Retro Replay 3.8 ALPHA readme.txt (23.6.2002)

URL: http://rr.c64.org/bin/rr-38a-64.zip
AND: http://rr.c64.org

Intendet Audience: Retro Replay Owners on NTSC, with SpeedDos, REU on expander and all Users wanting improvements


Finally the worst flaws are hopefully fixed and we have sorted out the code
to a releaseable level again. 3.8 ALPHA we see as a milestone release to get
the worst bugs under control and we hope to have most of it already sorted out.

3.8alpha is released as 64kb PAL & NTSC only. 32kb releases are available on
request. You are free to use the supplied ROM files on your Retro Replay Hardware
or VICE (1.8+ needed, 1.9+ recommended).

You may see a more detailed changelog at the webpage's todo-list.

READ NOTES ON BUGS AND PROBLEMS BELOW !!!

Most important changes towards the commonly spread ROMs (3.1+):

- REU compatibility gained. IO usage was moved to IO1, therefore needs new hardware or new VICE
- SpeedDos Drive Code collision fixed
- 1581 format routine working again
- all warp loader/saver/scratcher occurences cleared - makes space for more interesting options
  aswell as JD compatibility
- SilverSurfer detection added - full support later
- numerous fixes on the monitor (many thanks to Ninja for his great patches !)
- improvements on color picking and some basic routines
- Fixed: crash on some disk commands when no drive is connected.
- User-configurable area defined - the FlashUtility (0.05+) will allow you to change some aspects of the ROM here
- fixed a bug when freezing an already frozen computer which lead to a crash
- TURBO Fastloader works now in freeze-mode on RR hardware and 64kb ROM versions!
- fixed the drive check routine (to be upspeeded on IEC routines re-work)
- added Copyfaults (I)FLI-Ripper - PAL/NTSC fixed
- SPLASHSCREEN added !
- $AE/$AF - the pointers to the end adress of a loaded program aren't destroyed anymore
- FAST SAVE NTSC BUG fixed!


KNOWN ISSUES:

- The fileselector (for filecopy) is not yet implemented (current code needs to be rewritten)
- The Sprite&Char-Editor --- well, we have a new coder for it hopefully, Danzig vanished
- The centronics printer stuff doesn't seem to act too well.


KNOWN FlashUtility ISSUES:

- There have been quite some reports about problems when flashing stuff using serial flash option.
  We are sorting this out.
- Some people also reported problems on clearing their ROMs --- we found a timing flaw here - to be fixed.


NEXT:

FlashUtility 0.06 will be released during the next days, as far as I can tell.
 We are looking to fix some drive issues, the problems on the PrgFlasher feature and timing tweaks.
 You had no probs so far ? -- fine --- keep going :=)


NEXT for 3.9 Beta ROM:

- Add SilverSurfer command routines
- Add D64 transfer/receive
- Add TASS Macro ROM-based-version
- ...


