A new version of the firmware for the Ultimate-64 by Gideon is released.

Differences with previous official release V1.18:

• Based on the Ultimate-II+ firmware Version 3.5

Added features:

• Real time streaming VIC video data over Ethernet
• Real time streaming audio data over Ethernet
• Read more about the streams here: Data Streams documentation
• Added commands on TCP port to enable/disable these streams
• Added commands to enable/disable emulated drives, over UCI
• Added possibility to write to D64 images from the menu (e.g. copy PRG files into it).
• Added DE00 and DF00 ranges as possible options for SID socket decodes
• Printer emulation now supports color!

Improvements to VIC:

• Sprite collision timing solved
• Sprite to background collision problem solved
• Sprite expansion timing corrected, also in combination with multicolor
• Sprite retriggering fixed
• Border color change timing one adjusted by one pixel
• Various improvements to pass emufuxx0r tests. (incl. 50-pixel wide sprites)
• Fixed loading sprite data when VIC is read AEC=1
• Sprite timing fixed for NTSC

Improvements to CPU:

• ANE (B) made to work.
• Implemented SHA, SHS, SHX, SHY and LAX #imm
• CPU PIO register floating inputs fixed.

SID improvements:

• Improvements to ADSR envelope generator (fixes missing notes in e.g. Hawkeye 2018)
• More realistic values for SID filter resonance
• Added volume control for the SID digis
• LowPass boost in sid mixer.
• Improved anti-aliasing on resample filter in PAL mode
• Improvements on SID player
• Built-in SID player now supports MUS files as well (including stereo tunes)
• Music files can be found here: http://www.c64music.co.uk/
• Added support for toggling screen on/off in Sidplayer with S key.
• Added support for song length in SID header.
• Fixed correct SID model selection for SIDFX boards
• Various other bug fixes

Other machine fixes:

• U64 speaker volume fix.

Other bug fixes:

• Another bug in the network stack that caused stack corruption and random crash
• Copying a file from a container now restores extension
• Fixed issue of copying file from .t64 files
• Added ‘Enter’ option for .t64 files
• User Interface improvements / fixes
• Fixed telnet connection – removing header upon connect (fixes random copy actions)
• Changed default hostname to match target

Thanks to:

• David Horrocks for very useful input about VIC sprite handling and custom test programs
• Rene Garcia for this addition of color to the printer emulation
• Wilfred Bos for his improvements to the SID (and now MUS) player
• Scott Hutter for added UCI commands
• Martijn Wieland for his U64_Streamer PC application
• Chris Verheijen for his critical ear on UltiSID.

Download:

• U64/Ultimate-64 v1.20 (579)

source: ultimate64.com