ﾚﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄｿ ｳ SIDPLAY REVISION HISTORY FILE ｳ ﾀﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾄﾙ legend: + new feature * fixed/improved - dropped/disabled warning: Please always test the latest version before deleting the previous one because it is most likely that major changings not only affect in improvement but also in appearance of new and disappointing bugs !!! This is especially true for the wicked DOS environment .... ============================================================================== --- LAST VERSION --- LAST VERSION --- LAST VERSION --- LAST VERSION --- version 1.44: * changed keys to case insensitivity * changed sample amplification (mono/stereo) * completely changed emulation of Galway-Noise * changed emulation of ring modulation * minor modifications to volume envelope + added support for RD's SID hardware board * fixed stereo problems on some SB Pro * fixed I/O problems upon saving playlists + now always adding .WAV extension to output filename in SID2WAV.EXE * fixed frequency display in SID2WAV.EXE + added the 32-bit portable SID2WAV.EXE with fading support ============================================================================== version 1.40a: + Gravis Ultrasound support November 16th, 1995 + supporting alternate (S)VGA text modes + new setup utility SIDSETUP + improved soundcard configuration + configuration file SIDPLAY.CFG + setting user startup directory + setting user filename extensions - soundcard command line settings + supporting .MUS files from Compute!'s Sidplayer on C64 + displaying .MUS internal text lines + supporting PowerPacker compressed files (PSID.*, *.DAT, *.MUS) * updated PSID.*, *.INF and *.SID file support to handle Sidplayer files previously converted to PlaySID format * using measured master volume levels + new key functions in SIDPLAY/SIDSHELL: + delete file (BACKSPACE) + pause/resume music (Q) + new key functions in SIDSHELL: + ALT-T enter song playing time + added voice mute option to SID2WAV + option -a uses only the A-reg.on init + simple alpha-sort in selector + -very- basic mouse support + saving and retaining parent directories * bug fixes: * ability to load read-only files (CD-ROM) since version v1.25b * fixed SIDSHELL interrupt activities * .SID file contents now case-insensitive * previous versions didn't accept old PlaySID Amiga-Workbench-icon *.INF files with changed graphic data * Escom PowerSound 16 Pro Plus and MiroSound PCM 1 Pro incomp. fixed * displaced a lot of code to external procedures to get more stability ============================================================================== version 1.24: + new tool redirects output to a March 3rd, 1995 .WAV file (SIDP2WAV.EXE) + jukebox listfiles added + file tagging and playing tagged files + optional playlist saving + showing current path in selector + TSR-hotkey to skip songs in shell + returning to sound control window after DOS-shell + retaining current directory after DOS-shell + reloading data before each new song (improves PlaySid compatibility) - don't verifying "force soundcard" Sound Blaster parameters anymore * fixed some minor side-effect bugs + added new conversion tool "psid2dat" (by Henrik Isacsson) + added 4DOS based script to simplify Amiga archive extracting on PC (by Mike Paull) + new conversion tool "psid2sid" added * time count bug fixed * fixed a PAS base port bug + more key functions added ============================================================================== version 1.23: + new DOS-shell version (SIDSHELL.EXE) November 3rd, 1994 + confirmation box on quit added * max.frequency on SB cards fixed * looping samples fixed (Hi Kai !) * DOS/BIOS output changed + stereo surround added ============================================================================== version 1.22: + stereo output option added September 28th, 1994 + stereo panning setup window added + quality panning setup window added + single channel mute added + atomic time display added + using "Tx" BLASTER variable to determine type of Sound Blaster card * accepting case insensitive "BLASTER" parameters (Hi Robert !) * real 'force sound card' parameters * fixed a rare fail-bug in "sid2psid" * revised 'sidplay.doc' documentation * C64 NTSC mode fixed once more ============================================================================== version 1.21: + accepting $DC04/05 speed changes August 16th, 1994 + I/O bank switching implemented * full faked sample-routine support * enhanced Galway-Noise emulation * Sound Blaster 16 bug fixes * needing less conventional memory Note: due to the I/O-bank switching only a very few tunes for PlaySid (AMIGA) don't run on SIDPLAY anymore. These tunes are modified in such a way, so that they would not run on a real C64 either because of missing bank switching instructions in the replaying routines ! On the opposite some new tunes for SIDPLAY which didn't work will run from now on, but are not played correctly by PlaySid instead. ============================================================================== version 1.20: + Galway-Noise support (prototype) July 1st, 1994 + supporting more fake-sample features * lowest replaying frequency 8000 Hz + song initialization now possible via either the A, X or Y-Register * archive changed to normal .ZIP * more internal optimizations ============================================================================== version 1.17: - SB mixer volume now remains June 21th, 1994 unchanged * frequency handler bug fixed ============================================================================== version 1.16: * one-file speed entry fixed June 14th, 1994 * Sound Blaster buffer bug fixed * C64 NTSC mode updated ============================================================================== version 1.15: * 'BLASTER' variable bug fixed June 6th, 1994 + new (real) ADSR value handler + master volume added (fading!) * square+sine waveform repaired + new approximized ring modulation + supporting reflected SID addresses * IRQ disable hang up bug fixed + 'PlaySid'/AMIGA one-file-support + C64 NTSC clock speed option + SID register view-mode option * Sound Galaxy & SB clone frequency bug fixed (Hi Adam and Pille !) Note: this version contains more changings which result in sound differences to version 1.10 and older - even if you think some tunes have sounded better while listening to those versions, the new routines should emulate the SID more correctly. ============================================================================== version 1.10: + new envelope emulation April 13th, 1994 + command line options added + mixing-frequency adjustable + mixing-buffer length adjustable + new SB auto-detection should also work with GUS soundcards * major hang up bug (DTA) fixed * division overflow bug fixed * text display flickering fixed + Sound Blaster series environment variable 'BLASTER' supported * higher frequency on SB v2.01 * drive/volume detection changed * optimized 6510 interpreter * slightly improved outfit ============================================================================== version 1.04: * no PAS audio mute on exit anymore March 11th, 1994 + fast forward functions added * many internal optimizations ===========================...
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