xtrs v4.8
posted in Emulator Release by outsider on Sep 2nd, 2001
xtrs is a Radio Shack TRS-80 Model I/III/4/4P emulator for Unix and the X Window System. Here's what's new in this version:
This release has quick fixes for some troublesome bugs. Better fixes may be forthcoming in a later version. Thanks to Jean-Marc Le Peuvedic and Frederic Vecoven for problem reports and suggestions.
Changed my email address, as I have left Compaq.
Bug fix: Output to the X server was not always being flushed in a timely manner. It is now flushed at the frequency of the timer interrupt on the machine being emulated (30 to 60 times per second). This fixes problems with the display not being updated when it should have been in certain games and operating systems.
Added a heuristic to flush the key transition queue if the Z-80 program does not poll the keyboard often enough. Right now this is set to go off if more than 2 timer interrupt ticks go by without a poll. This change should get rid of the unwanted typeahead effect previously seen in certain situations, such as when a game does some screen flashing or sound effects between levels without polling the keyboard.
Fixed a compile error on non-Linux platforms.
Download it from the TRS-80 Emulators for Unix page.
Thanks to Cloy for the news
