<br \/>\n&#8211; user_directories: directories that are searched for data files<br \/>\nThe new setting \u00ab\u00a0save_settings_on_exit\u00a0\u00bb controls auto-saving of settings.<br \/>\nFinally, we renamed \u00ab\u00a0frontswitch\u00a0\u00bb to \u00ab\u00a0firmwareswitch\u00a0\u00bb.<\/p>\n<p>Changes in the video system:<br \/>\n&#8211; Use of MMX to speed up video scaling considerably (mainly simple scaler).<br \/>\n&#8211; Big speed up of scanline effect.<br \/>\n&#8211; Enabled blur effect in the SDLHi renderer (simple scaler).<br \/>\n&#8211; Scale2x and hq2x scalers now also work in hi-res modes (screen 6 and 7).<br \/>\n&#8211; Made pixel accuracy the default.<br \/>\n&#8211; Removed 8bpp support (which never worked before).<br \/>\n&#8211; Fixed crash when making screenshot in 16bpp.<\/p>\n<p>New or improved emulator features:<br \/>\n&#8211; Added channel mode &lsquo;off&rsquo; to mute individual sound devices.<br \/>\n&#8211; Added meta data of machines in config files.<br \/>\n  Some of this information is shown in the window title bar.<br \/>\n&#8211; New \u00ab\u00a0iomap\u00a0\u00bb command lists the I\/O ports and the devices connected to them.<br \/>\n&#8211; Added a debugger interface to all (S)RAM.<br \/>\n&#8211; Improvements in the &lsquo;type&rsquo; command, thanks to Albert Beevendorp and Arnold<br \/>\n  Metselaar (welcome to the club, Arnold!).<br \/>\n&#8211; Release key presses when the console becomes active.<br \/>\n&#8211; Improved geometry detection of disk images; MSX1Mania disks work now.<br \/>\n&#8211; Fixed crash in Win32 when dir-as-disk is used with files with weird dates.<\/p>\n<p>MSX device support:<br \/>\n&#8211; MoonSound fixes.<br \/>\n&#8211; Added slotexpander extension: use it to change one primary slot into four<br \/>\n  secondary slots.<br \/>\n&#8211; 8kB BASIC ROMs now work correctly and are auto detected as well.<br \/>\n&#8211; Added simple DC filter for cassette images.<br \/>\n  .wav files created by MicroWAVer should work now.<br \/>\n&#8211; Fixes for TC8566AF FDC (used in turbo R), thanks to Daniel Vik:<br \/>\n  improved timing (fixes Gazzel intro) and added format command.<br \/>\n&#8211; Force PSG portA to be input port. This fixes joystick and mouse reading in<br \/>\n  games that write illegal values to the PSG (Match Maniac and others).<br \/>\n&#8211; Emulation of the Tetris II Special Edition dongle (plugs into joystick port).<br \/>\n&#8211; Fixed high-frequency reads of low-frequency clocks (such as RTC).<br \/>\n  Thanks to Daniel Vik for spotting this problem.<br \/>\n&#8211; Many bugs were fixed, including long-standing bugs such as a VDP bug causing<br \/>\n  glitches in Andorogynus and CPU bugs causing glitches in Pennant Race and<br \/>\n  Fony Demo Disk 1.<\/p>\n<p>Build system, packaging, documentation:<br \/>\n&#8211; Separated OS and CPU in the build system.<br \/>\n&#8211; Build support for x86-64 (Athlon64).<br \/>\n&#8211; Fixed bug: new TCL was not detected by running \u00ab\u00a0make probe\u00a0\u00bb again.<br \/>\n&#8211; Added openMSX FAQ to documentation.<\/h5>\n<p class=\"p_telecharger_icone_zip\"><a class=\"telecharger_icone_zip\" href=\"https:\/\/www.emu-france.com\/?wpfb_dl=1954\" title=\"Download OpenMSX (x86)\">T\u00e9l\u00e9charger OpenMSX (x86) v16.0 (9.0 Mo)<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p_site_officiel\"><a href=\"http:\/\/openmsx.sourceforge.net\/\" class=\"site_officiel\" target=\"_blank\">Site Officiel<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p_en_savoir_plus\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.emu-france.com\/emulateurs\/10-ordinateurs\/167-msx-hardware\/\" class=\"en_savoir_plus\">En savoir plus&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fb-share-button  \" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.emu-france.com\/?p=8410\" data-type=\"button_count\" data-size=\"small\"><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nouvelle version pour cet \u00e9mulateur de MSX. En voici les am\u00e9liorations: This release includes a complete redesign of the hardware configuration XML files. Also many devices were renamed. 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