* Changes in VICE 1.7

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** C64 changes

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- REU support has been rewritten to support different types and

images.

- Fixed a processor emulation bug which caused a crash in Summer

Games II.

- Fixed a snapshot bug causing Castles of Dr. Creep to quit after the

snapshot has been restored.

** C128 changes

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- REU support has been rewritten to support different types and

images.

- Added support for internal and external function ROM images.

- Tape emulation has been added.

- Added register 26 support to VDC emulation to make LUnix work.

- Support for the CAPS key has been added.

- There is a limited C64 mode now.

** VIC20 changes

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- VIC video emulation now almost cycle exact (try vimm or vvv demos)

NTSC video mode is supported.

** CBM-II changes

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- Implemented a C510 (aka P128) emulation, using the existing VIC-II

emulation.

- Fix a couple of bugs in the CBM-II emulation (C610-C720).

** Drive changes

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- Implemented experimental DOS1 (670 blocks free) support with CBM

2040 emulation.

- The read-only bit of the 1581 disk drive is emulated now.

** MS-Windows changes

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- DirectX sound driver with less delay; alternative WMM driver by

Cadaver.

- New joystick autofire feature.

- Fixed crash if invoked with invalid command line.

** OS/2 changes

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- Moved zlib and png APIs to a DLL to decrease the archive size.

- Removed the Emulator Dialog, use Alt-+/Alt-- to change the speed.

- Added a new file dialog with a contents window.

- Dragging a file to the Vice Window now autostarts the file.

- Added autostart option to menu.

- Added cartridge support to menu.

- Added missing resources to menus.

- Added popup menu (switch off menu bar, press mouse button 2).

- Make menu bar switchable.

- Removed hardware dialog.

- Removed sound dialog.

- Added help system.

- Changed hotkeys from scancode to Accelerator Table.

- Changed layout of About Dialog.

** BeOS changes

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- Sid-player mode (use commandline x64 -vsid).

** Unix changes

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- Added preliminary (beta) DGA2 support.

- French translation; Credits to Eric (meepmeep).

- Datasette control UI.

- Zlib is used for reading compressed images.