Palm OS Emulator v3.3
posted in Emulator Release by outsider on Sep 7th, 2001
The Palm OS emulator for Windows, Unix and Macintosh has been updated to version 3.3. Here's the changes:
Added Visor Edge support. [James Phillips]
(Windows) Added HandEra 330 support. [Dan Fahrion]
Better checking for invalid database names as .prc, .pdb, and .pqa files are installed. Error message now also includes more text describing why the name is invalid.
When reporting invalid database dates when installing a file, now include the name of the file containing the database. [David A. Desrosiers]
Better error message when reporting that a .prc, .pdb, and .pqa file cannot be installed because one of its resources or records is too large.
Removed feature of Gremlins which would turn the device off and on every once and a while. The mechanism used to perform this could alter the emulated hardware timers and clocks, such that two runs of the same Gremlin number would result in different outcomes.
Include preliminary plug-in support. Current support extends to letting external plug-ins patch traps and access memory. [Anthony Fishbeck]
Internal change: continuing work to remove Dragonball-specific assumptions from the source code in preparation for adding ARM support.
Added support for downloading ROMs over USB on Mac and Windows. Note that the ROM Transfer application fails to work on Handspring devices, and so unless someone figures out why, you can't download those ROMs. And though you can download Sony CLIE ROMs, Palm's version of Poser doesn't not emulate those devices, so performing that exercise is not very useful. Which means that the addition of this feature is of most benefit to those with Palm m500s and m505s.
Support backlighting (two levels of brightness) for m505.
Report direct access to BitmapType data structures.
Report calls to functions that will no longer be available on future versions of Palm OS.
Corrected minimum RAM sizes for Palm m500 and m505 (was 2MB, now 8MB).
(Mac) Added better support for transliterating characters exchanged between the host and Palm OS emulated clipboard.
(Windows) The popup menu would always appear on the primary monitor on a multi-monitor system. [David Vaportrails]
Palm m500/m505 alarm LED is green, not red.
(Unix) GCC 3.0 support: added where needed; no longer assume vector::iterator is a pointer type; add exception specifications where needed; recognize that "map" is in the std namespace. [John Marshall]
Click here for the complete list of the changes.
Windows - Palm OS Emulators
Unix - Palm OS Emulators for Unix
Macintosh - Palm OS Emulators for Macintosh
