This version log of MAME specifically lists all TI-related changes in the code. Have a look here to see whether the latest release adds interesting features for you.

Version

Release date Git Revision New features Fixes Bugs or Regressions
0.272 ? ?      
0.271 2024-10-31 4da96a0c4fb - - -
0.270 2024-09-25 ef032a31e50 - - -
0.269 2024-08-29 6d1970f5f10 - Fixed TIPI instabilities. Fixed SGPU instabilities in the debugger and on startup (uninitialized variables). HFE removed from supported formats (will return after rewrite)
0.268 2024-07-31 acea8712d6a - When no hard disk image is provided, the emulator does not bail out but simply handles it as unreadable. -
0.267 2024-06-30 663abae0716 - Fixed ti99_4ev crash when cartridge is inserted during runtime -
0.266 2024-05-31 cd7817b220f - Fixed Horizon Ramdisk latches to be reset with the system reset and Geneve pages c0-df to be kept on-board -
0.265 2024-04-24 f8af5cc2cff - Bug in tms9900.cpp that locked up the emulated TI console on RESET; bug in the multicart connector -
0.264 2024-03-27 5b670ad51ff - - -
0.263 2024-02-28 93d83183259 - - -
0.262 2024-01-31 d48a61f9210 - - -
0.261 2023-11-28 ca50094e8d5 - - -
0.260 2023-10-24 0a7f1fe9cf0 - - -
0.259 2023-09-29 4ff20056c3d - - HX5102 sometimes fails to read an MFM disk (starts with FM instead of MFM)
0.258 2023-08-29 2e0aa823508 Support for updated TIPI DSR Fixed HX5102 problems with DSDD -
0.257 2023-07-28 f811a66c530 - - -
0.256 2023-06-27 b41370db026 - - TI-99/8 only reads DSDD disks with -oslog on some computers
0.255 2023-05-31 c6650dc0721 - - Build fails for Raspbian since commit a504bde3a (update to LZMA 22.01). See building for Raspi.
0.254 2023-04-26 bfa8d724a00 - - -
0.253 2023-03-31 b6d9756c5e0 - - -
0.252 2023-02-22 fb98822c349 - 0.251 regression fixed -
0.251 2022-12-31 34e6ec1ef82 - - All TI drivers (from TI-99/xx to Geneve) crash with segfault; fixed with revision 2bfe2358fb9
0.250 2022-11-29 b7cbe74c4be - - -
0.249 2022-10-27 91c5b9eceab - Changed Genmod DIP defaults -
0.248 2022-09-27 2d3d0deec8f - - -
0.247 2022-08-31 fa2d36c6347 - - -
0.246 2022-07-31 205b03897c6 - TIPI card working with real Raspberry -
0.245 2022-07-01 03c2563b592 - Added AMA/B/C dec to DDCC-1, req by Genmod; fixed tipi async mode; CRU 1800 default for tipi -
0.244 2022-05-25 bcf77373a5f - 9995 decrementer; cartridges with smaller ROMs than 8K; gromemu now allows up to 4096 banks -
0.243 2022-04-29 addbb8ab40b TIPI async mode TIPI debugging, stability; TMS9901 counter update by S0 -
0.242 2022-04-01 e8166b52740 TIPI emulation Geneve/Genmod debugging HFE format writing disabled
0.241 2022-02-24 31f001e5019  - DSK4 motor now operated by DDCC1; P-Code card works in debugger Debugger does not work in Genmod ("Bad RAM")
0.240 2022-01-26 f0ab44fe1c8 - - -
0.239 2021-12-29 80bcaea1ed9 WHTech SCSI card (without Block mode DMA); new Geneve boot EPROM 2.0 - No reading/writing to DSK4 at DDCC1
0.238 2021-11-24 fb21b789040 - - -
0.237 2021-10-26 34d8357465c - - -
0.236 2021-09-29 5e865af5405 - - -
0.235 2021-08-31 ec9ba6fa76c - - -
0.234 2021-07-28 2633c19a68f - - -
0.233 2021-07-01 05d0cf61e7f - HFDC hangs with not connected drives; now also using timed steps for sector I/O instead of buffered steps only -
0.232 2021-05-27 2b0f01bc3ae - - -
0.231 2021-04-28 1f221136613 - Changed default floppy step rates and Corcomp monoflop config -
0.230 2021-03-31 943c06cba08 - IDE card AME/AMD decoding -
0.229 2021-02-24 4322eaae9d6 - Debugger write for Geneve -
0.228 2021-01-27 140f4469331 - - ARM build broken (Raspi), fixed with fd5fb05acee
0.227 2020-12-31 d85735634cd -

