WHDLoad History

20.1 (13.04.2026)

• chg: if PROGDIR:WHDLoad.VFS is not found try loading it via the overlay filehandle of WHDLoad, this should fix aminet:util/misc/whdautoload.lha
• fix: WArc: icon.library version 37 is now sufficient
• chg: restore serial config only if not allocated via misc.resource (issue #6935)

20.0 (27.03.2026)

• new: support for multiple memory configurations added, Slave structure is extended by ws_MemConfig, new resload_Control tag WHDLTAG_EXPMEMSIZE_GET, new option MemConfig/K/N (DJ Mike)
• chg: switching copper/raster DMA off is now performed via an user copper list, this should fix problems on very fast machines (PiStorm/WinUAE)
• chg: WHDInfo is updated to show new ws_MemConfig and to build also on 64-bit architectures, Amiga binary is installed with the dev-archive by default now
• fix: added missing subx instructions to the IST (DJ Mike)
• new: added patch list commands PL_VB, PL_VW and PL_VL to write values from Slave memory to the patch destination
• upd: the options DblNTSC/S and DblPAL/S available since a long time are now documented
• fix: don't use SYS_Asynch on ExecuteStartup/Cleanup when started from Workbench (issue #6827)
• new: WHDLoadArchiveFS is now delivered and installed by default as WHDLoad.VFS together with WHDLoad. It enables direct reading data from lha/zip archives. Copyright (c) 2020, Teemu Suutari.
• new: WArc is now delivered and installed by default. It can transform data directories into lha archives and the reverse, also updating .info files accordingly. See docs for more info.
• new: options AddChipMem/N and AddExpMem/N to increase the memory the installed program uses, must be supported by the Slave to have an effect
• chg: function resload_VSNPrintF addtionally supports flag ''' as thousands separator and length 'll' for 64-bit integer
• chg: existing resload_Protect* settings are written to the register dump now

19.2 (26.10.2025)

• fix: create missing SavePath paths also when using VFS
• new: add C-header file whdload.h covering Slave structure
• chg: made the macros PL_STR/0 from whdload.i compatible to vasm (broken EVEN)
• chg: if WHDLF_NoKbd is set, WHDLoad no longer forces ciaa.CIAICRF_SP to be enabled at each interrupt (paraj)
• fix: degrading sprite resolution was unreliable on very fast machines, adding more delay before disabling copper/raster dma seems to fix that problem (JOTD)
• upd: most of the supplied tools are imported to https://github.com/wepl/wtools and reassembled, many sources have the RCS strings removed

19.1 (03.12.2024)

• new: if SnoopOCS/ECS/AGA is active WHDLoad now checks for code which possible triggers hardware bug caused by accessing custom.copjmp1/2 while blitter is active, on each cpu read/write on custom.copjmp1/2 WHDLoad checks if blitter is busy, if so the program is terminated with an appropriate error requester
• fix: bounds check on resload_Patch/Seg and PL_A/GA corrected
• fix: Snoop on 68040 fixed when movem rl,-(a7) was following an faulted instruction
• fix: corrected CD32-pad button reads via resload_ReadJoyPort, was unreliable (JOTD/DJ Mike)

19.0 (15.09.2024)

