Releases: a2stuff/a2d
v1.4-alpha2
Alpha. Use with caution.
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📖 See https://a2desktop.com/docs for comprehensive documentation for v1.3.
A full list of changes since v1.3 (the last release) can be found in the v1.4 Release Notes.
Changes relative to previous v1.4 alpha:
DeskTop
- Remove 12 volume limit from Format/Erase picker.
- Update label in Add/Edit a Shortcut dialog.
- Reduce drive poll frequency to ~0.33Hz for 1MHz systems.
- Fix tracking of Yes/No/All buttons in alerts.
Selector
- Fully clear and reset text screen when quick-booting from a slot.
Disk Copy
- Re-verify block counts when Read Drives is clicked, so correct desination drives are shown.
Desk Accessories
- Text Preview: Fix memory corruption causing incorrect line display. (#770)
- This Apple: Prevent hang on IIc and IIc+ in MAME.
- System Speed: Add support for Titan Accelerator IIe c/o @buserror.
- Sounds: Add Cancel button c/o @buserror.
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v1.4-alpha1
Alpha. Use with caution.
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📖 See https://a2desktop.com/docs for comprehensive documentation for v1.2. 🚧 Some v1.4 changes are called out. 🚧
A full list of changes since v1.3 (the last release) can be found in the v1.4 Release Notes.
Changes relative to v1.3:
General
- Improve mouse responsiveness and event ordering.
- Prevent spurrious clicks following double-click.
- File Picker Dialog: Show watch cursor when polling all drives.
- Eliminate top level PREVIEW/ directory.
- IIgs: Reset video banking state on launch to prevent garbled screen. (#764)
- Improve wording and fix spelling/grammar mistakes in various strings.
- Added Dutch (
nl) localization. (#767)
DeskTop
- Add file type string "LBR" for $E0 ("archival library")
- Show drag outlines even for icons outside visible area.
- Prevent crash launching program after previewing images. (#765)
- Filetype and support for Vortex Tracker PT3 files.
- Added an easter egg. Can you find it?
- Improve layout of Add/Edit a Shortcut dialog.
Selector
- Selector is now named "Shortcuts" in UI strings.
- Errors encountered when copying to RAMCard now show standard alerts.
Disk Copy
- Ensure /RAM is correctly restored after exiting. (#766)
Desk Accessories
- Sort Directory: Correctly order SYS files with ".SYSTEM" suffix. (#762)
- This Apple:
- Detect Grappler, ThunderClock, Apple-CAT, and Workstation card.
- Detect NVRAM and BOOTI block devices.
- Image Preview: Add slideshow mode - press 'S' to auto-advance images.
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v1.3
This is the final release of Apple II Desktop version 1.3.
This is an unofficial release by the community, dated July 1, 2023.
A full list of changes since version 1.2 (the previous release) can be found in the Release Notes.
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v1.3-beta1
Beta release. Please test and report issues.
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Each ZIP file contains 800k .2MG, 32MB .HDV, and 140k .PO disk images for use with a real Apple II or emulators.
📖 See https://a2desktop.com/docs for comprehensive documentation for v1.2. 🚧 Some v1.3 changes are called out. 🚧
A full list of changes since v1.2 (the last release) can be found in the v1.3 Release Notes.
Changes relative to v1.3-alpha7:
General
- Prevent crash when non-menu key pressed while menu is active.
- Fix tracking current mouse position when highlighting menu items.
Launcher
- If re-launching, ensure original prefix is set correctly.
DeskTop
- Update all moved icon positions correctly
- Don't paint volume icons over menu bar
- Fix item count suffix show when window is refreshed.
- Fix crash when exactly 127 icons are present
Selector
- Fix crash on start when SELECTOR.LIST was missing/empty.
Disk Copy
- Fix crash trying to play alert sounds.
Desk Accessories
- Image Preview: Don't exit immediately after packed image is shown.
- Puzzle
- Fix Esc closing the window before scrambling.
- Fix randomizing the puzzle properly each time.
- Text Preview
- Fix scroll updating in very long files.
- If invoked explicitly, don't try to preview directories.
- Date & Time
- Fix field selection when editable.
- Fix up/down arrow behavior when editable.
- Key Caps: Detect IIe and Laser 128 layout correctly.
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v1.3-alpha7
Alpha. Use with caution.
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Each ZIP file contains 800k .2MG, 800k .HDV, and 140k .PO disk images for use with a real Apple II or emulators.
📖 See https://a2desktop.com/docs for comprehensive documentation for v1.2. 🚧 Some 1.3 changes are called out. 🚧
A full list of changes since 1.3 (the last release) can be found in the Release Notes.
