Version 0.5 (2018/9/13)

The major improvement in this release is the timing adjustments in the scheduler so that events are properly and correctly executed, allowing music (for example) to play at a correct rate, regardless of the CPU speed.

• AdLib OPL2 adapter emulation is apparently working correctly.
• VGA emulation is still partially working.
• Drag & Drop from the DiskExplorer is now properly supported and should work under any platform.
• Opcodes are now declared as an array of delegates, thanks to the introduction of the tool GenOpCodes. This provides a considerable performance boost.
• Memory management improvements.
• Simplified code by using the appropriate data types (see new-datatypes branch).
• Source code now includes support to run Mike Chambers' test suite; at this point, the emulator is able to pass 879 out of 881 tests (99.77%).

This release includes two versions:

• x8086NetEmu_Win32: Compiled for Windows and with sound support.
• x8086NetEmu_XP: Cross-platform version, compiled without sound support. Use with the latest version of mono. Refer to this post for more information.

Both versions include two executables:

• x8086NetEmuWinForms: This version will run under a WinForm form and will use GDI+ to render the text and graphics.
• x8086NetEmuConsole: This version uses the Windows console to render the text. You can improve the rendering by using an appropriate font for the console.