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			<title><![CDATA[esxDOS v0.8.9 released]]></title>
			<link>https://board.esxdos.org/viewtopic.php?id=1021&amp;action=new</link>
			<description><![CDATA[<p>esxDOS v0.8.9 has been officially released. Grab it at <a href="http://www.esxdos.org/files/esxdos089.zip">http://www.esxdos.org/files/esxdos089.zip</a>.</p><p>This version has the following (notable) new features:</p><ul><li><p>Support for SCL (TR-DOS) disk images</p></li><li><p>TR-DOS MOVE and FORMAT commands are now implemented</p></li><li><p>Z80DMA timings are configurable</p></li><li><p>New/Updated Commands: .tar, .launcher, .te, .gsc, .drives and .rm</p></li></ul><p><strong>Changelog</strong></p><p>[11/11/2020] SD/MMC Driver: Fixed critical bug when extending directories (lordcoxis + reported by SCjoe)<br />[09/01/2021] auto-LOAD: Copying arguments was using wrong syscall (lordcoxis + reported by UB880D)<br />[09/01/2021] FAT Driver: Fixed a *critical* bug which corrupted the root directory when the disk was full (lordcoxis + reported by UB880D)<br />[07/03/2021] Z80DMA: Fixed a bug in the sector write sequence (lordcoxis + reported by LMN128)<br />[18/03/2021] vDisk: Added support for SCL (TR-DOS) disk images (lordcoxis)<br />[18/03/2021] TR-DOS: Updated TR-DOS Navigator to V0.75.9b (lordcoxis)<br />[18/03/2021] TR-DOS: Fixed a bug affecting (at least) &quot;Star Heritage&quot; game (lordcoxis + reported by Alcoholics Anonymous)<br />[18/03/2021] TR-DOS: Fixed a bug affecting (at least) &quot;Tiratok&quot; demo (lordcoxis + reported by Nihirash)<br />[19/03/2021] TR-DOS: Fixed a bug affecting (at least) &quot;TASM 4.12&quot; assembler (lordcoxis + reported by Nihirash)<br />[19/03/2021] TR-DOS: Fixed a bug affecting (at least) &quot;Spectrofon&quot; diskmag (lordcoxis + reported by Nihirash)<br />[19/03/2021] TR-DOS: Added missing MOVE and FORMAT commands (lordcoxis)<br />[19/03/2021] NMI: Added support for loading SCL files from the browser (UB880D)<br />[20/03/2021] NMI: Added HiResColour modes reset on NMI entry and restore on exit (lordcoxis)<br />[20/03/2021] Z80DMA: Added &quot;DMA_IO&quot; and &quot;DMA_RAM&quot; config parameters to ESXDOS.CFG to set DMA timings (lordcoxis + requested by LMN128)<br />[25/03/2021] TR-DOS: Fixed a bug that afected SCL images with more than 16 files (lordcoxis)<br />[25/03/2021] auto-LOAD: Set default colours to black paper + white ink, configurable in ESXDOS.CFG (lordcoxis)<br />[25/03/2021] BASIC: Fixed 2 bugs related to (patched) 128K ROM support, it should now be (almost) fully usable (lordcoxis)<br />[25/03/2021] NMI: Visual improvements (UB880D)<br />[25/03/2021] Commands: Added .tar and updated .launcher (UB880D)<br />[30/03/2021] Commands: Added .te command (nagydani)<br />[30/03/2021] Commands: Updated .drives and .rm (Dr. Slump)<br />[04/04/2021] Tape Emulator: Fixed a critical bug when attaching .tap files that would cause all sorts of instability (lordcoxis+UB880D)<br />[04/04/2021] Kernel: Saved HL, IX and IY registers before RTC.SYS call (UB880D)<br />[04/04/2021] TR-DOS: Fixed a bug affecting (at least) &quot;ZX-Format&quot; diskmag (lordcoxis + reported by Nihirash)<br />[11/04/2021] BASIC: Fixed X_PTR overwrite on outside syscall entry (lordcoxis + reported by UB880D and SCjoe)<br />[17/04/2021] Commands: Added .gsc command (Nihirash)</p>]]></description>
			<author><![CDATA[null@example.com (lordcoxis)]]></author>
			<pubDate>Sun, 18 Apr 2021 10:35:17 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[esxDOS v0.8.9 Changelog]]></title>
			<link>https://board.esxdos.org/viewtopic.php?id=1019&amp;action=new</link>
