v4.2a

Release Notes:

• DSK: Ported to new async I/O framework
• ringio: A few bug fixes

v4.1a

This release also has a bug that can cause data loss, especially with HFE. The bug is dependent on the USB drive write speed.

Release Notes:

• Contains fixes/features up to v3.29 from v3 stable release series
• Do not use index_suppressed if starting rd DMA is slow
• ringio: Do not lose write for unaligned wd_prod
• hfe: Protect HFEv3 against a broken run of 1s

v3.29

Release Notes:

• Support new Gotek board SFRKC30.AT2 using AT32F415KBU7-4 (QFN32)
• Support LQFP64 AT32F415RxT7 chips on existing "Enhanced Gotek" boards
• IMG: Fix default GAP2 for ED (eg. 2.88M) images
• IMG.CFG: New parameter gap2= to set Post-ID Gap value

v4.0a

Avoid this release. It has a bug that can cause data loss, especially with HFE.

Release Notes:

• Contains fixes up to v3.28 from v3 stable release series
• New asynchonous I/O handling (Eric Anderson / ejona86)
  • Smarter prefetching of cylinder data
  • Smarter writeback of modified tracks/sectors
  • More accurate emulation
  • No change was made for DSK images and QuickDisk
• Hard sector HFE image support (Eric Anderson / ejona86)

v3.28

Release Notes:

• Gotek model SFR1M44-U100LQD: Fix occasional rotary encoder issue
  • This model uses SFRKC40.AT4.7 PCB with encoder on new pin header
  • Rotary encoder would occasionally not be detected at power on

v3.25

Release Notes:

• IMG, DSK: Fix track formatting on Artery microcontrollers
  • Firmware would crash during format operations

v3.24

Release Notes:

• Beta support for new Artery microcontrollers used on latest Gotek models
  • See the wiki for more details
  • https://github.com/keirf/FlashFloppy/wiki/Gotek-Compatibility
• IMG: Fix skew/interleave on MSDMF (1.68M) images

v3.23

Release Notes:

• OLED/LCD: Fix missing folder name display row when inserting USB drive
• IMG.CFG: New examples for Roland, Sinclair QL, Kaypro
• IMG.CFG: Now supported in HxC-compat and indexed navigation modes
• IMG: Fix default 8-inch single-density data rate
• IMG, HFE: Support 255-cylinder image files

v3.22

Release Notes:

• Fix various crashes when mounting a Flash drive with stale IMAGE_A.CFG
• FAT FS: Support filesystems for which cluster table is "too small"
  • Windows and Linux will mount these volumes, thus so should we
• FF.CFG: New OLED display-type option: -inverse
  • Reverse-video effect (black text on white background)
• FF.CFG: display-order= option affects normal display modes only
  • Ignored in all banner and menu modes, to avoid jumbled display
• FF.CFG: Fix display-type= parsing for OLED-specific options
  • Ignore them unless an OLED display is explicitly configured

Known Issues:

• Folder-name on LCD/OLED displays is missing when USB stick first inserted
  • Not an issue except with non-default display-order config, or 4-row LCD display
  • Revert to v3.21 if this is an issue. It will be fixed in v3.23.

v3.21

Release Notes:

• Support GUID Partition Table (GPT)
  • Now support: GPT, MBR, and no partition table
• FatFS: Updated to R0.14, patchlevel 2