• fix: noncached io-operations are again supported to Slave's memory, was broken in 18.9 and gave DOS error #63 (issue #6261)
• fix: AttnFlags are again correctly displayed in .whdl_register
• chg: WHDLoad options are now written to .whdl_dump and .whdl_trace
• chg: workaround added for the Slave Update Check via network, now avoid local port 1024 because current ISP for cgi.whdload.net is broken to accept HTTP requests from this port (issue #6002)
• new: if UAE is detected and MMU used by WHDLoad, the memory at $f0f000 is added to valid memory areas to allow to trigger the WinUAE debugger (JOTD)
• new: new macro LOG in whdmacros.i to create entries in .whdl_log (paraj)
• fix: options SavePath and NoWriteCache did not correctly work for the first action where SavePath was created (ztronzo issue #6398)
• new: option PreloadSmart added, preloads only files accessed in preceding runs
• chg: if ShowRegs/K is not specified and WHDLoad is started from CLI/Shell it dumps the registers directly into the current terminal window now
• new: function resload_ReadJoyPort added, reads buttons and directions for Joysticks/Joypads/CD32-Pads in ports 0/1 and a 4-player adapter, autodetect for CD32-Pad, see autodocs for further info sources/lowlevel.s has been adapted to use resload_ReadJoyPort if slv_Version is set >= 19 a test Slave readjoyport.asm is provided which can be used to test the function and connected devices, it will display continuously the function result for all ports
• new: if a button is specified for QuitKey/K/N WHDLoad now checks if this button is available on the controller detected on the appropriate port
• fix: checked bplcon0 bits for SnoopECS corrected (DJ Mike)
• fix: made write protected vector table working on the 68040
• fix: init cias interrupt mask as documented, before WHDLoad did not init them and therefore the masks set by the operating system kept intact, this may possible break some install which expect a different interrupt mask (parai)

18.9 (01.05.2023)

• fix: fixed possible race condition when using XPK compressed files and multiple data directories, if a compressed file with the same name was contained in two consecutive data dirs and was the last compressed in the first dir and the first compressed one in the subsequent dir it was preloaded two times and the second one got visible to the installed program, this has been corrected now
• fix: the Slave structure flag EmulDivZero now also works on 68010, in previous version it always faulted (missing support for different stack frame format on the 68010)
• fix: DIC option SkipTrack was broken in version 1.2, now fixed with version 1.3 (CFou!)
• new: new local option ExecuteArgs to supply arguments to the scripts/programs called via the ExecuteCleanup/Startup/... options, using this it becomes possible to control the behavior of the scripts in single install without the need to have many different Execute* scripts
• new: if started from Workbench WHDLoad now opens a window CON:////WHDLoad .../AUTO/CLOSE/WAIT for the ExecuteCleanup and ExecuteStartup scripts which opens if there is any output
• chg: option Cache/S can also be specified in the global configuration file (Tomaz)
• new: the kick13 emulation now also supports the WHDCtrl resident command which can be used to quit WHDLoad, because the boot CLI under 1.3 does not run resident commands a patch has been implemented to add this feature (Hexaae)
• fix: now resload_ListFiles is able to list the install root directory also when listing from cached files, this was broken since the introduction of the feature to list cached files in release 18.7, which broke for example Gauntlet3 (issue #6077)
• fix: depending on the already used chip memory WHDLoad has corrupted read/write data (all io related Resload functions), if the file cache feature wasn't used (NoWriteCache or NoFileCache set), this may have corrupted saved data! this bug has been introduced in WHDLoad release 18.4, thanks to DJ Mike for reporting/testing (issue #6078)
• chg: the options ExecutePostDisk and ExecutePreDisk are now working as intended/documented, previously they were called only once (issue #5880)
• fix: RawDIC has been updated to version 6.1 which fixes compatibility with imager slaves which used DoubleInc and one track too much in the tracklist (e.g. Beast)
• fix: made EmulChk working on 68010 (issue #6137)

18.8 (28.05.2022)

• fix: new created files in sub directories which are cached are now correctly reported via Examine (issue #5536)
• fix: when new created cached files are deleted WHDLoad no longer tries to delete them on disk
• chg: the memory of detected freezers is now cachable if MMU is used
• new: the gadgets in the splash window can be controlled via keyboard and joystick now, up/down selects the gadgets via mouse move and left/right switches the gadgets

18.7 (15.12.2021)