			<description><![CDATA[<p>Here&#039;s the changelog for the forthcoming v0.8.9 bugfix release. This topic will be updated whenever a change is logged.</p><p><strong>[11/11/2020] <span style="color: blue">SD/MMC Driver:</span></strong> Fixed critical bug when extending directories (lordcoxis + reported by SCjoe)<br /><strong>[09/01/2021] <span style="color: blue">auto-LOAD:</span></strong> Copying arguments was using wrong syscall (lordcoxis + reported by UB880D)<br /><strong>[09/01/2021] <span style="color: blue">FAT Driver:</span></strong> Fixed a *critical* bug which corrupted the root directory when the disk was full (lordcoxis + reported by UB880D)<br /><strong>[07/03/2021] <span style="color: blue">Z80DMA:</span></strong> Fixed a bug in the sector write sequence (lordcoxis + reported by LMN128)</p>]]></description>
			<author><![CDATA[null@example.com (lordcoxis)]]></author>
			<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2021 11:56:57 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[esxDOS v0.8.8 released]]></title>
			<link>https://board.esxdos.org/viewtopic.php?id=679&amp;action=new</link>
			<description><![CDATA[<p>esxDOS v0.8.8 has been officially released. Grab it at <a href="http://www.esxdos.org/files/esxdos088.zip">http://www.esxdos.org/files/esxdos088.zip</a>.</p><p>This version has the following (notable) new features:</p><ul><li><p>BIN variant added to SAVE command</p></li><li><p>Variable support in GO TO command</p></li><li><p>Parity check is disabled by default when loading .TAPs</p></li><li><p>New/Updated Commands: .sercp, .scl2trd, .cal, .date, .strings</p></li></ul><p><strong>Changelog</strong></p><p>[23/02/2020] MB03+: Sped up CheckDMA routine using hardware LIFO stack (lordcoxis)<br />[23/02/2020] NMI: Added SAA1099 silencer on NMI entry (lordcoxis)<br />[04/04/2020] NMI: Silence (up to) 3x AYs on NMI entry (lordcoxis)<br />[04/04/2020] NMI: Added ULAPlus pallette reset on entry and restore on exit (lordcoxis)<br />[05/04/2020] BASIC: Added variable support in GO TO command, ie &quot;GO TO a$&quot; and &quot;GOTO hd1;a$&quot; (lordcoxis + requested by SCjoe)<br />[06/04/2020] Kernel: Fixed bug in M_GETSETDRV related with SYS (&quot;$&quot;) drive (lordcoxis + reported by Dr. Slump)<br />[07/04/2020] BASIC: Added BIN variant to SAVE command - like CODE but doesn&#039;t write a header (lordcoxis + requested by SCjoe)<br />[10/04/2020] Commands: Fixed .128 command which got broken in v0.8.7 (lordcoxis + reported by nagydani)<br />[10/04/2020] Tape Emulator: Added &quot;ParityCheck&quot; parameter to ESXDOS.CFG, which determines if parity is checked when loading .TAPs (lordcoxis + requested by SCjoe)<br />[10/04/2020] Commands: Added .scl2trd command (Nihirash)<br />[01/05/2020] Commands: Updated .sercp to v0.5 (Pavel Vymetalek)<br />[23/05/2020] NMI: Fixed AY silencer routine (lordcoxis + reported by LMN128 &amp; SCjoe)<br />[23/05/2020] Kernel: Fixed another infinite loop when ESXDOS.SYS can&#039;t be loaded (lordcoxis + reported by UB880D)<br />[23/02/2020] NMI: Added GS silencer on NMI entry (lordcoxis + help from moroz1999)<br />[24/05/2020] Commands: Added .cal, .date and .strings commands (UB880D)<br />[24/05/2020] MB03+: Added special MB03+ esxDOS logo (K-0s)</p>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2020 17:19:55 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[esxDOS v0.8.7 released]]></title>
			<link>https://board.esxdos.org/viewtopic.php?id=489&amp;action=new</link>
