JavaCPC

[Devilmarkus]

Here's a small demonstration video, how to record and save YM files with next JavaCPC (not released yet, stay tuned...)
http://cpc-live.com/videos/recym

Cheers,
Markus

[robcfg]

Hey Markus!

First of all, congratulations on your good work!

I did some time ago a .YM reader/writer class in C++ which also supports YM3/3b files, you'll find the source files attached so you can support them too (quite easy once you know the format anyway ).

I had a hard time also looking for .Lzh/lha compression libraries or sources. I found the source files for a library in C which may come handy to you so you'll find it also attached to this message.

Hope this helps!

[Devilmarkus]

Hey Markus!

First of all, congratulations on your good work!

I did some time ago a .YM reader/writer class in C++ which also supports YM3/3b files, you'll find the source files attached so you can support them too (quite easy once you know the format anyway ).

I had a hard time also looking for .Lzh/lha compression libraries or sources. I found the source files for a library in C which may come handy to you so you'll find it also attached to this message.

Hope this helps!

thanks for your advice!
I can now playback YM3 format, too
Try this link: Click

I will now research LHA uncrunching... (Really hard for Java)

BTW.: If you save a YM3 tune back to harddisk, it's also stored in YM3 format. No conversion possible yet...

Cheer,
Markus

[Devilmarkus]

Betatest for next JavaCPC available!

Hello guys,
today I compiled an .EXE file for next JavaCPC release as beta test.
Please download:
http://cpc-live.com/Release.zip

No JAR or other format available now. So Windows only...
No sources available (please ask if you want sources)

Later, also sources and JAR file will be available...

Sorry, no documentation included.
You can use the YM-Control deck using:
- Click "Edit -> Show YM-Control"
or:
- Click "File -> Load" and load a YM file, the player will start automatically.

Please regard:
- Only YM3, YM5 and YM6 files are supported
- LHA crunched files don't work, please uncompress them first
- Reset emulator first, before playing a YM tune
- If you save a YM file, it will be saved in YM5 format.
- Loaded YM3 format files will be saved as YM3, too.

Please post your feedback here.
I am still optimizing some things, before I will officially release it.
So I need your feedbacks...

Cheers,
Markus

[Devilmarkus]

Hi folks,
after long work, version 6.2 of JavaCPC is ready for download...



Info about new update for JavaCPC

The new version 6.2 will offer
many new features:

Changes from ver. 6.1 to 6.2
- Bilinear display filtering
- Tape-support (PCM WAV files 8 bit, 44khz, mono supported)
- YM recorder / player plays uncrunched YM3, YM5 and YM6 files
(1 mhz CPC and also 2 mhz Atari ST possible)
- Digitracker included! Thanks to Prodatron.
- Memory selectable
- Computername chooseable (Amstrad, Orion, Schneider, Awa, Solavox,
Triumph, Saisho, Isp
- You can enable DSK-check (Emulator will ask you to save changes,
when a DSK have been changed)
- Automatic update check can be enabled/disabled
- Manual update check
- URLs added to homepage / downloadpage / Sourceforge projectpage
- Improvements in ROM setup: You can use your own ROMs now!
- Improved autofire function with variable speed (Advanced settings)
- Performance settings for older PCs (When enabled, some Display-
features are disabled to increase performance)
- New display icons
- Content of autotype console is saved now automatically for better
useage
- Dummy-format command (not formatting yet, but skips the tracks)
- Some bugfixes

Download JavaCPC 6.2 now on http://cpc-live.com

Thanks to Kev Thacker for great help!

Cheers,
Markus

[Devilmarkus]

Attention! Bugfix!

Sorry, but a bug has been in release.
When you tried to run it as website-applet, an annoying empty window opened.

fixed...

Also: When you run it as application, and the emulator crashed, you could not quit the emulator...
So I added a "Force quit" entry in menu.
Please use only, when the application crashed! Or you will probably loose some data on unwritten DSK!

[nacho]

Thanks for the release and the quick bugfix, DevilMarkus

Downloading... (again )...

[Devilmarkus]

Hi together,

today I released the new version 6.3 of JavaCPC.

