Aquarius+ Emulator & Firmware V0.22a

Firmware / Emulator

• plusBASIC to V0.18s1

Firmware

• Now actually includes PCMDAC (check out demos/DrumSamples for a demo of the DAC. Thanks to Mack Wharton for providing this).

Aquarius+ Emulator & Firmware V0.22

First release of Aquarius DevStudio! Start with RUN "/aqds/aqds.aqx". Currently it includes a file manager and a full screen text editor. Documentation can be found here.

Firmware / Emulator

• Added new READLINE command
• Added new OPENDIREXT command
• Added new PCMDAC register (8-bit unsigned D/A converter for sampled audio)

Aquarius Master System core

• Implemented vertical scroll inhibit function used in games such as Gauntlet

Aquarius+ Emulator & Firmware V0.21

This version includes the first alternative core for the Aquarius+, the Aquarius Master System! This will allow you to play US NTSC Master System games up to 512KB in size (many PAL or JP NTSC games should also work fine) on the Aquarius+ hardware (this will not work on the emulator!). You can start this by running:

cd "cores/aqms"
run "goaqms.aqx"

This will give you an interface where you can select a game to run. A few homebrew games are included on the SD card (in cores/aqms/homebrew), other commerical .SMS files need to be provided by yourself.

Controls:

• keyboard: arrow keys + Z/X
• hand controller: disc + button 4/1
• xbox controller: dpad/left stick + X/A

The Aquarius Master System core isn't a full recreation, but only includes the features needed to run most games. So you might run into some incompatibilities depending on the game.

Emulator

• Fix for initial window size

Emulator/Firmware

• plusBASIC v0.18

Firmware

• New ESP command LOADFPGA to load FPGA cores from SD card

Aquarius+ Emulator & Firmware V0.20c

Emulator

• Fixing issue with interrupts which could result in double the v-blank interrupts occurring per frame

Aquarius+ Emulator & Firmware V0.20b

Firmware

• WiFi password bug fix

Aquarius+ Emulator & Firmware V0.20a

This release introduces an alternate video timing which should be more compatible with LCD screens. By default 704x480 was used, now additionally 640x480 is supported. This will chop off the left and right border. You can choose between the 2 modes via GUI+F10 / GUI+F11. (GUI = Windows key on most keyboards)

Firmware

• Fix for 8.3 short file names (thanks @LoudScotsBloke for reporting!)
• Support for alternate video timing (640x480)

CP/M

• Cursor keys and home/end are now mapped to WordStar control keys combos

Aquarius+ Emulator & Firmware V0.20

This release contains the first release of the CP/M 2.2 operating system for the Aquarius+! Check out the Wiki for information on how to use it.

Emulator / Firmware

• plusBASIC v0.16
• Fixed timing of register $FD (Thanks Mack Wharton!)

Aquarius+ Emulator & Firmware V0.19b

Emulator

• Debugger: Fixing single stepping with turbo mode enabled
• Debugger: Step over all repeating instructions (CPDR/CPIR/INDR/INIR/LDDR/LDIR/OTDR/OTIR)

Aquarius+ Emulator & Firmware V0.19a

Emulator

• Added 'Screen' menu to set scaling mode

Emulator / Firmware

• Bug fixes for 80 columns mode
• Add support for second page in 40 column mode

Aquarius+ Emulator & Firmware V0.19

Emulator

• Debugger: ESP info window
• Debugger: Popup on addresses in CPU state window with quick actions
• Improved speed on pasting text

Emulator / Firmware

• Turbo mode (7.16Mhz)
• 80-columns mode