			<description><![CDATA[<p>esxDOS v0.8.7 has been officially released. Grab it at <a href="http://www.esxdos.org/files/esxdos087.zip">http://www.esxdos.org/files/esxdos087.zip</a>.</p><p>This version has the following (notable) new features:</p><ul><li><p>Experimental Z80 DMA (Z8410) I/O support (enabled in ESXDOS.CFG - please test and report)</p></li><li><p>New &quot;utime&quot; syscall</p></li><li><p>New/Updated Commands: .dfwload, .more, .dumpmem and .sercp</p></li></ul><p><strong>Changelog:</strong></p><p>[24/05/2018] FAT Driver: Fixed a bug that prevented writing the EEPROM to disk (lordcoxis + reported by ub880d)<br />[30/06/2018] Commands: Added .dfwload (ub880d)<br />[03/11/2018] NMI: Slightly changed keyboard routine to reduce key bounce on unreliable keyboards (ub880d)<br />[19/01/2019] FAT Driver: Fixed a critical bug (introduced in v0.8.6) when creating directory entries on DivMMC (lordcoxis + reported by Ben Versteeg)<br />[19/01/2019] Kernel: Added experimental Z80DMA (on port $0B) driver for I/O operations, configurable via ESXDOS.CFG file (lordcoxis + LMN128)<br />[19/01/2019] Commands: Updated .more and .dumpmem commands (ub880d)<br />[19/01/2019] TR-DOS: Added $052E trap, which fixes Headball GS (lordcoxis + reported by Hood)<br />[16/03/2019] FAT: Added utime() syscall (lordcoxis + requested by Pavel Vymetalek)<br />[17/03/2019] FAT: Fixed utime() syscall (ub880d)<br />[26/03/2019] Commands: Added .sercp (Pavel Vymetalek)<br />[19/04/2019] Kernel: Fixed M_DOSVERSION syscall (lordcoxis + ub880d)<br />[15/06/2019] Kernel: Fixed infinite loop when ESXDOS.SYS cannot be loaded (lordcoxis + reported by UB880D)<br />[16/06/2019] Flasher: Added MB03+ IDE/MMC flasher (LMN128)<br />[16/06/2019] Kernel: Fixed crash when no device is present (lordcoxis)</p>]]></description>
			<author><![CDATA[null@example.com (lordcoxis)]]></author>
			<pubDate>Sun, 16 Jun 2019 16:57:13 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[DerbyPro: a new Spectrum firmware... [updated]]]></title>
			<link>https://board.esxdos.org/viewtopic.php?id=254&amp;action=new</link>
			<description><![CDATA[<p>...for your esxDOS, TurboSound, and ZXHD equipped Spectrum 128/+2/+2A.</p><p><a href="https://zx.itch.io/derbypro">https://zx.itch.io/derbypro</a></p><p>Brief overview:</p><p>* Full esxDOS support in all modes.<br />* Recompiled version of the Spanish 128 BASIC editor with all the usual extra features plus:<br />&nbsp; &nbsp;* ULAplus support (default palette and PALETTE command).<br />&nbsp; &nbsp;* 6 channel PLAY command.<br />* 100% compatible 48 mode (uses the original ROM, locks paging).<br />* Built-in diagnostic ROM (works with divMMC/divIDE enabled).<br />* Access NMI browser from the menu.<br />* TR-DOS menu.</p>]]></description>
			<author><![CDATA[null@example.com (aowen)]]></author>
			<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2018 05:38:54 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[esxDOS v0.8.6 released]]></title>
			<link>https://board.esxdos.org/viewtopic.php?id=250&amp;action=new</link>
			<description><![CDATA[<p>esxDOS v0.8.6 has been officially released. Grab it at <a href="http://www.esxdos.org/files/esxdos086.zip">http://www.esxdos.org/files/esxdos086.zip</a>.