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Silver6

Philippe Flype
(Apollo Team Member)
Posts 299
15 May 2016 23:08


New SILVER6 core.
 
Only bug fix - related to a PCMCIA related possible bug with some network card, especially the NetGear FA411 + cnet.device.
 
For now we share it here - will be hosted on website tomorrow :
 
 
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Philippe Flype
(Apollo Team Member)
Posts 299
16 May 2016 00:19


The full changelog since SILVER1 :

[SILVER6] (16.05.2016)
* Fixed PCMCIA bug with some network adapters

[SILVER5] (06.05.2016)
* Bugfixes (SFS, HDToolBox, VBRControl, etc.)
* Some Core Speed-Ups
* In-Rom support for Big Partitions (>4Gb) on internal IDE
* SDCard improvements
* Programmable screen resolutions

[SILVER3a] (04.04.2016)
* Fix of reset behaviour on some configurations

[SILVER3] (03.04.2016)
* Flag for BFTST fixed (fixing apps like ScummVM)
* Super-Scalar improvements :
  - Allow more instructions in 2nd pipe
  - More 64Bit MMX instructions added
  - PADD, PSUB, PMUL, ... (used by videoplayers like RIVA)
* Improved RESET behaviour (AROS)
* Improved SAGA video out (24Bit, 32Bit, YUV422)
* Clock-cycle register added

[SILVER2] (28.02.2016)
* New memory controller. Much faster Fastmem.
* Improve Game compatibility (some games running to fast)
  IRQ on slow AMIGAs can bounce with very fast CPU cores. E.g 68060 and Apollo
  Apollo is now enhanced to reliable prevent IRQ from bouncing
* Improve Game compatibility (some games running too slow)
  Instruction execution in chip mem is speed up now
* Bitfield Instructions fixed. This fixes FBLIT and some applications.
* Improved SAGA Chunky Video out
* Improved CPU.
  Some more instruction Fusings supported

[SILVER1]
* Release Core

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