Changes relative to v1.3-alpha6:
General
- Turn off mouse firmware when exiting the desktop.
DeskTop
- Show file sizes under 10K as "#.5K" if an odd number of blocks. (#758)
- Show "Today" for date for files modified on the current date.
- View > by Date sort order now includes times.
- Fix inclusion of last entry in Apple Menu.
- Show open/close animation for windows without visible folder icons.
- Show open/close animation for desk accessories and previews.
- Show open animation when launching external applications.
- "Invisible" files are now hidden.
- Prompt to format unreadable disks when inserted.
Disk Copy
- OK button is now disabled if there is no selection.
Desk Accessories
- Sounds: Fix label translation.
- Control Panel: Fix color previews of desktop pattern.
- Print Catalog: Verify SSC, parallel, or printer card is in slot 1.
- This Apple
- Include IIgs banks E0/E1 in total memory count.
- Identify Rockwell R65C02.
- Identify The Cricket! sound/speech/clock device attached to SSC in Slot 2.
- Image Preview
- Right/Left Arrow keys preview next/previous image file. Hold Apple key for last/first.
- Apple+W exits preview.
- Super Hi-Res PIC files ($C1/$0000) can be previewed on Apple IIgs.
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v1.3-alpha6
Alpha. Use with caution.
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Each ZIP file contains 800k .2MG, 800k .HDV, and 140k .PO disk images for use with a real Apple II or emulators.
📖 See https://a2desktop.com/docs for comprehensive documentation for v1.2. 🚧 Some 1.3 changes are called out. 🚧
A full list of changes since 1.3 (the last release) can be found in the Release Notes.
Changes relative to v1.3-alpha5:
General
- Menu separators more vertically centered.
- Prevent erratic behavior if keys pressed during menu selection.
- Allow keyboard control of menus even when initiated with the mouse. (#754)
- Don't move cursor when controlling menu with keyboard. (#756)
- Prevent keyboard cursor movement within disabled menus.
DeskTop
- Icon for Applesoft and IntBASIC variable files (VAR, IVR)
- Allow any file type in Apple Menu (except disabled DAs)
- Add Link file type support ($E1/LNK)
- Special > Make Alias command added - creates a Link file to the selected icon, placed in the LINKS/ folder.
- Apple Menu > About This Apple II command added - invokes This Apple DA.
- Improve animation shown when opening/closing a window for an icon.
Desk Accessories
- Eyes, Neko and Puzzle moved into new Toys directory
- New DA - Print Catalog: Dumps a recursive catalog of filenames to a printer in Slot 1.
- This Apple
- Identify and show Tiger Learning Computer
- Moved into MODULES/ directory, dedicated command added
- Puzzle:
- Allow moving and closing the window before scrambling. (#752)
- Allow re-scrambling once the puzzle has been completed.
- Flash window on victory.
- Don't mispaint onto the desktop if the window is obscured.
- Screen Dump: Do nothing unless an SSC is in Slot 1.
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v1.3-alpha5
Alpha. Use with caution.
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Each ZIP file contains 800k .2MG, 800k .HDV, and 140k .PO disk images for use with a real Apple II or emulators.
📖 See https://a2desktop.com/docs for comprehensive documentation for v1.2. 🚧 Some 1.3 changes are called out. 🚧
A full list of changes since 1.3 (the last release) can be found in the Release Notes.
Changes relative to v1.3-alpha4:
General
- Visually center window title bar text. (#744)
DeskTop
- Support for launching AppleWorks files.
- AppleWorks 5.1 must be on same volume as DeskTop, in AW5/ directory.
- Make OA+SA+O and OA+SA+W shortcuts work when Caps Lock is off.
- Improve layout of window header counts/labels. (#493)
- Shortcuts > Edit/Delete/Run a Shortcut: OK button is now disabled if there is no selection.
- Format/Erase: OK button is now disabled if there is no selection.
- Format/Erase: Show format location when prompting for new volume name.
- The OK button is now disabled in name input dialogs (New Folder, Rename, Duplicate, Format, Erase) if the name is empty.
- Show watch cursor during Copy/Move/Delete/Lock/Unlock operations.
- Improve performance of Copy/Move, Delete, and Lock/Unlock commands.
- Special > Lock and Special > Unlock now work on folders.
- Allow continuing a copy of nested files if one file is too large to fit.
- Ensure correct paths are visible when displaying alerts during operations.
- File > Get Info now shows total size/file count for folders/volumes.
- Special > Get Size command is now redundant with File > Get Info, so was removed.
