MESS v0.139 Released

[Alastor]

M.E.S.S. - The Multi Emulator Super System

http://www.mess.org/

Changes :
New System Drivers Supported:
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- Bally Home Library Computer [ranger_lennier]
- Commodore 64C (Sweden/Finland) [Curt Coder]
- Sega SC-3000 [Miodrag Milanovic]
- Tandy 1000 TX [Cowering, Wilbert Pol]
- Casio PV-2000 [anondumper]
- Salora Manager [Curt Coder]



Systems Promoted from GAME_NOT_WORKING:
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- Canon X07 [Sandro Ronco]
- Othello Multivision FG-1000/FG-2000 [Enri, Curt Coder]
- Philips VG5000 [Daniel Coulom, Sandro Ronco]
- SGCPU aka TI-99/4P [Michael Zapf]



Skeleton drivers:
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- Bandai Gundam RX-78
- Hitachi Basic Master Jr (MB-6885)
- Hitachi Basic Master Level 3 (MB-6890)
- Mitsubishi Multi 8
- Psion Organiser II CM
- Psion Organiser II LA
- Psion Organiser II P350
- Psion Organiser II LAM
- Psion Organiser II LZ64
- Psion Organiser II LZ64S
- Psion Organiser II LZ
- Psion Organiser II P464
- Sharp MZ-2000
- Sharp Pocket Computer 1360
- Sharp Pocket Computer 1450
- Sharp Pocket Computer 1500
- Sony SMC-777
- Toshiba PASOPIA 7
- VTech PC Prestige Elite [Joseba Epalza, Curt Coder]
- Xircom / Intel REX 6000
- NEC TK-80BS
- Japan Electronics College MYCOMZ-80A
- Acorn Archimedes 7000/7000+


System Driver Changes:
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- [APPLE2] Support for Rich Dreher's Compact Flash/IDE adaptor on the
enhanced IIe driver (apple2ee). [R. Belmont]

- [APPLE2] Preliminary cassette support - many Applesoft tapes load
fine. [R. Belmont]

- [C128] Removed c128fino set, fixed ROM labels for c128sfi. [Curt Coder]

- [COCO3] Extended video to support 8MB of RAM. (bug #1963) [Robert Gault]

- [FAMICOM] Fixed long standing problems (present at least since MESS 0.122)
with disks not loading correctly. Many games are playable again. [Fabio Priuli]

- [GBA] Improved flash saving in games such as Sword of Mana [R. Belmont]

- [MAC] Improved Egret MCU simulation [R. Belmont]

- [MICRONIC] Improved emulation and added NVRAM [Sandro Ronco]

- [NES] Added support for loading proper dumps with separate PRG and CHR files
by using an xml software list, additional emulation features being based on
the pcb_type attribute. Also, converted code for iNES and UNIF files to use
the new code: this allowed to greatly simplify emulation for many boards and
mappers. [Fabio Priuli]

- [NES] Simplified emulation of MMC3 clone boards, resulting in more boards
correctly emulated and many new boards supported [Fabio Priuli]

- [TI99] ti99cart: Fix for bug #1953 (assert with HSGPL set to on);
type paged379i can now handle 128 KiB, minimem now accepts cartridges without
rom part. Fixed at29c040a (CFI commands are only checked against A14 to A0).
v9938: Added status register 4+6 presets.
Fixed HSGPL extension, introduced a "flash" mode which allows to upload
the required OS to the HSGPL in-system. Various fixes for SGCPU
(aka TI-99/4P), changed to working. New: GRAM Kracker module port device.
Deactivated IDE support (pending review). Refactorings towards device
structure support.

- [VG5K] Added emulation for the EF9345 video chip, based on
Daniel Coulom's implementation in DCVG5K. [Sandro Ronco]

- [VG5K] Added support for cassettes in .k7 format. [Sandro Ronco]

- [VG5K] Improved emulation (fixing some games like Mission Omega & Helicopter).
[Sandro Ronco]

- [VG5K] Implemented double height chars (fixing US Rally intro) and 80 columns
mode. [Sandro Ronco]



Imgtool Changes:
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(none)



Source Changes:
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- The core is based on MAME 0.139. This incorporates all features of the
update to this core. [MAME team]

- Fixed setting of tape flags when reaching end of tape. This prevented
the user from using any other tape beyond the first mounted tape image
on certain systems. [Wilbert Pol]

- Added software lists in xml format for more systems [incog, k1w1, Kaylee,
Micko, Fabio Priuli, Barry Rodewald]