Horizon RAMDisk reimplemented; paged378 cartridges mirror smaller ROMs; corrected fill byte after data CRC in HFDC

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0.226 2020-10-28 3c56452b07a - BQ4847 is correctly detected by IDEDSR -
0.225 2020-09-29 5a1fd0cc172 SID Master 99 Gromemu type allows for bank-switched ROMs Horizon RAMDisk broken
0.224 2020-08-25 5892c78a152 - - -
0.223 2020-08-06 c55a261d26d TI-99/2 Expansion port and 32K expansion Debugger write to PEB from TI-99/4A (regression from release 0.173) -
0.222 2020-06-26 6d50d60a43b - Changed default switch setting in IDE controller; fixed some issues in clock chips -
0.221 2020-05-19 e8a0e0469b0 PGRAM(+) card, IDE controller with clock chip selection IDE controller with RTC-65271 -
0.220 2020-04-05 c5c5723b9d5 CorComp and Myarc DDCC-1 floppy controllers, FORTi card Stale datamux byte cleanup -
0.219 2020-02-29 221f0064426 Selectable EVPC memory size - -
0.218 2020-02-02 0e2a252d309 Low-level emulation of the Geneve mainboard (Gate Array, PAL, Genmod)

TI-99/2 floppy loads program files with more than 1 sector; fixed datamux so that Ambulance runs again;

Cassette working again

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0.217 2019-12-25 13997a8f317 - Sound wait states -
0.216 2019-11-27 b8b7c7e232 - - -
0.215 2019-10-30 e9ef4808dd - - -
0.214 2019-09-25 24d07a12d7 Pluggable keyboard for the Geneve - -
0.213 2019-09-04 f7172322a2 Mouse optional for EVPC and Geneve, must be plugged explicitly. This prevents mouse pointer capturing in Windows when mouse is not needed. - -
0.212 2019-07-31 1182bd9325 - CRU base address setting for RS232 Cassette operations
0.211 2019-06-27 1b969a8acb - - -
0.210 2019-05-30 ad45c9c609 - TMS9901 counter now counts at all times, not only when set to non-null. -
0.209 2019-04-24 2b317bf296
gcc < 9
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Fixed CRU multi-bit operations with *Rx+; fixed TI FDC issues with Geneve GPL mode; fixed SGCPU regression with CRU operations