</p><p><strong>Changelog:</strong></p><p>[12/06/2013] auto-LOAD: Changed auto-LOAD mechanism to be more transparent, and fixed bug that affected SQ-Tracker, RETURN from TR-DOS (lordcoxis + reported by Factor 6/Velesoft)<br />[12/06/2013] TR-DOS: Fixed a bug that affected TR-DOS Navigator (code version), related to TR-DOS version detection (lordcoxis + reported by Velesoft)<br />[14/06/2013] NMI: Fixed bug when pressing NMI without system loaded (lordcoxis + reported by Velesoft)<br />[14/06/2013] TR-DOS: Added a workaround to make Outrun Europa .TRD load as it calls 48k ROM from interrupt (lordcoxis + reported by Ilyad)<br />[20/06/2013] TR-DOS: Added a few missing routines to add more compatibility (lordcoxis based on several bug-reports)<br />[20/06/2013] TR-DOS: Added a new option &quot;AlwaysBoot&quot;, which can be set to enable the loading of a custom TR-DOS Boot file when none is present in the disk. Included TR-DOS Navigator (code version) with the authors permission (lordcoxis + thanks to Velesoft)<br />[25/06/2013] TR-DOS: Fixed long delay when detecting drive/disk using #3d2f calls (lordcoxis)<br />[08/07/2013] NMI: Changed 128kB RAM bank detection to use random bytes instead of a fixed string (lordcoxis + reported by Velesoft)<br />[08/07/2013] Kernel: Fixed a crash when a .command returned to BASIC with a custom error string (lordcoxis + reported by John Barker)<br />[09/07/2013] NMI: Fixed a bug in NMI entry which could corrupt AF and R in some circumstances (lordcoxis)<br />[09/07/2013] NMI: TR-DOS paged byte was being set with an invalid value in 128kB snapshots, which led to the snapshots not loading on certain emulators (ub880d + reported by ZXHistory on WOS)<br />[13/07/2013] TR-DOS: Added experimental Beta 48 (CAS and CBI) support (lordcoxis + thanks to Flavio Matsumoto)<br />[21/09/2013] FAT Driver: Fixed a bug in the handling of FAT32 volumes - when the last cluster was set to $FFFFFFFF in the FSINFO sector, writing was not possible (lordcoxis)<br />[21/11/2013] Kernel: Added RTC.SYS support (lordcoxis)<br />[13/08/2016] auto-LOAD: Added POKE 23388,16 to auto-LOAD syscall to improve 128k compatibility (lordcoxis + reported by ub880d and velesoft)<br />[30/06/2017] Kernel: Removed v6Z80P Turbo I/O routine as it caused COVOX interference (lordcoxis + reported by various)<br />[07/10/2017] BASIC: Loading a BASIC program sometimes wouldn&#039;t clear the existing one (lordcoxis + reported by Andrew Owen)<br />[07/10/2017] auto-LOAD: Fixed FLAGS variable (ub880d + reported by ellvis)<br />[07/10/2017] Kernel: Fixed wrong calculation of parameters pointer in M_EXECCMD (lordcoxis + reported by ub880d)<br />[10/10/2017] FAT Driver: Fixed carry flag set on return from F_FGETPOS (lordcoxis + reported by ub880d)<br />[17/02/2018] Commands: Added .128 command to test 128K mode using Velesoft&#039;s &quot;zx128rom-for-divide&quot; ROM (lordcoxis)<br />[17/02/2018] auto-BOOT: Added preliminary auto-BOOT support (lordcoxis)<br />[07/03/2018] Commands: Added .playpt3 (replaces old command since this one also plays 6 channel tunes) and .playtfm commands (tygrys)<br />[07/03/2018] Kernel: M_EXECCMD was still broken when there were no parameters for executed command (ub880d)<br />[07/03/2018] auto-BOOT: Caps Shift changes the autoboot setting with a XOR 3 (lordcoxis + suggested by Carlos Sanchez)<br />[07/03/2018] Kernel: Added possibility to use full path to command in M_EXECCMD if path begins with &quot;/&quot; (ub880d)<br />[09/03/2018] Commands: Added .rm, .hexview and .drives commands (Dr. Slump)<br />[09/03/2018] Commands: Added improved .ls, .tapein, .tapeout, fixed .partinfo and new .launcher (ub880d)<br />[09/03/2018] Commands: Added .mktrd (laesq)<br />[10/03/2018] Commands: Added improved .partinfo (ub880d)<br />[12/05/2018] auto-BOOT: Load /SYS/AUTOBOOT.BAS directly instead of changing CWD to /SYS (lordcoxis + reported by various)<br />[13/05/2018] FAT Driver: Fixed a long standing bug, where the last directory entry created in a sector was corrupted (lordcoxis + reported by Carlos Sanchez)<br />[13/05/2018] NMI: Added empty TMP folder to archive, for lazy people <img src="https://board.esxdos.org/img/smilies/wink.png" width="15" height="15" alt="wink" /> (lordcoxis)<br />[15/05/2018] FAT: Clear whole clusters when creating directory entries, instead of just the next sector (lordcoxis/ub880d + reported by cygnus, z00m)</p>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2018 21:06:13 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Board down!]]></title>
