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Steem v1.4 has been released, it's the biggest update of Steem ever. Huge improvements to almost everything, bug fixes, new features, here are some details:
~~~~~~~ Bugs Fixes ~~~~~~~
Sound totally overhauled, completely re-written (9 times in fact). STFM samples and music now sound just like a real ST. STE DMA sound also totally re-written.
MFP timers accuracy improved from 1/15500 to 1/8000000 of a second.
Most of MIDI re-written, fixed system exclusive out bug and many MIDI in bugs (thanks to Stephen Ware for finding most of them). Now supports variable MIDI system-exclusive message lengths to allow for large bank dumps.
Mid-scanline screen effects.
Overhauled ACIA emulation (fixed Downfall, Cubase, Sequencer One).
Fixed blitter bugs (Italic text, Utopos, some demos).
Made printing a lot more reliable.
Fixed Disk Manager root directory bugs.
Implemented Read Track - fixed Starblaze
Hard drives: fixed drive off = drive B bug, misguided interception of BPB reading (Slumlord, Battle for Throne, Bodyshop), double-slash with Gemdos path, get DTA (small file-searching problem)
Fixed PC mouse interference with display.
Fixed speed limiting.
~~~~~~~ New Features ~~~~~~~
Borders: Top overscans + dodgy side overscans
8-bit fullscreen for faster emulation.
Restore previous state.
Improved shortcuts - handle clashes better - more actions.
Easier access to window size settings.
Parallel port to MIDI out.
Can now disable Alt-tab, Ctrl-esc key combinations so the ST can receive them.
Vsync in fullscreen.
Pause emulation when another application is active.
Translations - Steem can now be translated to any language by anyone.
Insert, reset and run in Disk Manager.
The new version can be downloaded from http://steem.atari.org
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