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From: kentd@cup.hp.com (Kent Dickey)
Newsgroups: comp.emulators.apple2
Subject: ANNOUNCE: KEGS v0.41 released
Date: 20 Jan 1999 08:01:49 GMT
Organization: Hewlett Packard Cupertino Site
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KEGS is an Apple //gs emulator for Unix.  It runs on HPUX workstations,
x86 Linux, Linux on PowerPC, and now maybe Solaris and OS/2.

KEGS runs quite well on my PowerCenter 240 (a Mac clone) at 240MHz,
running at 13-15MHz.  It runs at about 25MHz on my HP C240.

KEGS is now available at a new web site:
http://www.crosswinds.net/san-jose/~kentd/kegs/

New in this release is support for 15 and 24-bit visual displays
(at a performance cost), and a number of bug fixes sent in by
users.  Here are the changes since v0.39:

Changes in KEGS v0.41 since v0.40
- Fixed bug where fill-line mode would not always redraw the screen correctly
- Changed some // comments to /* */ to help David Wilson's Solaris port
- Fixed little-endian bugs in smartport.c preventing mounting of
   parititioned disks.  Fix submitted by Jonathan Stark.
- Christopher Neufeld noted that fast space/delete option in the control
   panel caused KEGS to hit breakpoints.  I fixed this and fast arrows and
   fast mouse options (they are now just ignored).
- Solaris port by David Wilson now provides a Makefile_solaris

Changes in KEGS v0.40 since v0.39
- 15 and 24 bit depth displays now supported (though somewhat slower than
        8 bit displays).  But Super-hires displays now show 256
        simultaneous colors on a 16- or 24-bit X display.
        Select a 15-bit display with the cmd line option "-15" and
        a 24-bit display with "-24".  Otherwise, KEGS defaults to looking
        for an 8-bit display, and fails if it cannot find one.
- Some border fixes--border colors now update correctly when palette
        changes occur (like via F10).
- Alias F1 to ESC for OS/2.

Kent Dickey
kentd@cup.hp.com