Sweet16 2.0 Public Beta 1 full release notes posted
July 26, 2007 at 02:51 PM
I've posted the full release notes for Sweet16 2.0
Public Beta 1, copied here for your reading
enjoyment:
1. Graphics are now drawn using OpenGL, and color is 16-bit for truer color fidelity.
2. Removed tons of unused code.
3. Added a routine that makes it possible for IIgs code to output text to the Mac console.
4. The video window's title bar now indicates the name of the Apple II application currently running -- if you've installed the latest version of the SweetPrinter extension from the tools disk, as described in the documentation.
5. Added full screen graphics support.
6. Added a preference that lets you specify whether 800K disk images mount on the CleverPort or IWM by default.
7. You can now resize the video window to any size by holding down option and clicking and dragging in the resize box that appears in the bottom right corner of the window.
8. Switched to using the more modern Carbon Event Manager, which improves performance and makes certain tasks easier to accomplish in the code.
9. The Mac mouse cursor now hides and shows more reliably as it passes in and out of the video window, courtesy of Carbon Event Manager mouse tracking.
10. You can now switch between 16:10 (typical emulated Apple IIgs aspect ratio) and 4:3 (real Apple II aspect ratio) using the preferences.
11. Fixed a bug that was causing empty ROM and other files to be created if they couldn't be found.
12. The toolbar has been removed; the CPU speed indicator is not currently available but will return before the final version of Sweet16 2.0.
13. Removed the Real Time dock icon update option; this was hurting system performance when selected. Added an "Every second" option to replace it.
14. DiskCopy 4.2, HDRV, and Universal Disk Image files are now recognized by their Mac file type information if it's present.
15. Universal Disk Image files are identified by their internal signature if no other type information is found.
16. The mouse scroll wheel now sends key up and down events, to let you use the scroll wheel to some extent in GS applications.
1. Graphics are now drawn using OpenGL, and color is 16-bit for truer color fidelity.
2. Removed tons of unused code.
3. Added a routine that makes it possible for IIgs code to output text to the Mac console.
4. The video window's title bar now indicates the name of the Apple II application currently running -- if you've installed the latest version of the SweetPrinter extension from the tools disk, as described in the documentation.
5. Added full screen graphics support.
6. Added a preference that lets you specify whether 800K disk images mount on the CleverPort or IWM by default.
7. You can now resize the video window to any size by holding down option and clicking and dragging in the resize box that appears in the bottom right corner of the window.
8. Switched to using the more modern Carbon Event Manager, which improves performance and makes certain tasks easier to accomplish in the code.
9. The Mac mouse cursor now hides and shows more reliably as it passes in and out of the video window, courtesy of Carbon Event Manager mouse tracking.
10. You can now switch between 16:10 (typical emulated Apple IIgs aspect ratio) and 4:3 (real Apple II aspect ratio) using the preferences.
11. Fixed a bug that was causing empty ROM and other files to be created if they couldn't be found.
12. The toolbar has been removed; the CPU speed indicator is not currently available but will return before the final version of Sweet16 2.0.
13. Removed the Real Time dock icon update option; this was hurting system performance when selected. Added an "Every second" option to replace it.
14. DiskCopy 4.2, HDRV, and Universal Disk Image files are now recognized by their Mac file type information if it's present.
15. Universal Disk Image files are identified by their internal signature if no other type information is found.
16. The mouse scroll wheel now sends key up and down events, to let you use the scroll wheel to some extent in GS applications.
Sweet16 2.0 Public Beta 1 released
July 20, 2007 at 03:48 PM
I've posted Sweet16 2.0 Public Beta 1,
which is now available from my Mac Downloads page. It
has a number of nice improvements, among which
are:
There are others, too, but I can't remember them at this moment and my notes are on a different computer, so I'll post the rest later.
Please keep in mind that this is a beta, and almost certainly has significant bugs. While it has some nice new features, it's not necessarily reliable!
- OpenGL accelerated graphics.
- Color fidelity improved.
- Resize your IIgs video window to any size you like.
- Mount your 800K floppy disk images as SmartPort hard disks by default if you want to.
- Fixed bugs with finding and remembering the location of the ROM file.
- Now recognizes Mac file types for various disk image formats including 2mg, DiskCopy 4, and DiskCopy 6. Improved recognition of disk images in general.
There are others, too, but I can't remember them at this moment and my notes are on a different computer, so I'll post the rest later.
Please keep in mind that this is a beta, and almost certainly has significant bugs. While it has some nice new features, it's not necessarily reliable!