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Subject:	VICE 2.0 has been released
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VICE 2.0 has been released.

VICE is the Versatile Commodore Emulator, it emulates the Commodore
C64,
C128, VIC20, PET , PLUS4 and the CBM-II, and it runs on Win32, Unix,
DOS,
RiscOS, OS/2, BeOS, QNX, SkyOS, AmigaOS and GP2X systems.

VICE is *free* software released under the GNU General Public License,
and as such it comes with full source code.

Most important changes since the last version include:

* Changes in VICE 2.0
======================

** General
----------

- VICE development has moved to public services:
  http://sf.net/projects/vice-emu
  You can read the latest development in the Subversion
  repository, file bug reports, and similar things.
  Check it out!

- New Openserver 5.x, Openserver 6.x and Unixware ports.

- New AROS64 port.

- New QNX 4.x port.

- New HPUX (HPPA and IA64) ports.

- New SkyOS port.

- New Atari Mint port.

- New Solaris Express aka OpenSolaris aka Solaris 11 port.

** C64/C128 changes
-------------------

- Improved $01 behaviour with regards to unused bit fall-off.

- New experimental NEOS and Amiga mouse support.

- Added a working RTC to the emulation of the IDE64 cartridge.

- New more precise PAL emulation, works only with double size
  and double scan.

- Added support for the Action Replay 4 and StarDos cartridges.

- Improved REU compatibility

- Fixed CPU timing bug introduced in 1.22 (demo "Borderless").

- Fixed bugs in the CIA emulation (demo "So-phisticated",
  W. Lorenz testsuite).

- Fixed various bugs in VIC-II emulation: Sprite x-positioning,
  Latch X/Y, video mode changes, DEN bit handling, raster IRQ,
  NTSC sprites and sprites in full/debugging border mode (list
  of fixed demos/games too long to mention here).

- RESTORE key is handled differently now, fixing an NMI bug
  because the NMI was asserted too long before.

** VIC20 changes
----------------

- Added unconnected c-bus floating byte support.

- New more precise PAL emulation, works only with double size
  and double scan.

** PET changes
--------------

- Added support for toggling CB2 sound output line.

** PLUS4 changes
----------------

- New more precise PAL emulation, works only with double size
  and double scan.

** Drive changes
----------------

- Fixed block allocation and interleave.

** Miscellaneous changes
------------------------

- Added support for more 3rd party basic extenders to petcat.

- Extended BMP saving to support 24bit.

- Fixed the joystick code of all emulators to handle state changes
  on both joysticks at the same time.

- New monitor commands and features.

- New memmap feature which allows tracking of memory accesses,
  activated by the configure option --enable-memmap.

- Fixed bug in ffmpeg/FFV1 driver. Should be really lossless now.


The VICE 2.0 source archive is available at:
http://www.zimmers.net/anonftp/pub/cbm/crossplatform/emulators/VICE/vice-2.0.tar.gz

The VICE 2.0 DOS binary archive is available at:
http://www.zimmers.net/anonftp/pub/cbm/crossplatform/emulators/VICE/vice20.zip


For more information check out the VICE home page at:

   http://www.viceteam.org/


At the time this was written the VICE home page was not updated yet,
rest assured that it will be updated soon.


Signed, Marco van den Heuvel.

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