History of Atari++

Atari++ 1.58
	- Fixed emulation of read-modify-write instructions. The 6502 consistently
	  writes the old value before replacing it by a second write with the
	  updated value.
	- The default alsa output device has been changed from hw:0.0 to default,
	  making it more compatible to hardware setups.
	- The disassembly of the BVC instruction was invalid, fixed.
	- Added the space bar as possible source for joystick events.
	- Fixed some issues with preferences reading.
	- Added additional tests for ROM image verification.
	- Fixed a NULL pointer reference in the cartridge module.

Atari++ 1.56
- Fixed parsing the preferences. No longer gets stuck if one of the
modules failes initialization.
- Fixed error handling in the full module - could crash.
- Fixed initialization of the FMS. The previous version wasn´t able to
to run the DUP if the DOSINI vector was populated.
- Fixed memory reservation of the emulated 850 interface.
- Fixed complation issue on latest g++ compilers.

Atari++ 1.55
	- Fixed a couple of bugs in the disk emulation, thanks to
	  Konrad Kokoszkiewicz for finding them. Specifically,
	- Read and write capacity (815 commands) did not check for
	  all supported disk layout types and hard-disk partitions,
	- Speedy commands were recognized and interfered even if
	  the speedy emulation was turned off,
	- Disk status wasn't returned correctly for high-density
	  drives
	- Fixed a parsing/error handling bug if the initial con-
	  figuration files were incorrect.
	- Fixed the implementation of ZFR1 in the mathpack patch.
	- Fixed the implementation of FFRAC in mathpack patch.
	- Added constants required by BASIC for the patch.
	- This release comes with a new release of Os++, the
	  emulator operating system. For the first time, this
	  release is complete and includes a math-pack whose
	  functions should be both faster and more precise than the
	  original implementation. Thanks to B. Watson for
	  continuously pushing me - it's done now.
	- Minor streamlining in the CIO implementation in Os++.
	- This release adds a STDIO interface to atari++, allowing
	  it to read keyboard or editor input from the command line,
	  and echo-ing output to stdout. This feature can be used
	  for batch-processing.
	- Compared to the beta release, this version fixes one bug
	  in the BCDToInt math pack routine (also known as FPI) which
	  did not handle carry-over correctly.
	- Writing 0 to SKCTL now also resets the pokey timers as it
	  emulates the POKEY soft reset.
	- Pokey STIMER also resets the poly-counters now, as it 
	  should.
	- Os++ includes minor fixes for the cursor rendering and
	  interaction of S: with E:. Writing to S: now shields the
	  cursor correctly.

Atari++ 1.53
	- Fixed the ADC command, creates now the proper results in
	  decimal mode even for non-BCD input.
	- SDL keyboard input is now a bit more careful about the
	  ALT key. Only the left ALT key is now understood as the
	  Atari/InverseVID key.
	- Improved building on VS8.0.
	- Improved handling of files/disks on network directories.

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Atari++ 1.55
	- Fixed a couple of bugs in the disk emulation, thanks to
	  Konrad Kokoszkiewicz for finding them. Specifically,
	- Read and write capacity (815 commands) did not check for
	  all supported disk layout types and hard-disk partitions,
	- Speedy commands were recognized and interfered even if
	  the speedy emulation was turned off,
	- Disk status wasn't returned correctly for high-density
	  drives
	- Fixed a parsing/error handling bug if the initial con-
	  figuration files were incorrect.
	- Fixed the implementation of ZFR1 in the mathpack patch.
	- Fixed the implementation of FFRAC in mathpack patch.
	- Added constants required by BASIC for the patch.
	- This release comes with a new release of Os++, the
	  emulator operating system. For the first time, this
	  release is complete and includes a math-pack whose
	  functions should be both faster and more precise than the
	  original implementation. Thanks to B. Watson for
	  continuously pushing me - it's done now.
	- Minor streamlining in the CIO implementation in Os++.
	- This release adds a STDIO interface to atari++, allowing
	  it to read keyboard or editor input from the command line,
	  and echo-ing output to stdout. This feature can be used
	  for batch-processing.
	- Compared to the beta release, this version fixes one bug
	  in the BCDToInt math pack routine (also known as FPI) which
	  did not handle carry-over correctly.
	- Writing 0 to SKCTL now also resets the pokey timers as it
	  emulates the POKEY soft reset.
	- Pokey STIMER also resets the poly-counters now, as it 
	  should.
	- Os++ includes minor fixes for the cursor rendering and
	  interaction of S: with E:. Writing to S: now shields the
	  cursor correctly.
	- Improved building on VS8.0.
	- Improved handling of files/disks on network directories.

Atari++ 1.53
	- Fixed the ADC command, creates now the proper results in
	  decimal mode even for non-BCD input.
	- SDL keyboard input is now a bit more careful about the
	  ALT key. Only the left ALT key is now understood as the
	  Atari/InverseVID key.
	- Improved building on VS8.0.
	- Improved handling of files/disks on network directories.

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Atari++ 1.54
	- Fixed the handling of the initial keystroke.
	- Added a curses (text-based) front-end.
	- GTIA artifacts now support various GTIA models.
	- GTIA supports now user-defined color maps.
	- The GUI can now be used entirely by the keyboard or the
	  joystick, use the cursor keys to move the pointer from
	  gadget to gadget and press RETURN to click on an object.
	- Added a RelMouseStick input device that reacts on the
	  relative mouse movements rather than its abstract position.
	- Fixed the POKEY audio muting, it is now able to detect
	  situations in which a lower mixing frequency is audible
	  even though the channel itself is not.
	- Fixed initial timing/speed setting, could have caused
	  audio-drop outs or slow play-back.