JavaCPC Desktop - Java CPC Emulator News

JavaCPC 1.0b is an additional update.
You can install it from JavaCPC's menu: "Help -> Check for updates".
What's new?
- Java Joystick library added. Should work with your gamepad now.
When done, it asks you for the 2 fire-buttons.
Press them on your joypad in order.
To reset this settings, use menu: "Settings -> Reset Joystickbuttons"

It's important that you have the joystick translation enabled and that you don't use the "Alternative Joystick control".... (This is set properly by default!)

JavaCPC Desktop 1.0 Release
Readme-file
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JavaCPC Desktop is a brand new Amstrad CPC emulator.
It is based on JEMU (http://sourceforge.net/projects/jemu)
and is an extremely improved release from JavaCPC 6.7.

JavaCPC Desktop is designed to be used on Windows systems only,
but maybe can run also on other systems, but a few features will be missing then.

JavaCPC is no freeware any longer!
It's new license is "Donationware".... read more

Info about new update for JavaCPC

The new version 6.5 will offer
many new features and updates:

Changes from ver. 6.4 to 6.5

- New feature: Record audio (You can save JavaCPC's soundchip output
as WAV file now, 44khz, 8 bit, stereo)
- CSW file support
- Completely overhauled AY emulation with logarithmic volume output
(You can choose between 3 different volume-tables) and with better
noise output
- New features for Windows users: You can create CDT or convert WAV
to CDT now using JavaCPC's GUI's for 2CDT / SAMP2CDT
(Thanks to Kevin Thacker who gave me permission to use his apps)
- Improved CRTC emulation... read more

It's time for a new JavaCPC release!!!
And here it comes!

Better than ever and with many improvements, JavaCPC is ready for download now.

Here's the changelist:
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Changes from ver. 6.3 to 6.4
- Improved tape emulation, supports WAV, CDT and MP3!
- Tapedeck can be used as MP3/WAV music player
- Bugfix in Z80 emulation, makes Speedlock and similar protections
work
- Bugfix in FDC emulation, makes games "Prehistorik II" and "Super
cauldron" work
- Chooseable CRTC type 0 / 1 and CRTC improvements
- CRTC Register 1 fix
- Added GZip compression for WAV, DSK, SNA
- Added keyboard-recording function (Check edit-menu)
- Added STarKos 1.21 roms (Chooseable in JavaCPC's romsetter)
- some several bugfixes
- Better resynchronisation for sound
- New "knobs" to change volume / digiblaster volume
- New feature: "Report a bug" which allows the user to send a bug-
report directly to me, includes JAVA-console output
(See: Help -> Report a bug)
- Improved version checking
- You can assign now DSK, SNA and other cpc-related files to Win32
executable... read more

Info about new update for JavaCPC

The new version 6.3 will offer
many new features and updates:

Changes from ver. 6.2 to 6.3
- CDT support!
- Tape can save to WAV
- YM-Recorder changed: - Waits now until AY chip reacts, before start
recording
- Better scan-effect and scanlines when bilinear filter is set
- Drag & drop function - You can now drag & drop all supported files,
like DSK, CDT, WAV, SNA etc... directly into emulator window
- Better memory useage (You can still use JavaCPC as applet, but there
with memory limitations. As application, it can now use up to 256mb
RAM.) - Larger memory is used for on-the-fly CDT converting.
- Convert CDT to WAV function to create WAV files from tape images
- Some bugfixes... read more

Info about new update for JavaCPC

The new version 6.2 will offer
many new features:

Changes from ver. 6.1 to 6.2
- Bilinear display filtering
- Tape-support (PCM WAV files 8 bit, 44khz, mono supported)
- YM recorder / player plays uncrunched YM3, YM5 and YM6 files
(1 mhz CPC and also 2 mhz Atari ST possible)
- Digitracker included! Thanks to Prodatron.
- Memory selectable
- Computername chooseable (Amstrad, Orion, Schneider, Awa, Solavox,
Triumph, Saisho, Isp
- You can enable DSK-check (Emulator will ask you to save changes,
when a DSK have been changed)
- Automatic update check can be enabled/disabled
- Manual update check
- URLs added to homepage / downloadpage / Sourceforge projectpage
- Improvements in ROM setup: You can use your own ROMs now!
- Improved autofire function with variable speed (Advanced settings)
- Performance settings for older PCs (When enabled, some Display-
features are disabled to increase performance)
- New display icons
- Content of autotype console is saved now automatically for better
useage
- Dummy-format command (not formatting yet, but skips the tracks)
- Some bugfixes... read more

Info about new update for JavaCPC

JavaCPC X-mas edition 2008

The new version 6.1 will offer
some new features:

- DigiBlaster emulation implemented
- Keyboard translation for german and spanish
keyboards (Forceable to other languages)
- Some smaller bugfixes
- Value for VHold is stored now in javacpc.ini
- Merry Christmas to all JavaCPC users!

Thanks to Kev Thacker for great help!
Markus

Info about new update for JavaCPC

JavaCPC X-mas edition 2008

The new version 6.0 will offer
some new features:

- Added 'Show actual palette'
- Added 'import CPC file' you can import now
BIN files with or without header!
- Added 'Catch CPC screen (16k)' you can now
catch the actual CPC screen content from
&C000 - &FFFF and save it with a .PAL file
and a internal palette. (Palette can be
called using CALL &C7D0 in BASIC)
- Added 'Poke Memory' you can now poke
values to given memory addresses
- Improved 'Save snapshot' now you can save
64k, 128k, 256k and 512k snapshots and load
them back!
- Improved 'Save Screenshot' function
- Added 'Floppystatus' to menu bar
- And much more...... read more

Hi together,

I just released version 5.6 of JavaCPC.
This new version has much improvements...

- Better AY-soundchip emulation (no need of sound-patches for Cauldron 1, MGT and other games)
- Enhanced FDC emulation (command Read Track added, write-improvements)

You will be able now to play Nheredia / CPM+

Much fun with the new version 5.6!

Markus

P.S.: Thanks to Kev. Thacker for much useful help!!!

Changes from ver. 5.3 to 5.5
- Automatic update notification
- You can save screenshots now!
- major bugfix in Z80 emulation!!! Many games and demos will work now!!!
- Prepared JavaCPC to handle CDT's (Reading not yet implemented)

About the Z80 bug:

You will be able to play lots of more games now!
A really large bug had been fixed.

Some games, I checked:
- Gryzor (Sound is ok now)
- Xyphoes Fantasy (Works perfect)
- Super Cauldron (Cauldron 3)
- Prehistorik 2
- Vixen (Sound is ok now)
- Airballs (Sound is ok now)... read more

Hello people,
today I decided to release version 5.3 of JavaCPC.

Here are the changes:

Changes from ver. 5.1 to 5.3
- Added "Save" option for all emulated drives
You can now save all modified DSK manually back to your PC without
enabled "Autosave" option!
- Some minor bugfixes

I also added a -txt-file containing most used parameters when you like to use JavaCPC as applet.

Cheers,
Markus

Hello together,

my new website is ready now where you can play a lot of Amstrad CPC games with your browser!

http://java.cpc-live.com

It would be great, if you leave your comments in my guestbook.

Cheers,
Markus

Feel free to visit my chatroom on http://cpc.devilmarkus.de/chat/

By clicking on this link you can try JavaCPC as webstart-application:
http://cpc.devilmarkus.de/jemu/JavaCPC.jnlp

Hello.
I just activated CVS-System.
Please contact me for membership if you want to develope JavaCPC.