V 0.99n
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- as you surely have noticed by now, this release is packaged with a Windows
installer (you can still run Euphoric under plain DOS, but you will have to
copy Euphoric files from a friend running Windows). The installation adds an
Oric directory, easily accessible through Windows' Programs menu. This gives
access to several oric computers shortcuts, so you can easily choose an Oric
configuration to run, with cassettes only or disks. If you want to start a
program from tape or disk image, there's an even faster way : just enter your
tapes or disks directory and double-click the tape/disk you want. Now, you
can still choose the oric configuration to run : double-clicking left mouse
button starts the most common configuration, but just click right button to
access a file menu, and select the configuration to run. Thus, you can start
a tape on an Oric-1 instead of the default Atmos, or boot a disk on a Telestrat
or a Jasmin controller instead of the default Microdisc controller.
- K7 and disk in-lays (cover artworks) are now displayed when you boot your 
oric with a tape or disk image. This feature adds to the Atmos'phere 8-)
You must have put a JPEG file with the same name as the tape/disk name (except
extension which is JPEG of course) into your JPEG directory. The Oric starts
after you type a key.
- enhanced emulation of PB7 (K7 output from the VIA), the older one only
allowed square wave output running with timer 1.
- many users hardly understood what hardware tape images are (those with the
.4K8 extension), and a frequent request had to do with transfering tape images
back to the real Oric. So, I have replaced .4K8 tape images with .WAV tape
images : of course, WAV files are 8 times bigger, but they are easily handled
by all sound tools. If you have .4K8 images, you need to convert them to .WAV
format with the bundled 4K8TOWAV tool, since the .4K8 format is not accepted
by Euphoric anymore. Like .TAP files, oric tapes in WAV format may be started
directly from Windows interface: click with right button and start with an
Oric-1 or Atmos. Please note Euphoric only accepts WAV files containing 4800 Hz,
8 bits mono data. If you want to record audio-CDs, you just have to convert
them to 44.1 kHz, 16-bit stereo (don't ask me to use this format, a 5-minutes
long Oric program would take 50 MBytes on your hard disk).
- with hardware tapes (WAV tapes), tape sound is now heard both when recording
or loading (ah... nostalgia 8-) Tape volume level controls have been added to
the tape recorder controls. Note that both tape sound and PSG music are heard
simultaneously: try loading Lone Raider for a great experience !
- tape and disk default paths are stored separately, this is much more convenient
for those who use both tapes and disks at once.
- improved FDC 1793 emulator, status register is now updated in real time.
- fixed PSG 8912 emulator, there was a bug with high frequency sounds (these
are beyond human ear capabilities, but this was affecting sounds coming just
after: didn't you notice that the first key-clics weren't good ?)
- changed behavior of Reset keys: F6 is now a cold reset and F7 a warm reset.
More precisely, on Oric-1/Atmos, F7 is the reset button found under the case
(it's a NMI button in fact), whereas F6 is the reset button found on Microdisc
or Jasmin disk controllers (on an Oric without disks, Euphoric adds a switch
on the Reset line). On the telestrat, F6 is the reset button found on the right
side of the case, whereas F7 has no effect (telestrat's button is really
connected to the reset line, the boot routine determines whether a cold or warm
button should be done, and it's possible to force a cold reset by simultaneously
pressing the DEL key (BackSp on the PC)).
- F8 is now a switch enabling/disabling output of the PSG registers (this
feature was introduced in release 0.99l). When starting euphoric, the output is
disabled, so that no useless silence is stored. The output format is still the
same, except that the repetition count is always at least 1. The last record
is now flushed correctly when exiting. However, this output is intended to
allow you save your favorite oric tunes, so that you can play then again with
YM players, but I believe there is a major flaw in this format, because it
does not make the difference between an unchanged register and a register which
has been rewritten with the same value... to be continued.