This file contains the user visible (and important) changes from one release to
another. For the gory details see changelog.txt
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Beta 8:

  - lowlevel SD-card functions now use multiple block reads if possible, which
    increases linear reading speed by about 40 to 50% (most noticeable on large
    files, such as REU images)
  - BUGFIX: fixed error handling and timeouts of the IEC routines, which makes
            all related operations more robust.
  - BUGFIX: added missing timeouts to SD-card functions

menus:
  - joystick port 1 now also works for navigating the menus
  - BUGFIX: on some C64s pressing shift would result in phantom keypresses 
            (F1/F2) under some conditions.

options:
  - NEW: various new VGA modes and other options for the new VGA controller (see 
    manual)

filebrowser:
  - improved loading speed of file inside T64 images
  - improved keyboard handling to make the browser a bit snappier
  - BUGFIX: the size of the character ROM saved by the ROM saver was incorrect.
  - BUGFIX: .wav player stops at the end of the file and does not continue
            playing garbage
  - BUGFIX: files bigger than 2k are displayed correctly by the .txt viewer
  - BUGFIX: when copying files out of a t64 image the resulting file was missing
            the last two bytes and/or the last block was missing completely.
  - BUGFIX: filecopy from/to a IEC device did incorrectly abort after 1 block
  - BUGFIX: filecopy filename character set conversion was broken.
  - BUGFIX: AR/RR ROM was not correctly disabled when autostarting programs from
            the filebrowser with AR/RR enabled as default cartridge

monitor:
  - NEW: added DOS wedge command (see manual)
  - NEW: added load and save commands (see manual)

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Beta 7b:

  - NEW: added native updater program (see manual) to update the fpga core
         without an usb connection.

menu:
  - BUGFIX: make menu item active when pressing a hotkey, so it is selected
            when going back to the respective menu
  - BUGFIX: correctly mute/unmute second sid in menu freezer
  - BUGFIX: clockport- and rr-net- items in options menu are correctly disabled
            if either is not available

bootloader:
  - NEW: if found, load and run update.prg from sd card (chameleon updater)
  - NEW: if "boot from sd card" is enabled, load boot.prg from sd card (regular
         c64 boot program)
  
filebrowser:
  - improved navigation in one panel mode, cursor right enters subdir/image and
    cursor left goes one level up
  - improved quickfind, just type a filename quickly to jump to it.
  - mount menu is skipped if there would only be one active item.
  - when returning to the menu from the sid player by pressing left/menu button
    it will go directly to the filebrowser
  - NEW: added gfx viewer for various multi-color and hires formats.(see manual)
  - NEW: added wav player (see manual)
  - NEW: added filecopy (F5 in two panel mode, see manual)
  - BUGFIX: set $030c-$030e to 0 before starting prgs, increases compatibility
            with certain packers.
  - BUGFIX: .sid files which actually contain a basic program can now be run
            correctly.
  - BUGFIX: re-read destination panel after copying image

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Beta 7a:

  - BUGFIX: fixed georam/reu related freezer issues

menu:
  - BUGFIX: fixed bug that sometimes resulted in garbled output in the active
            (selected) line.

options:
  - cartridge- and expansion related settings are disabled if exec setup is set 
    to "compatible"
  - changed default exec setup to "custom" (which seems to be the expected
    behavior)
  - added "none" option to default cartridge slot and made it default
  - BUGFIX: fixed bug in options that made changing vga mode impossible right 
            after a powercycle.
  - BUGFIX: only change colors when color scheme was changed, should prevent
            grey pixels on C64Cs

filebrowser:
  - BUGFIX: correctly handle auto sort after removing/inserting an sd card

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Beta 7:

  - NEW: Various documents were merged into the usermanual, including former
         readme-menu.txt and readme-bugs.txt. 

         From now on please refer to chameleon_usermanual.pdf for details.

bootloader:
  - NEW: handles 32k drive ROMs

menu:
  - added key repeat to f1/f7 (page up/down) to allow faster navigation

help:
  - NEW: "online help" frontend implemented. place the CHAMHELP.HLP file into 
         the CHAM64 directory on the SD card to use it.

options:
  - NEW: menu color scheme can be changed
  - NEW: "Cartridge mount slot" (ask/always slot 4)
  - NEW: "Update mounted images" (ask/never/always)
  
filebrowser:
  - NEW: added "quickjump". Press A-Z in filebrowser to jump to first file whose
         name begins with that letter.
  - NEW: D64 / G64 mount logic implemented. Menu asks whether images should be 
         updated when they have changed. See manual for details.
  - NEW: added CBM+U to manually unmount images
  - NEW: ROM loader can load 32k drive ROMs
  - D64 / G64 mounter properly handle 35/40/42 track images. related menu items 
    are disabled if no emulated drive is active.
  - D64 / G64 saver save images with the proper number of tracks. Related menu
    items are disabled if no image(s) are mounted or no emulated drive is active.
  - "save georam" and "save reu" only save as much as the current selected size.
  - "save georam" and "save reu" in user/file menu are disabled if reu/georam
    is not active.
  - File extensions are automatically added to file names if none is entered.
  - added some buffering in TXT reader to allow faster scrolling
  - better error handling and reporting
  - improved directory reading/sorting speed
  - BUGFIX: SID player does play tunes at correct speed on pal and ntsc
  - BUGFIX: clear string buffer before asking for file names so no random 
            gibberish from previous operations shows up
  - BUGFIX: directory is properly sorted after delete/F4 commands.
  - BUGFIX: set SD card work dir when changing active panel

monitor:
  - NEW: added "io" command to edit i/o area
  - "mc" output format was changed to also show address for second column
  - BUGFIX: overwriting the hex dump in front of disassembly output does work now
  - BUGFIX: the "g" command works if the menu was entered by reset
  - BUGFIX: multi byte hunt ("h" command) works correctly

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Beta 6g:

- "restart c64" item in main menu is only active if the menu was actually entered
  by pressing the menu button ("freeze")

- the ml-monitor was added, see readme-menu.txt for details.

- the cartridge logic was fixed, there are 4 configurable cartridge slots now,
  see readme-menu.txt for details.

- loader/saver for binary rom images was added, see readme-menu.txt for details.

- "save Disk as D64" was added to the user menu (F4)
- "create empty G64" and "save Disk as G64" was added to the user menu (F4)

- SID player uses info from psid v3 header to setup stereo SID accordingly.

- improved handling of character conversion, added "arrow up" hotkey to toggle
  lower/upper case display in the file browser.

- various new options have been added, see readme-menu.txt for details.

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Beta 6f:

- added delay after drive reset
- added detection of docking station (sysinfo)
- fixed vga mode settings
