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@abalore abalore released this 12 Jun 10:36
v1.8
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Cadence 1.8 — the hardware status bar

A real machine at the bottom of the window

The status bar is now a hand-drawn hardware fascia:

  • Two 3" disc drives — bay fronts that show the inserted disc with its name on the sleeve, a per-drive activity LED in its real bezel position (each lights only when its drive seeks or transfers), and the bay's eject button: one click ejects, one click inserts.
  • Cartridge slot — empty edge-connector or inserted cartridge with its label; the whole slot is the insert/remove button.
  • Tape deck — amber monochrome LCD showing the tape name, a PLAY/STOP motor indicator and a real-time progress bar, plus Rewind and Insert/Remove buttons.

Drag & drop, reimagined

Drop files onto the slot itself: each one accepts its own formats (and ZIPs filtered to them), highlighting while you drag. A DSK can now be dropped explicitly on drive A or drive B.

Display

  • Full screen now centers the picture (it was left-aligned, black band on the right).
  • About dialog no longer stretches to fit the OpenGL driver string.

Misc

  • Media names shown clean: no extension, no ZIP suffix.
  • "disc" spelling unified across the UI, Amstrad style.

Binaries for Linux (AppImage), macOS (.dmg) and Windows are attached below.

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