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New year, new version: Firebird 1.6

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@Vogtinator Vogtinator released this 16 Mar 19:13
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v1.6
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New features:

  • New dialog for creating Flash images, which is also available in the Mobile UI! (#262)
  • Running as 64bit application on Windows is supported now (#234)
  • Polish translation is available now (#207)
  • CX II (/-T/CAS) calculators can now be emulated (#165)! However, with the current dumping programs you will not get a complete bootrom and booting the OS will fail.

Improvements:

  • Multiple files can be sent in the Mobile UI and by dropping them into the main window on desktop (#279)
    Reimplemented emulation speed control: Now it's more accurate, especially on Windows
  • GitHub actions now performs automated builds for Android (armeabi-v7a and arm64-v8a in one APK), macOS and Windows (32bit and 64bit) on releases and pull requests (#283, #284, #285)
  • The "installer" for OS 4.5.3.14 (and later?) works now. It requires fastboot RAM to persist state across reboots, which is now implemented.
  • More accurate emulation of the On button: It's now possible to enter Press-To-Test mode (#271)
  • Faster saving and loading of snapshots (#231)
  • More reliable USB file transfers
  • The debugger console now includes entered commands in the log
  • Support for PIE (position-independent executables) on x86_64. Previously, care needed to be taken that PIE was disabled, otherwise it would crash on start. (#211)
  • Building the JIT is disabled automatically if the platform does not support it (#197)
  • Firebird builds on FreeBSD now (#228, #248)

Bugfixes:

  • File access on Android got fixed (#202 and its various duplicates)
  • Fix placement of keypad buttons in the touchpad area (#41)
  • Various fixes for the Mobile UI layout (#201)
  • The kit configuration page in the Mobile UI no longer causes the keyboard to pop up by default (#257)
  • Connecting with GDB on windows works now (#259, #260)
  • Some shades of grey were not displayed properly when emulating pre-CX models (#270)
  • Fix crash on AArch64/arm64 when executing certain instructions
  • The keypad reacts to touch events in the desktop version as well now (#292, #293)
  • Some places were no longer translated correctly after the introduction of language switching in 1.5
  • Keys could get stuck on focus changes. Now they're all released when the keypad loses focus (#287)
  • The Ctrl key now changes color when pressed
  • Emulation speed no longer remains unlimited after a failed file transfer

Repo for Arch, Debian, Fedora, Ubuntu and openSUSE: via OBS.

There is work in progress to implement and improve support for running in the browser on Qt for WebAssembly (#294). A preview is available on https://nspire-emus.github.io/firebird/wasm/

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