			<link>https://board.esxdos.org/viewtopic.php?id=77&amp;action=new</link>
			<description><![CDATA[<p>The boards had gone done briefly yesterday as our hosting provider was changing servers. This should now be fixed. Please let us know if you experience any other issues with the board.</p><p>LaesQ</p>]]></description>
			<author><![CDATA[null@example.com (laesq)]]></author>
			<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2017 10:30:58 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[LFN Support...]]></title>
			<link>https://board.esxdos.org/viewtopic.php?id=46&amp;action=new</link>
			<description><![CDATA[<p>...is in progress <img src="https://board.esxdos.org/img/smilies/wink.png" width="15" height="15" alt="wink" /></p><p><span class="postimg"><img src="http://i.imgur.com/KygBwoT.gif" alt="http://i.imgur.com/KygBwoT.gif" /></span></p><p><span class="postimg"><img src="http://i.imgur.com/Knrwbyo.gif" alt="http://i.imgur.com/Knrwbyo.gif" /></span></p>]]></description>
			<author><![CDATA[null@example.com (lordcoxis)]]></author>
			<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2015 17:25:56 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[esxDOS v0.8.6 Changelog]]></title>
			<link>https://board.esxdos.org/viewtopic.php?id=5&amp;action=new</link>
			<description><![CDATA[<p>Here&#039;s the changelog for the forthcoming v0.8.6 release. This topic will be updated whenever a change is logged.</p><p><strong>[12/06/2013] <span style="color: blue">auto-LOAD:</span></strong> Changed auto-LOAD mechanism to be more transparent, and fixed bug that affected SQ-Tracker, RETURN from TR-DOS <em>(lordcoxis + reported by Factor 6/Velesoft)</em><br /><strong>[12/06/2013] <span style="color: blue">TR-DOS:</span></strong> Fixed a bug that affected TR-DOS Navigator (code version), related to TR-DOS version detection <em>(lordcoxis + reported by Velesoft)</em><br /><strong>[14/06/2013] <span style="color: blue">NMI:</span></strong> Fixed bug when pressing NMI without system loaded <em>(lordcoxis + reported by Velesoft)</em><br /><strong>[14/06/2013] <span style="color: blue">TR-DOS:</span></strong> Added a workaround to make Outrun Europa .TRD load as it calls 48k ROM from interrupt <em>(lordcoxis + reported by Ilyad)</em><br /><strong>[20/06/2013] <span style="color: blue">TR-DOS:</span></strong> Added a few missing routines to add more compatibility <em>(lordcoxis based on several bug-reports)</em><br /><strong>[20/06/2013] <span style="color: blue">TR-DOS:</span></strong> Added a new option &quot;AlwaysBoot&quot;, which can be set to enable the loading of a custom TR-DOS Boot file when none is present in the disk. Included TR-DOS Navigator (code version) with the authors permission <em>(lordcoxis + thanks to Velesoft)</em><br /><strong>[25/06/2013] <span style="color: blue">TR-DOS:</span></strong> Fixed long delay when detecting drive/disk using #3d2f calls <em>(lordcoxis)</em></p>]]></description>
			<author><![CDATA[null@example.com (lordcoxis)]]></author>
			<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jul 2013 12:48:01 +0000</pubDate>
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