CPCEMU v1.4 - The CPC Emulator for the PC ------------------------------------------ What is CPCEMU ? CPCEMU emulates an Amstrad CPC on a PC AT. You need at least a AT 386 with VGA graphics. The CPC ROMs are included. Fast start: Copy the archive CPCEMUxx.ZIP into a directory of your hard disk and decompress it with 'PKUNZIP CPCEMUxx.ZIP' . Then use INSTALL.BAT. Now run CPC6128.BAT to have a first look. You can try the new online help by pressing F1. When questions arise, simply read the completely new documentation CPCEMU_E.TXT. No panic, it is shorter as it seems at the first glance. The user part ends with chapter 6. New in v1.4: ------------ - GUS sound support by Ulrich Doewich - online help system in English, German, French and Spanish - complete French documentation - support for 2 joysticks - VESA videomodes for higher resolutions - improved setup menu and configuration file - load and save configurations from setup menu - improved FDC routines for non-standard formats - Extended disk format - user-configurable colours and keys - improved CPCTRANS (v2.3) - new SNA2GIF (v1.1): grab screens from snapshots New in v1.3b: ------------ - Since v1.3 there was no Soundblaster sound with some (non Pro) cards. New in v1.3a: ------------ - With v1.3 of CPCEMU, the interrupt mode 2 of the Z80 did not work (try Boulder Dash). New in v1.3: ------------ - realtime CPC: In this mode CPCEMU tries to be as fast as a real CPC. - the ROMs are (c) by Amstrad and Locomotive Software - French documentation - menu system with mouse support - poke database for easy "poking" - re-format disk images with CPCEMU - insert disk images with read-only DOS attribute - debug menu: 'find' added - 'fast Z80': does not crash the computer when using Z80 instructions with word access at 0xffff - parallele adapter: new PCPARA, CPCPARA with up to 19000 baud - CPCTRANS: compiled for 8086 to use it also on an XT - ... You can find further information in the English, German or French documentation CPCEMU_E.TXT, CPCEMU_D.TXT, CPCEMU_F.TXT respectively. Write your comments to: Marco Vieth Auf dem Uekern 4 33165 Lichtenau Germany or by e-mail: ali@uni-paderborn.de -------------------