Steem Engine v1.4
posted in Emulator Release by swampgas on Jan 11th, 2001
Attention Atari ST fans! One of Steem's biggest updates is here:
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.
Additionally, there is a French and English FAQ for Steem, which is available from their help page. Grab a copy from the Atari ST emulators.