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0.208 2019-03-27 9483624864 - Fixed Geneve GPL mode, fixed status bits (C and OV) for SLA and INV -
0.207 2019-02-27 40fc33967c - - Geneve GPL mode lockup (e12e17ce8)
0.206 2019-01-30 cf02fe333a - - Changes in key mappings (757436bbfb)
0.205 2018-12-26 b691c38273 - Reject cartridges with more than 2 MiB dump size to avoid mem corruption Cassette operations broken in 99/8 (since 0.198)
0.204 2018-11-28 c6150e7542 - - -
0.203 2018-10-31 b57a140101 - - -
0.202 2018-09-26 856478fbda - - -
0.201 2018-08-29 4dc302ed05 All disk formats (DSK, DTK, HFE) allow for 16 sectors/track; HX5102 working with 99/2 Formatting works in 99/8 (also when changing densities); track dumps now working safely in PC99. Full cassette support for 99/2(32K). Unneeded cassette channel (Ch.1) removed. -
0.200 2018-07-25 ff19cd3977 - - -
0.199 2018-06-27 f2e805a153 BIOS selection for Geneve; GenMod now a separate driver (check ROM zips) Double density for HX5102 (HFE format only) -
0.198 2018-05-30 c5f6a62d59 TI-99/2 running; HX5102 can host two drives Fixed interrupt latching in 9995 (for 99/2); OSD blank disk creation; double-sided disks with HX5102 HX5102 cannot handle double density
0.197 2018-04-25 74293f8247 Hexbus floppy HX5102 working Read track for TIFDC; can now load Diskassembler from MG HX5102 cannot handle double-sided disks
0.196 2018-03-28 e8f2016076 - - -
0.195 2018-02-28 e44e85b8ef - - -
0.194 2018-01-31 5be2496d0c Selectable VRAM size for Geneve Debugging in cartridges, esp. MiniMemory -
0.193 2017-12-27 bf28b347fb - Removed auto-waitstates from Geneve -
0.192 2017-11-29 d771f54227 - - -
0.191 2017-10-25 a5db728b9c - - -
0.190 2017-09-27 f57574c238 - - -
0.189 2017-08-30 2beedc540f - - -
0.188 2017-07-26 7b45ec19f1 Hexbus WIP - -
0.187 2017-06-28 1d9648b01c Hexbus early WIP; new cartridge type "paged7" for TI-CALC - -
0.186 2017-05-31 e4c6cb15e0 Rearranged bus/ti99 source subtree; introduced ioport as a slot (PEB must now be plugged in) - -
0.185 2017-04-26 fe01a1342c - - -
0.184 2017-03-29 7768128734 Bus mouse is a separate device, can be used with EVPC now TI-99/4 crashes; jerky Geneve mouse; debugging for TI-99/8; sector read on HFDC -
0.183 2017-02-22 c207031 - - -
0.182 2017-01-25 dc374ba - - -
0.181 2016-12-27 bbeda6a - - -
0.180 2016-11-29 cfc8419 - Fixed state saving -
0.179 2016-10-26 32b7e58 - - -
0.178 2016-09-28 012d47d HxC HFE format support, MAME state save capability; improved performance for 99/8 Tag for MEXP-1 RAM (led to error on start) TI-99/4 unstable, presumably buffer overflow
0.177 2016-08-31 1ecb023 New floppy sounds Stuck INT line in TMS9902; RS232 line mapping; issues with deleted marks in single density; double stepping; debugger access to cartridge -
0.176 2016-07-27 4887ce1 - - -
0.175 2016-06-29 63f9a01 - - -
0.174 2016-05-25 68785dc Per-chip system ROM dumps, new cartridge ZIP files (download from WHTech), split "paged" into "paged16k" (Atarisoft) and "paged12k" (Extended Basic); Fixed GROMEMU, fixed MBX, multi-cart can be switched without reset -
0.173 2016-04-27 cfee536 GROMs rewritten as synchronous devices; TI-99/8 mainboard rewritten; Horizon with 8M setting HOLD behavior of TMS9995; issues with paged37x cartridges; missing AlphaLock on SGCPU GROMEMU cartridges broken
0.172 2016-03-30 913ab1e - - AlphaLock does not work for SGCPU
0.171 2016-02-24 3abcaee - - -
0.170 2016-01-27 b1d6f6d - - -
0.169 2015-12-30 4afd75e - - -
0.168 2015-11-25 0825ce4 - - -
0.167 2015-10-28 47f5637 - Speech working again -
0.166 2015-09-30 8e4ced4 - - Speak command only works after preceding Speak External
0.165 2015-08-26 efa3a67 PFM512 support for Geneve; Floppy drive sounds; Cartridge types paged377, paged378 (no GROM yet); HFDC switch "wait for HD" (TB 3) Track dump images working again. 32K expansion mod is off by default now (turn on in OSD menu or choose 32kmem card) -
0.164 2015-07-29 1b452e3 Modern low-level MFM hard disk emulation. Removed legacy floppy emulation. PIO fixed (no more lockups) Track dump images (dtk) may show CRC errors.
0.163 2015-06-24 d1583b9 Removed legacies 'tifdcleg' and 'bwgleg' - -
0.162 2015-05-27 64e16ca MAME and MESS distributed as one single application - -
0.161 2015-04-29 76b978d - - -