• new: if a kickstart is requested by the Slave (ws_kickname) and the current default keymap is different from default Kickstart keymap (usa/usa1) WHDLoad provides the current default keymap as a virtual file called 'WHDLoad.keymap' kickemu kick13.s and kick31.s got a new option called SETKEYBOARD which loads and activates the 'WHDLoad.keymap'
• fix: avoid a possible crash if no kickstart image could be found
• chg: the check for a read-only filesystem to ignore write operations now checks the first data directory instead the current directory of WHDLoad
• new: sources/whdload/lowlevel.s has been added to be used with kickemu, it is based on the OS3.1 lowlevel.library and provides a way to avoid the disk based library and save some memory, the kickemu option INIT_LOWLEVEL uses it now instead loading the disk based library
• fix: corrected the key repeat fix in kick31.s
• chg: resload_ListFiles no longer requires a switch to the OS if Preload was able to cache all files by using the file cache to fill the buffer with filenames
• new: support for virtual filesystem plugins (VFS) added, if one of the Data/K objects specified is not a directory but a file WHDLoad will attempt to load PROGDIR:WHDLoad.VFS and uses this interface to load data for such data objects, the VFS-ABI/API is described in "include/whdvfs.i", a VFS implementation which currently supports lha and zip-archives can be obtained from http://github.com/temisu/WHDLoadArchiveFS Thanks a lot to Teemu Suutari for his great work! VFS objects are always read-only for WHDLoad, so either use SavePath/K or a first data directory which isn't VFS to allow WHDLoad to save something
• fix: cursor down in the CLI usage message is working again in the standard AmigaShell (issue #5146)
• chg: DIC 1.2: if a track has a read error and option Skip is active and the device is controlled by trackdisk.devices, DIC switches to sector reads now to be able to read more good data in case not all sectors on this track are unreadable
• chg: WHDLoad now returns with an error code = 5 if the Preload operation has been canceled by pressing the Esc key while the splash window is open (issue #5171)
• chg: a new option NoWriteInfo/N has been added as local and global option, if set WHDLoad will not update/write any .info files (issue #5153)
• chg: WHDLoad now resets custom.serper on exit to stop a possible MIDI/MT32 playback via the serial line (JOTD)
• new: option WriteCache/S added to overwrite global option NoWriteCache/S (issue #5263)
• new: WHDLoad is now able to cache also write operations to new created files or existing files which grow in size. For that the option PreLoad must be active and there must be enough memory available to preload all files. WHDLoad will then allocate the largest free memory block remaining and use this memory to dynamically cache new files or growing existing files. The cached files are written to disk on WHDLoad exit.
• new: kickemu kick31.asm can be enabled to activate an internal resident command WHDCtrl which can be used to quit WHDLoad
• upd: the documentation for czech, dansk and french are in sync again; thanks to all translators: Manel Beltrán, Bored Seal, Bruno Skjold Andersen, Miguel Dilaj, Mikko Heinonen, Psygore, Marius Danilewicz

18.6 (22.09.2020)

