Release notes

1st February 2013

The Z88 Development Team is proud to release OZvm V1.1. This is our third public release since this application was developed quite some years ago. This is to date the most stable and feature-complete emulator of the Cambridge Z88. This is also the final release as a Java application. All future work will be a re-implementation using the Qt (C++) framework, which promises more platform targets running on Intel and Arm architectures. We anticipate to be able to run on Android and iOS as well. Ideas in the making...

We wanted to give our users the most easy and convenient way of running the emulator, with minimal effort. For Windows and Linux we have obtained a minimalist license of the Excelsior JET toolchain, which has enabled us to produce native executable binaries - executing the Cambridge Z88 emulation very smooth and fast. For Mac OS X we have provided a ready-made application, OZvm having Mac look n' feel, even though it is still a Java JAR running behind the scenes.

Platform	Version	Size	Added	Installation notes	Download Link
	OZvm V1.1 - Windows-installer.exe	11.5MB	2013/02/01	Download EXE installer to desktop, double-click to start installation. Supported to run on Windows XP SP2+, Vista, 7 & 8. The executable binaries are 32bit for Intel architecture. Out-of-the-box execution, requires no Java Runtime.
	OZvm V1.1 - Linux-installer.run	30.8MB	2013/02/01	Download RUN installer to Gnome / KDE (or other X-Windows based) desktop, apply chmod +x, then execute from command line or desktop file browser. Supported to install and run on DEB package distributions like Debian & Ubuntu, RPM package distributions like Fedora, Mandriva, OpenSuse and PcLinuxOS. The executables are designed for 32bit Intel architectures, but may be installed on 64bit as well. Out-of-the-box execution, requires no Java Runtime.
	OZvm V1.1 - MAC OS X App.zip	1.9MB	2013/02/01	Download Zip, unpack and drag to Application folder. Supported to run on Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) and newer. Requires Java runtime to be installed on your Mac system.

Work done in this release

The overall purpose of this release has been to improve the user interface and improve emulation. Emulation is still not perfect (sound emulation is missing and Blink hardware emulation still has minor areas to be improved). Here's the main items worth mentioning - the details can be read by clicking on the issue details below.