0.160 2015-03-25 0147bb4 Added a non-toggling Alphalock key for use with physical keyboards UCSD Pascal disks do not crash the emulation anymore -
0.159 2015-02-25 6ae44e4 - - -
0.158 2015-01-28 26e7a17 - - -
0.157 2015-01-03 e6f78d5 - - -
0.156 2014-11-26 ebeaa95; switched from svn - - -
0.155 2014-10-15 svn 32761 - BwG saves double density data again -
0.154 2014-07-23 31396 Modern floppy emulation for HFDC (old one remains 'hfdc', new one is 'hfdcnew') - -
0.153 2014-04-07 29406 Modern floppy system for TI FDC and BwG (old ones renamed to 'tifdcleg' and 'bwgleg') Several fixes in HSGPL HSGPL still found to crash when initializing GRAM; new BwG corrupts image on write (MFM) - bwgleg still working
0.152 2013-12-24 26738 TI-99/8 with working Pascal Fixed BwG double density and TI FDC issues -
0.151 2013-11-09 26005 Improved timing by split memory access tms9995: Fixed decrementer bug; improved debugger access -
0.150 2013-09-17 25362 TI-99/4QI available BwG controller DIP setting defaults to DSK1-DSK4. HSGPL SCON subprogram now working. RS232 dropouts fixed. -
0.149 2013-06-12 23624 (Almost) All cartridges available via software list Introduced a new cartridge type "gromemu" which allows for 8K "GROM emulations" DSK2 and DSK3 yield IO error 6 with tifdc. BwG corrupts file on write.
0.148 2013-01-11 20193 Accepts TI99-PC disk images with bad sector map TMS99xx overflow bit; HDC9234 flag for setting delete mark -
0.147 2012-09-17 17960 Cycle-precise CPU; LOAD interrupt; configurable RESET trigger in cartslot; VDP memory now visible in Debugger READY line-driven speech output -
0.146 2012-05-21 17371 (u5) MAME / MESS merge - - 8K GROM cartriges stopped working (e.g. RXB)
0.145 2012-02-07 - Complete architectural redesign - -
0.144 2011-11-15 - - Fixed problems with GRAM Kracker -
0.143 2011-06-29 - Full RS232 connectivity HSGPL flashing; SAMS fix; no more HSGPL crash with plugged-in cartridge -
0.142 2011-04-04 - Configurable v9938 RAM (128/192), MEMEX emulation Multicolor mode -
0.141 2011-01-09 - - - HSGPL flashing does not work
0.140 2010-10-31 - - - -
0.139 2010-08-01 - GRAM Kracker. Paged379i cartridges can now host 128 KiB. EVPC fully configurable. HSGPL, SGCPU, EVPC. Lots of small fixes, now all working properly. IDE support (required rewrite)
0.138 2010-05-22 - Reorganized configuration; selectable speed for disk drives HFDC and its chipset are completely rewritten. No more crash when formatting disks/hd with HFDC. Changed speech processor to TMC 0285. HSGPL and SGCPU (TI-99/4P) broken
0.137 2010-03-14 - Track dump disk images ("PC99") Defineable noise (-4/-8) corrected -
0.136 2010-01-10 - - Noise generator adjusted for preset noises -
0.135 2009-11-07 - New cartridge types: paged379i and pagedcru; chdman now allows to create uncompressed writeable images. - -
0.134 2009-09-15 - - Fixed chdman; hard drive images stay writeable -
0.133 2009-07-23 - P-Code card ROM-only modules are usable with the automatic cartridge selector -
0.132 2009-06-16 - - - chdman sets hard drive to read-only after conversion
0.131 2009-05-03 - Multi-cartridge handling with complex images Port control fixed (CRU); TI-99/8 declared working again. -
0.130 2009-03-10 - - - TI-99/8 locks up on startup. Declared GAME_NOT_WORKING.
0.129 2009-01-06 - Geneve got a dip switch to toggle between the version 0.9 ("Swan") and version 1.0 boot eprom. - -
0.128 2008-10-20 - - Geneve hard disk regression fixed. Real-time clock init fixed (DOW was incorrectly set). Natural keyboard now takes F12 as QUIT instead of ESC (TI-99) -
0.127 2008-08-25 - - - Geneve can't read hard drive images.
0.126 2008-07-08 - Mini Memory keeps contents in NVRAM. Peripheral cards (including floppy controllers) work again; mem_mask processing fixed -
0.125 2008-05-10 - - Natural keyboard arrow keys, delete key. Peripheral cards (including floppy controllers) deactivated.
0.124 2008-03-25 - - - Floppy controllers broken due to mem_mask inverted; natural keyboard arrow keys do not work.
0.123 2008-02-09 - - Mechatronic mouse axis swapping resolved; more floppy cleanups; fixed TI99_8 regression and made the floppy drive usable. -
0.122 2007-12-30 - - Refactorings and code cleanups -
0.121 2007-11-24 - - Border is displayed again. -
0.114 2007-04-12 - - Fixed assertion failure for ti99/4a and ti99/8 -
0.98 2005-07-10 - - - Floppy access broken.