Upgrade History

Version 2.5, January 2002

Emulator:

New style of HGR color interpretation (Mode 3).
Configurable Numeric Keypad.
Minimize on Systray option.
Improved support for Windows NT/2k/XP (Scroll Lock LED disk indicator, etc.).
Save State files are accepted as command line parameter (you can start saved_state.a4w file from Windows Explorer).
For DSK, DO, NIB, and HDV files there is a new Mount Disk Image menu in Windows Explorer. You can use it to change the disk images for the running emulator. If you double click or select Open menu then Windows Explorer will open a new emulator window, mount, and reboot the disk image.

Disk (image) Manager:

FTP Support.

Version 2.4, June 2000

Emulator:

Full Screen Mode support (requires DirectX).
Joystick emulation with keyboard.

Disk (image) Manager:

Background Colors dialog box - allows you to select different background colors for even/odd number lines.

Version 2.3, January 2000

Improved long filename support for all A2 Oasis programs.

Disk (image) Manager:

Disk Manager now is able to display different file types in different colors. This feature is controlled from View/Options menu.
View/Short (8.3) Filenames menu is another new option. It defines how will be displayed the short filenames - in lowercase or uppercase.

Version 2.22, September 1999

Disk Manager supports copy/move for directory tree.

Version 2.21, March 1999

Bug fixing release.

Version 2.2, January 1999

The general improvement for this release is the long filename support for Windows 95/98 (does not work under Windows NT yet).

Disk Manager:

Show All Directories option
Copy Buffer Size dialog box
Backspace as Up One Level hotkey
Auto rename .PO to .DSK images option (ADM_Conv.DLL library)

Version 2.11, November 1998

This version fixes several bugs in the Emulator, Disk Manager, and A2 Oasis Setup. Most significant new feature is the Invert A-Z Case keyboard option for the Emulator.

Version 2.1, October 1998

Emulator:

Supported is the Nibble (.NIB) disk image format for copy protected diskettes
Scroll Lock LED can be used for Apple II disk drive indicator
Create Diskette dialog box is removed. New disk images can be created with Disk Manager
PC Delete key was CTRL-D, now it works as Apple DEL

Disk (image) Manager:

Search feature
Mount Disk image menu
New converter in ADM_CONV.DLL library for .PO - .DSK image conversions
Groups/Folders for user defined commands
System Font option

Version 2.0, April 1998

Emulator:

SaveState feature
Communication (Serial) Card (instead of the old Parallel Interface). It can be connected directly to every LPT or COM port
Generally reorganized Configuration dialog box
Background execution option (see CPU Speed tab-group)
PC BackSpace key emulated as CTRL-H (=left arrow key)
Hard disk firmware automatically calls $C600 if there is no selected hard disk image
Support for the .HDV hard disk image format of ApplePC

Disk (image) Manager:

Right mouse button supported
User Defined Commands (Open With...)

Version 1.5, December 1997

Emulator:

Removable hard disk images (Disk Image menu). Hard disk image files are used by the Hard disk interface card. Usually they are only ProDOS formatted
The Hard disk card now supports two "drives" (one in the previous versions). If you are using two or more Hard disk images, you will need less I/O slots for the Hard disk cards
Keyboard buffer (see the new entries of the Config File Format)
TrueType fonts may include MouseText characters (codes 128-159)
/reset and /reboot command line options (they are used by Disk Manager when it executes associated commands)

Disk Manager:

Associate dialog box. You can assign a command sequence to each ProDOS/DOS3.3 file type. By this way the ProDOS/DOS3.3 files can be "executed" i.e. when you double click on the file from Disk (image) Manager then the Emulator receives the associated command(s). For example, if you double click on a DOS3.3 .BIN file the Emulator will receive BRUN command
Up One Level toolbar button
Supports .HDV disk image file format of ApplePC emulator
Display File/By Type edit field accepts multiple file templates separated by semicolon (View/By File Type menu)

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