• new: WHDLoad now disables interrupts of graphics cards under the Picasso96 software. This should solve problems with Spectrum cards and newer P96 releases (issue #2598). Thanks to Thomas Richter for providing useful information.
• upd: Manual translations are in sync again for catalan and czech.
• new: Kickemu kick31.s can be instructed to load/init the custom nonvolatile.s via option INIT_NONVOLATILE.
• fix: nonvolatile.s now correctly works on searching nonexistent items in a existing nvram file
• chg: In kickemu kick13.s a waitblit has been added to avoid problems with the gfx.Text patch (Psygore).
• chg: The provided source keyboard.s now uses cia timers instead the raster beam for the keyboard acknowledge delay.
• fix: Access faults of size word to address -1 and of size long to addresses -3..-1 are now reliable detected and reported. In earlier releases: on 68030: when ExpMem was used these were undetected, on 68040: when ExpMem was used and vector base was not write protected (e.g. Freezer detected, Snoop*, resload_Protect used) these were undetected, if vector base was protected a fault inside WHDLoad was reported, on 68060: these were always correctly reported
• chg: To reduce the likelihood that resload functions get interrupted by other calls to resload functions, some resload functions which usually take not much execution time, have been changed to be not interruptible anymore. The following resload functions have been changed that way: Abort, SetCACR, FlushCache, Control, Protect#?, SetCPU, GetCustom, VSNPrintF and Log. In general the option NoResInt/S can be used to avoid problems with interrupted resload calls at the cost of possible sound/ graphics distortions when interrupts are disabled for a longer time.
• chg: The provided source sources/whdload/savegame.s is now fully pc-relative. It contains also additional fixes for interrupt acknowledge and AGA compatibility (JOTD/ross).
• chg: The inplace decruncher for the old RNC1 format has been improved to support files which need a larger distance (Heimdall/JOTD).
• chg: The kick31.s now prefers a A600 kickstart image if NO68020 is set. It fails now if there is only a 68000/010 and a A1200/A4000 kickstart image was loaded (JOTD).
• fix: When using kickfs.s the dos.library function Open(MODE_READWRITE) now performs correctly on Kickstart 3.1 by creating a non-existent file. On Kickstart 1.3 the old behavior remains to not create a file.
• chg: If a call to resload_Examine is attempted without the flag WHDLF_Examine has been set in the Slave structure WHDLoad now terminates with an appropriate error message (JOTD).
• chg: The kickemu kick12.s, kick13.s and kick31.s has been modified to automatically set the Slave flag WHDLF_Examine if HDINIT is set (JOTD).
• chg: When using resload_Relocate with tags CHIPPTR/FASTPTR and the specified chip/fast memory location would result in an overlapping with base executable WHDLoad now gives a useful error message (JOTD).
• fix: Instead of waiting for a long video frame WHDLoad now forces a long frame before starting the Slave. This fixes startup problems on Kickstart 3.0 and an interlace video mode (issue #4798).
• chg: MMU-table creation has been reworked. It is now faster and uses less memory.
• new: Support for ACA-freezer added.
• chg: if "*" is specified for the Slave to load WHDLoad searchs the current directory for a file with the pattern "#?.slave" and will use the first file matching (Toni Wilen)

18.5 (09.03.2019)

• fix: due bug in memory swap routine 18.4 crashed on returning to the os, this has been fixed (issue #4084)

18.4 (20.02.2019)