- Fix "Files remaining" count for volume after failed shortcut / copy to RAMCard.
- Improve performance of moving files on the same volume by relinking rather than copying/deleting. (#350)
- Default window view style to parent window's view style.
Selector
- OK button is now disabled if there is no selection.
Disk Copy
- Improve mouse responsiveness during I/O operations.
- Update block count display continuously during copy.
Desk Accessories
- Apple+W can be used to close windowed accessories.
- Calculator:
- Sci Calc: Don't repaint on title bar click. (#746)
- Puzzle: Don't repaint on title bar click. (#746)
- Image Preview: Fix HR image display glitches on palette bit transitions
Misc
- IntBASIC.system updates:
- Set PREFIX if it's blank
- Add - (dash) command for INT/BIN/SYS files
- Fix memory errors following... errors
- Add STORE and RESTORE commands for IVR files
- Patch IntBASIC's GR command to hit LORES
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v1.3-alpha4
Alpha. Use with caution.
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Each ZIP file contains 800k .2MG, 800k .HDV, and 140k .PO disk images for use with a real Apple II or emulators.
📖 See https://a2desktop.com/docs for comprehensive documentation for v1.2. 🚧 Some 1.3 changes are called out. 🚧
A full list of changes since 1.3 (the last release) can be found in the Release Notes.
Note that alpha3 had a serious bug so was quickly replaced. Changes relative to v1.3-alpha2:
General
- Reset text window correctly when exiting/launching other programs.
- Alert Dialogs: Follow shortcut display option.
DeskTop
- Filetype and support opening BINSCII files (.BSC and .BSQ).
- Filetype and support for Integer BASIC (INT) files, c/o https://github.com/a2stuff/intbasic
- Improve progress and alert dialogs shown during copy/move, lock/unlock and delete operations.
- Show shortcuts for buttons automatically if no mouse is detected.
- Fix potential failure to open volume icons.
- Reduce file accesses during startup to improve performance.
- Escape key cancels operations (Copy/Move, Delete, Get Size, Lock/Unlock)
Selector
- Change "DeskTop" button shortcut to 'D' in EN builds; corresponding changes in other languages.
- Show shortcuts for buttons automatically if no mouse is detected.
- Reduce file accesses during startup to improve performance.
Disk Copy
- Change "Read Drives" button shortcut to 'R' in EN builds; corresponding changes in other languages.
- Fix potential crash on launch.
Desk Accessories
- Sci.Calc
- Fix intermediate calculations with functions (SIN, etc). (#741)
- Do trig functions (SIN, COS, etc) in degrees rather than radians.
- Fix entry of decimal numbers.
- Map: Position indicator now blinks.
- Control Panel: Add more obvious button to apply desktop pattern change.
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v1.3-alpha3
DO NOT USE
This release had a serious bug in the This Apple DA. Just use alpha4 instead.
v1.3-alpha2
Alpha. Use with caution.
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Each ZIP file contains 800k .2MG, 800k .HDV, and 140k .PO disk images for use with a real Apple II or emulators.
📖 See https://a2desktop.com/docs for comprehensive documentation for v1.2. 🚧 Some 1.3 changes are called out. 🚧
A full list of changes since 1.2 (the last release) can be found in the Release Notes.
Changes relative to v1.3-alpha1:
General
- Updated clock driver installer that avoids hanging if a Z80 card is present.
- Updated clock driver installer that shows current date if clock is present.
- Button appearance simplified. Showing shortcuts can be enabled with an option.
Launcher
- Ensure DeskTop is correctly detected on RAMCard when re-launched.
- Allow pressing Escape to cancel copy to RAMCard.
- Handle launching with PREFIX not set to DeskTop's directory.
DeskTop
- Ensure newly created SELECTOR.LIST file is completely empty.
- Draw header before entries when refreshing window contents.
- Update header values only when window is activated to avoid visual artifacts.
- Show file sizes right aligned in list views.
- Show NON, ANM, S16, and SND type names in list views.
- View > by Type sort order improved.
- View > by Size sort order improved.
- Selection preserved across view type changes.
- Selection preserved when renaming in a View > by Name window.
- Simplify New Folder dialog by not showing full path. (#466)
- Improve double-click responsiveness when updating icons.
- Fix numerous crashes with long pathnames.
- Fix crash in File > Get Info is target is not available.
Selector
- Allow pressing Escape to cancel copy to RAMCard.
Desk Accessories
- International: Force full repaint if settings change, to avoid list view artifacts.
- Options
- Add option to show shortcuts in dialogs.
- Add keyboard shortcuts for checkboxes.
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