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Last updated: 4 June 2010
Latest version (DOS) 0.503
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NEWS:
07/07/2010 Emulator homepage moved to a new place -
z80.emu-russia.net
04/07/2010 Start working on a windows
version of Z80Stealth. Release should be expected in a couple
of months. (btw – my Email has changed).
25/12/2001 Bugfix version of
Z80Stealth released!
2/11/2001 'General Sound roxx the emuscene!'
22/04/2001 Bugfix version of
Z80Stealth released!
6/04/2001 New
version of Z80Stealth released! First emu with General Sound playing!
20/02/2001 New version of
Z80Stealth released!
14/01/2001 Wow! Another small
update release happened ;) - v0.406
31/12/2000 Another small bugfix release ;) - v0.402.
26/12/2000 Small bugfix release - v0.401.
25/12/2000 New version of
Z80Stealth released! Have a great Christmas and New Year!
12/12/2000 Uploaded few diskmagz: Black Crow 4, Ultimathum,
ZX-Format N6,7, IzhNews 01-0B.
New version of Z80Stealth will
be released soon.
20/10/2000 Today Z80Steath's
homepage has moved to http://z80stealth.emuunlim.com!
Added new section - download
games diskmagz demoz and
other stuff here.
What's new in v0.503 :
- New :
For users of old nonMMX CPUs: Gigascreen
& Flascolor work
in video modes 0 & 1.
- New : Z80 snapshot format enhanced so it now stores all
info about Russian clones (Pentagon,Scorpion,KAY,Profi),
General Sound cpu&memory info, hi-res video
modes.
This is now a default snapshot format for saving.
- New : Hardware multicolor emulation. Use Ctrl-F7 to
activate it. Thanx to Nuts for techinfo.
- New : ISA bus overclock for VIA
chipsets. May really help if you have troubles with ESS sound
modes 32 & 64.
in cfg: ISA_TURBO=YES|NO
- Bugfix: found workaround for ATI Radeon cards to initialize VESA modes without long pause
- Bugfix: fixed bug which cased big slowdown on
various SB & WSS clones
What's new in v0.500 :
!WARNING!
CURRENT SETTINGS FOR THIS VERSION REQUIRE P300+!
!P300 IS NEEDED FOR LOW-LEVEL GENERAL SOUND
EMULATION !
!IF YOU HAVE SLOW PC OR DONT WANT GS - SET GS=NO
in cfg
!
- New : low-level emulation of General Sound! General Sound is an add-on board for hardware MOD
and sound FXs playing.
Powered by Z80 cpu at 12Mhz it has 4
audio channels (8bit for data + 6bits for volume for each channel),
128 or 512Kb of memory,32Kb ROM. Apart from playing audio
its cpu can be used for other tasks
(code can be uploaded to GS & executed).
4 switches in cfg:
GS=YES|NO - YES to allow General Sound emulation
GSMEM=128|512|1024|2048 - choose how much RAM General Sound has
GSHLE=YES|NO - choose NO for low-level GS emulation (requires
fast CPU - P300+)
GSRESET=YES|NO - F12 resets GS with Speccy
- New : Debugger for General Sound (use End key)
- New : Procedures reading&analyzing
config files was rewritten.
If you have any problems with cfg files - simply try
the ones which come with z80s_500.zip
- New : Digital sound buffer for AY-LPT!!! (Doesnt work correctly under Winsuxx
at freq>1000 Hz).
There are lot of new options in cfg-file,
be careful!
REAL_AY=YES|NO - use real AY instead of internal emulation;
AY_DATA=0-FFFF - address of real AY data port
AY_RESET_SIGNAL=00000000 - binary form of AY RESET
signal
AY_RESET_MASK=00000100 - binary mask of RESET (bit 2 for LPT AY)
DIGITAL_SOUND_BUFFER=YES - Enable Digital sound buffer
Find more
info about the real AY in cfg file!
- New : Added 8 new timing schemes for
VMODE=253 (first test)
M253_TIMING=0..8
|
Timing |
VFREQ (Hz) |
|
0 |
78 |
|
1 |
99 |
|
2 |
99 |
|
3 |
50 |
|
4 |
150 |
|
5 |
100 |
|
6 |
100 |
|
7 |
150 |
|
8 |
50 |
- New :
Rewrote all procedures working with memory. This version uses memory much more
efficiently than previous
as a result emulator loads really
fast on 16megs PCs.
- New : Ability to step over opcodes
in debugger. Use F8.
- New : Built-in boot for any TRDOS disk. Use PageUp key.