- CDT support!
- Tape can save to WAV
- YM-Recorder changed: - Waits now until AY chip reacts, before start
recording
- Better scan-effect and scanlines when bilinear filter is set
- Drag & drop function - You can now drag & drop all supported files,
like DSK, CDT, WAV, SNA etc... directly into emulator window
- Better memory useage (You can still use JavaCPC as applet, but there
with memory limitations. As application, it can now use up to 256mb
RAM.) - Larger memory is used for on-the-fly CDT converting.
- Convert CDT to WAV function to create WAV files from tape images
- Some bugfixes


Thanks to Kev Thacker for great help!
Also thanks to John Girvin - http://www.girv.net -
for his C++ conversation of:
"TZX to WAV Converter v0.2"
"(C) 2006 Francisco Javier Crespo"

Download your copy of JavaCPC on my website:
http://cpc-live.com

Have fun!
Markus

[nacho]

Good news

Thanks, Devilmarkus!

[Devilmarkus]

I forgot about 2 new features:

- Breakpoints for debugger (You can define up to 40 breakpoints)
- Debugger can auto-update
Booth points are chooseable from "Help" menu.

[Devilmarkus]

Hi together,
today I decided to release version 6.5 of JavaCPC.

Here are the changes:

- New feature: Record audio (You can save JavaCPC's soundchip output
as WAV file now, 44khz, 8 bit, stereo)
- CSW file support
- Completely overhauled AY emulation with logarithmic volume output
(You can choose between 3 different volume-tables) and with better
noise output
- New features for Windows users: You can create CDT or convert WAV
to CDT now using JavaCPC's GUI's for 2CDT / SAMP2CDT
(Thanks to Kevin Thacker who gave me permission to use his apps)
- Improved CRTC emulation

Thanks to César Nicolás González - http://cpce.emuunlim.com -
Thanks to Kev Thacker for great help!
Also thanks to John Girvin - http://www.girv.net -
for his C++ conversation of:
"TZX to WAV Converter v0.2"
"(C) 2006 Francisco Javier Crespo"

You can download your copy now on http://cpc-live.com/download.php?list.7

Have fun with my new release, and please send your feedback.
Markus

[Devilmarkus]

Hi together,
I decided to release v.6.6.4 of JavaCPC.
It has many improvements and some new features:

- Debugger improvements (Breakpoints, Break Instructions)
- Tape polarity changeable (Needed for some strange tapes)
- New displaying method allows DoubleBuffered in actual JAVA-update
- A virtual floppy drive as anchor window, moveable with mouse and
zoomable (Double click with left/right mousebutton into the drive)
- Simple GIF-Recorder (Not perfect, but funny)
- New screenshot routine (Allows to catch also the filter/monitor mask)
- New greenscreen emulation
- Improved display filter (needs high performance PC's)
- JavaCPC's window position is stored now on exit
- Added Prodatron's Digitracker tools as internal applications
(MOD converter and Player generator)
- CRTC improvements allow the demo "From Scratch" to be viewed fully
- Small bugfix in FDC emulation (allows to watch raster images
from ConvImgCPC without read error)

For coders, the most useful things will be the new debugger features "Breakpoints" and "Break Instructions"


Break Instruction does the same than WinApe's feature:
It stops the emulation and opens the debugger when ED,FF is reached.

"Breakpoints" are already part in older versions, but now you can enable/disable them in debugger window. They are also more exact now. (Strange things happen during z80 cycles ;D )

You can download your copy of JavaCPC as usual here:
http://cpc-live.com/download.php?list.7

Sourceforge project page seems to have problems... (I hope it will be available there, too, soon)

[robcfg]

Hallo Markus!

I've tried the las version online and Google Chrome seems to have a lot of problems with it. I cannot get it to load properly, it gets sort of stuck.

On IE it loads ok, but I've noticed some weird flickering when the Full Gatearray option is used with scanlines. Without scanlines it does no flickering.

Keep on the good work!

[Devilmarkus]

Hi!
Please show me where you uploaded and tested JavaCPC.

[robcfg]

Hallo Markus,

I just go to cpc-live.com, select "play cpc games online" and then "Try Emulator".

There you select the "Full Gatearray" option and turn the scanlines on. You'll notice a flicker as if it were the CPC monitor refresh.

Regarding the crash of the application, I'm trying again on Chrome and seems to work ok, maybe it's just a Chrome/Java thing.