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Revision: 1.4
Committed: 2005-07-04T11:38:17Z (18 years, 9 months ago) by gbeauche
Branch: MAIN
Changes since 1.3: +17 -1 lines
Log Message:
updates for next snapshot

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# User Rev Content
1 gbeauche 1.4 SheepShaver NEWS -- history of user-visible changes. 2005-03-21
2 gbeauche 1.1 Copyright (C) 1997-2005 Christian Bauer and Marc Hellwig
3    
4 gbeauche 1.4 Version 2.2 (snapshot) - XX.Jul.2005
5     * Add fullscreen DGA via fbdev on Linux
6     * Add "screen" prefs item a-la Basilisk II
7     * Add missing lvsl/lvsr instructions in AltiVec emulation
8     * Add support for old toolchain (gcc "2.96", glibc 2.2)
9     * Add user-space network emulation ("ether slirp" in prefs file)
10     * Improve portability of FPU emulation code to non C99 capable systems
11     * Improve interrupt processing in emulated mode
12     * Improve idle wait on Linux platforms
13     * Properly fail to load MacOS < 8.1 with NewWorld ROMs
14     * Fix native execution on Linux/PowerPC
15     * Fix PowerPC test-and-set implementation (fix clipboard)
16     * Fix Ethernet support on Linux, avoid hangs
17     * Fix occasional hangs during interrupt processing
18     * Fix High Resolution Timing code for Linux
19    
20 gbeauche 1.3 Version 2.2 (snapshot) - 21.Mar.2005
21 gbeauche 1.1 * Implement high-precision timings on POSIX systems
22 gbeauche 1.3 * Add other SDL keysym translations
23 gbeauche 1.2 * Add some SSE2 optimizations to the AltiVec emulation core
24 gbeauche 1.1 * Add port to FreeBSD 5.3 and NetBSD 2.0 systems (x86 tested)
25     * Add initial port to Windows with SDL graphics
26     * Fix interrupt handling, registers are now fully preserved
27     * Fix support for native execution on recent Linux/PPC systems
28     * Fix support for Gossamer ROMs (PowerMac G3 Beige)
29     * Fix crash in Apple Personal Diagnostics on MacOS 9
30     * Fix crash in Power Management on MacOS 9
31    
32     Version 2.2 (snapshot) - 07.Jul.2004
33     * Add support for MacOS 9.0.4
34     * Add native port to MacOS X with SDL graphics
35     * Fix timebase emulation. UpTime() is now more accurate
36     * Fix hardware cursor acceleration in X11
37     * Fix 'r' and <ctrl> key mappings for Apple X11 servers
38     * Fix video thread cancellation on MacOS X
39     * Fix detection of PowerPC 750FX and 970 processors
40    
41     Version 2.2 (snapshot) - 09.Jun.2004
42     * Improve generic JIT engine to reach around 1/8-th of native speeds
43     * Improve 68k audio processing with "reentrant" JIT generated code
44     * Add Native QuickDraw acceleration for BitBlt (srcCopy) and FillRect
45     * Add TUN/TAP device support on Linux systems
46     * Add run-time depth switching. Support at least 1-bpp screens
47     * Add "idlewait" option to pause SheepShaver when MacOS is idle
48     * Fix ethernet support on little endian and 64-bit systems
49     * Fix initialization of NVRAM on first-time use
50    
51     Version 2.2 (snapshot) - 25.Feb.2004
52     * Improved generic JIT, FPU instructions are now translated
53     * Add AltiVec emulation, emulated CPU is now a PowerPC 7400 (G4)
54     * Add initial port to MacOS X with an X11 server
55    
56     Version 2.2 (snapshot) - 14.Jan.2004
57     * Fix several CPU emulation bugs, extended testsuite
58     * Fix FPU emulation, "scrollbar" & Graphing Calculator bugs are gone
59     * Add support for 64-bit platforms, more precisely AMD64 with JIT
60     * Add support for copy-paste of text on Unix/X11 systems
61     * Add support for wheel mice
62     * Better support for PowerMac PCI ROMs with more generic patches
63     * Better support for audio output (with pre-G3 PowerMac PCI ROMs)
64     * Improve native Linux/PPC port
65    
66     Version 2.2 (snapshot) - 25.Nov.2003
67     * Initial public release with PowerPC CPU emulator for testing