- New : Support for VOC and WAV (with images of tape) files
added. To start playing them use Home key.
- New : New submenu 'Browse tape' (in F1 menu). Used to
browse tape files, choose start point of playback.
Currently works for VOC/WAV.
- New : Added a little trick to produce PSG files w/o loggin writes to FE/FF AY regs
(Stellar Count demo)
- New : Rewrote some parts of Z80 core - should be a bit
faster now
- Bugfix: fixed stupid bug in TAP loading
routines - a lot of TAPs are working correctly now.
- Bugfix: ZASM 3.10 reported that no disk is
inserted
- Bugfix: fixed bug with long file names &
browser
What's new in v0.452 :
- New : Ability to synch with video (synch with vertical
retrace)
in no sound mode. Smooth video output but emu's speed depends on
vertical retrace frequency.
SB0SYNC=VIDEO in cfg
- New : General Sound works in dummy mode if no sound mode
selected
- Bugfix: fixed bug in MOD player, now General
Sound plays if SB_OUT=1
What's new in v0.450 :
- New : !Wow! General Sound now plays! Currently MOD
playing is emulated.
Big thanx goes to Hacker KAY for MOD
player.
- New : Scorpion ProfROM emulation.
Support for 128K,256K and 512K ProfROM.
new switch in cfg:
PROF512=1|2 choose which 256K bank to use if 512K ProfROM is used
Note that emulator will autodetect which
rom is in scorpion.rom
file - as a result you can easily use any ROM you want -
non-ProfROM,ProfROM of any size&version.
- New : Debugger. Z80,Disasm,Assembler,Stack,Memory
Dump, Memory map,Ports
Activate by pressing Delete key.
Read more about it in *Usage* section
- New : Rewrote kempston mouse
emulation again ;)
updated switches in cfg:
M_SENSITX=n n=0..7
M_SENSITY=n n=0..7
n means mouse sensitivity. 7 is max sensitivity
- Emulation of 512K or 1024K memory expansion for Scorpion
new switch in cfg:
SCORPMEM=256|512|1024
- Emulation of 16K RAMDISK for Pentagon.
RAMDISK is controlled by D6 #EFF7
Thnx to Eugene Palenock
for info
- New : Ability to turn off multitasking then running under
Windows. This gives more speed and removes sound
glitches if you have slow machine.
new switch in cfg:
KILLWIN=YES|NO
- New : HDD emulation using image file. Very buggy at the
moment, but dont
worry, this should be fixed in
following version.
new switches in cfg:
HDDFILE="dump.hdd" - name of HDD image file
REALHDD=YES|NO - choose
yes if you want to use image file
following switches are needed only if using HDD image:
HDDCYLS=n
HDDHEADS=n
HDDSECS=n
- New : Saving GIGASCREEN screenshots to GSC format
- New : New 320x200 video mode (VMODE=253 in cfg). It's faster than any other 320x200 mode + has
proportions like
320x240 mode but may be not compatible with all videocards. Best choice if you have slow CPU or outdated videocard.
- Bugfix: Small bugfix
in AY/YM emulation by Hacker KAY.
- Bugfix: If you have problems with keyboard
(it freezes) try
this new switch in cfg: SLOWKEYS=YES|NO
- Bugfix: fixed Ctrl-Break crashes in menus.
- Bugfix: fixed bug then saving EPSG in turbo
mode.
- Bugfix: fixed few potential problems if
running under Win2000
What's new in v0.410 :
- New : KAY1024 emulation improved
- New : Support for real HDD from KAY1024 added!
Read more about this in z80s_faq
- Bugfix: Hopefully fixed all problems if 16 megs of ram is present
What's new in v0.406 :
- New : Emulation of Profi hi-res video
mode (512x240)
- New : Added CP/M switch for Profi -
Ctrl-F11
- Bugfix: Fixed mouse procedures - now
everything is OK with sensetivity hopefully
- Bugfix: Forced palette initialization after
video mode changes
- Bugfix: No need to change video mode for
hi-res emulation if VMODE=13 or 14
- Bugfix: Fixed minor bug in 512x192 b&w emulation.
- Bugfix: Fixed minor bug in screenshot saving
procedure.
What's new in v0.402 :
- Bugfix:
2 Fixes for 512x192 b&w: it looked dark if MMX
was used + BMP now can be saved correctly.
- Bugfix: Fixed reading hex values from cfg.
What's new in v0.401 :
- New : FAQ in russian translated
by Hacker KAY
- Bugfix : Fixed problem with joystick
emulation via cursor keys not working properly
if Num Lock was turned on before emu start
What's new in v0.400 :
- New : z80s.cfg now redirects to actual config
file. Dont forget to edit cfg
file before using emu!
