Z80Stealth v0.400

posted in Emulator Release by dhalamar on Dec 25th, 2000

The Sinclair Spectrum emulator Z80Stealth has been updated to v0.400. Here's what's new:

  • z80s.cfg now redirects to actual config file. Dont forget to edit cfg file before using emu!
  • Scorpion ZS 256 emulation! Big thanx goes to Hacker KAY for his help. select it by MODEL=SCORP in cfg
  • KAY1024 emulation (far from perfect for now) select it by MODEL=KAY in cfg
  • 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
  • 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
  • Ability to avoid setting volumes (VOL_MAST,VOL_DAC etc) USE_MIXER=YES|NO switch in cfg
  • 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.
  • 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
  • Reset to TRDOS - simply press Ctrl-F12.
  • New video mode (254 - 320x200 VGA) for very old ISA video cards which only support 16bit (word) transfer.
  • 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
  • 'dummy' General Sound emulation. Games designed for this device have no sound yet, but they're working!
  • 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
  • CMOS emulation (Gluck's scheme).CMOS=YES|NO option in cfg
  • 512 x 192 bw screen mode emulation. Available if you use VESA video mode (VMODE=n in cfg)
  • 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.
  • FLASH-color emulation. Alt-F7 turns it on/off. Available if you use video mode w/o scanlines and requires MMX.
  • Turbo switch emulation. Use F6 to turn on/off turbo.TURBO=2|3|4 switch in cfg (selects 2X 3X or 4X turbo)
  • Beta 128 disk interface emulation. This means now you can use TRDOS in ZX Spectrum 128 mode. BETA128=YES|NO in .cfg
  • 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.
  • Emulator now ask if you want to save disk before exit or disk change.
  • Optional exit confirmation. CONFIRMEXIT=YES|NO in cfg
  • If runtime error happens emulator can save current state to CRASH.SNA snapshot. SNAPCRASH=YES|NO in cfg
  • EPSG format updated - read about it in z80s.faq
  • hopefully fixed that 'Page fault in RMCB' under plain DOS.
  • 'Cant load trdos.rom' bug fixed.
  • various fixes for saving screenshots procedures.
  • a pile of other small bugfixes

You can download this from the Sinclair Spectrum/QL Emulators section.