AppleWin, the IIe emulator for Windows, has been updated with several new features and fixes. The author has rewritten a substantial amount of the core emulation code for version 1.12.04. Folks can submit features for his wishlist.Changes since the last version include:
- Switched to MAME’s AY8910 emulation
- Added support for SSI263 speech chip on Mockingboard (tested with SMS s/w & Rescue Raiders)
- Ctrl+Reset now resets MB
- Key presses: 2 buffers. Fixes problem where key presses are missed on faster PCs.
- Added FLASH support
- Switched Speaker to use DirectX
- Rebuilt using DirectX 9.0b library
- Removed AppleWin calibration when starting a new version
- Fixed 6502 emulation cycle-count inaccuracies, resulting in:
- Precise analogue joystick support (Rescue Raiders’ joystick support now works)
- Precise Apple speaker
- Emulation speed control now works when using Mockingboard
- Full speed (Scroll-lock) mutes all sound (Speaker,Mockingboard)
- Reset now switches Alternate char set off
- PC’s delete key maps to Apple’s DEL key
- Fixed characters: ‘6′, ‘|’, ‘_’
- Fixed DELREG.INF
- Added wishlist
Known bugs:
- Joystick emulation doesn’t work properly in some games (Championship Lode Runner, Boulderdash + others)
- SSI263 emulation is very basic: there is no attempt to emulate rate, inflection or filters.
- Possible problem with FLASHing text under WinXP (text flashes green!). I can’t reliably reproduce this.