- New : Scorpion ZS 256 emulation! Big thanx
goes to Hacker KAY for his help.
select it by MODEL=SCORP in cfg
- New : KAY1024 emulation (far from perfect for now)
select it by MODEL=KAY in cfg
- New : New sound mode for ESS688 compatible cards:
!!114Khz 16 bit stereo!!
This mode adds HQ AY and Beeper emulation. It can be
selected with SB_OUT=64 in cfg
- New : Solved problem with ESS cards not working at 88,114Khz under certain hardware configurations.
If you have ESS688 or compatible card and it refuses
to work properly with sound modes 32 & 64 try these switches
in cfg:
DMA_TURBO=YES|NO -
Try YES if you have Intel,VIA,AMD
or OPTi chipset
DMA_4XTURBO=YES|NO - Try YES
if you have VIA chipset and DMA_TURBO doesnt
help
- New : Ability to avoid setting volumes (VOL_MAST,VOL_DAC
etc)
USE_MIXER=YES|NO switch in cfg
- New : Cursor,Sinclair 1,Sinclair
2 joysticks emulation.
You can select default type of joystick by JOYTYPE=n in cfg. Later you can
change it in snapshot menu by F4.
Also type of joystick auto changes after z80 snapshot
loading.
- New : Keyboard LEDs now used :
Scroll Lock: Turbo on/off (Z80 clocked at 2x-4x(7-14Mhz) /
1x(3.5Mhz) )
Caps Lock : Cursor keys+Ctrl are used
for joytick emulation (on) or for keyboard (off)
Num lock : Flash-color on/off
- New : MAGIC and NMI buttons emulation.
Keys:
F4 - Magic button, in Scorpion ZS
256 mode - Shadow service monitor
F5 - NMI
Alt-F5 - map CACHE to ROM & NMI
- New : Reset to TRDOS - simply press Ctrl-F12.
- New : New video mode (254 - 320x200 VGA) for very old ISA video cards which only support 16bit (word) transfer.
- New : Cache (Shadow RAM) emulation.
Currently for Pentagon mode only.
Supported types of cache size: 2,4,8,16,32K
2 switches in cfg:
CACHE=YES|NO
CACHESIZE=2|4|8|16|32
- New : 'dummy' General Sound emulation. Games designed for
this device have no sound yet, but they're
working!
- New : Kondratiev's scheme emulation
(Hayes modem with Speccy!).
Of couse you need modem in your PC to
use this ;)
4 switches in cfg:
MODEM=YES|NO
COM_BASE=nnn
COM_IRQ=n
UART_BUF=YES|NO - in most cases you should select YES
- New : CMOS emulation (Gluck's scheme).CMOS=YES|NO option in
cfg
- New : 512 x 192 bw
screen mode emulation. Available if you use VESA video mode (VMODE=n in cfg)
- New : GIGASCREEN emulation. F7 turns it on/off. Available if you use video mode w/o scanlines
and requires MMX.
Two switches in cfg:
GIGASCR_GAMMA=n (n=1..100) - adjust color
mixing
EFF7_GIGASCR=YES|NO - enable hardware control of
GIGASCREEN by D4 of EFF7 port.
- New : FLASH-color emulation. Alt-F7 turns it on/off.
Available if you use video mode w/o scanlines and requires MMX.
- New : Turbo switch emulation.
Use F6 to turn on/off turbo.
TURBO=2|3|4 switch in cfg (selects 2X 3X
or 4X turbo)
- New : Beta 128 disk interface emulation. This means
now you can use TRDOS in ZX Spectrum 128 mode.
BETA128=YES|NO in .cfg
- New : VSYNC for VESA modes.
VSYNC=YES|NO in cfg
It doesnt't slow down emu so I recommend
set this on.
Read about problems with VSYNC & 3dfx cards in FAQ.
- New : Emulator now ask if you want to save disk
before exit or disk change.
- New : Optional exit confirmation.
CONFIRMEXIT=YES|NO in cfg
- New : If runtime error happens emulator can save current
state to CRASH.SNA snapshot.
SNAPCRASH=YES|NO in cfg
- New : EPSG format updated - read about it in z80s.faq
- Bugfix: hopefully fixed that 'Page fault in
RMCB' under plain DOS.
- Bugfix: 'Cant load trdos.rom'
bug fixed.
- Bugfix: various fixes for saving screenshots
procedures.
- Bugfix: a pile of other small bugfixes
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