• fix: option NoReq/S has also effect now for errors occuring in conjunction with option Data/K (issue #3690)
• fix: patch list command PL_GA fixed in the WHDLoadCD32
• fix: fixed wrong results with resload_ExNext introduced in 18.3, e.g. game Ork Attack (Psygore)
• fix: in version 18.3 a CMD_STOP/FLUSH/START of input.device was added, this seems to cause problems on some configurations, to avoid them the code has been removed again
• chg: cpu cache handling in kickemu changed, there are new options CACHECHIP and CACHECHIPDATA, the behavior of option CACHE has been reverted to pre WHDLoad release 18.3, with option CACHE all caches are enabled for expansion memory if MMU is used, with option CACHECHIP the instruction cache will be enabled for all memory independent from from WHDLoad's MMU usage, option CACHECHIPDATA will enable data and instruction cache for all memory, if no CACHE* option is set the cache are disabled now, in previous releases the cache setup wasn't modified which resulted in WHDLoad's default cache setup where inst/data cache is enabled for ExpMem/Slave if MMU used - similar to option option CACHE where additionally the 68060 stuff is enabled (branch cache, superscalar, write buffer), please consult also the provided kick.readme
• chg: kickemu kick13.s has been modified to work with data cache in chip memory, gfx.Text now uses the cpu to clear the temporary buffer instead the blitter
• new: macro PL_STR0 added to the patch list commands which will write the given string plus a 0-byte to the destination
• new: italian keymap added to the docs (thanks Luca Longone)
• fix: kickfs: with IOCACHE to order of writes is now preserved, in previous releases it was not, which could cause switches to the operation system on resload_SaveFileOffset because offsets outside the current filesize
• chg: if SplashDelay=0 and ConfigDelay>0 the splash window is opened if there is a config (Juuso Salmijärvi)
• chg: the local option Config now overwrites a config string contained in the Slave
• chg: option Preload/S can also be used in the global configuration file
• fix: using Snoop on the 68030 the fire button bits in cia.ddra can be set to output mode now (reading joypad), previously this was only allowed on 68040/60 (StingRay)
• chg: BaseMemory is now allocated in possible three parts to reduce memory requirements if higher areas of chip memory are already used by the system
• new: a segtracker modul has been added to all kickemu variants, equal to the known utility SegTracker by Michael Sinz this will track all loaded executables, WHDLoad will use this information to display name and offset in all error messages, this will make it easier to locate causes for malfunctions in kickemu installed programs
• chg: the calculation of exec.ChkSum in kick12/13.s has been fixed
• fix: if SegTracker was used and no matching segment was found WHDLoad displayed sometimes some garbage, this has been fixed
• chg: all the sources provided by JOTD has been updated to the latest level, nonvolatile.s has been removed because the sources are now using the nonvolatile.s provided by WHDLoad, thanks to JOTD
• chg: WHDLoadGCI allows now opening a new memory window from the address under the cursor in a memory window, a bug in partial extraction of Base/ExpMemory has been fixed
• chg: a patch has been added to all kickemus to disable the key repeat of the input.device after a switch to the operating system, this should avoid problems on first time save operations triggered by a keypress
• new: the splash window can also be closed now pressing the fire button on the joystick in port #1
• new: a new special quit key has been added which quits by pressing Reverse, Forward and Play together on a joypad
• chg: WHDLoad no longer tries to open the audio.device, there was not much benefit from it and to leave it avoids any requesters if already open by another application

18.3 (06.04.2017)

• chg: don't check for read-only-filesystem if option SavePath is used (issue #3355)
• fix: if option SavePath is used and the save path is not yet created WHDLoad will no longer try to delete files in the normal data directories if resload_DeleteFile is called
• fix: resload_SaveFileOffset now correctly works on files which are not preloaded and not yet present in the SavePath, in older releases dos error #203 was reported (issue #3355)
• chg: the behavior of the option CACHE in kickemu (sources/whdload/kick*.s) has been changed, previously it set the chip memory non cacheable (NC) now it sets it cacheable write-through (WT), recompiling Slaves using this option will change this for the resulting Slaves, for machines with cpu caches and no MMU otherwise no caches are enabled at all by WHDLoad
• chg: splash window corrected for non standard window borders (Mikhail Malyshev)
• fix: resload_DeleteFile reworked, no longer supports deleting directories, delete operation is cached if file was preloaded, now correctly works together with SavePath/K option
• chg: checking for a read-only filesystem is performed after executing a possible ExecuteStartup now (Stephane Julien)
• chg: kickemu now uses the host system bplcon0 to init gb_bplcon0, this should preserve genlock/lace setup (issue #2858), WHDLoad itself also use gb_bplcon0 for the initial custom setup
• fix: the interrupt redirect feature of ACA now correctly works with programs depending on the supervisor bit in the interrupt stack frame, this should fix problems with install using the kickstart emulation (Toni Wilen)
• chg: on 68060 the store/load bypass is no longer disabled if the cpu revision is >= 5
• new: support for Vampire/Apollo added, will be detected as 68040 now (older WHDLoad detected a 68020 because the presence of MSP and CAAR registers), MMU is always disabled
• fix: kickemu now correctly enables the fpu via resload_SetCPU if NEEDFPU is set

18.2 (23.12.2015)

• chg: the WHDLoad install script speaks german now
• fix: some small fixes in the Autodoc file (Psygore)
• fix: small fix in the supplied ITD program to avoid problems while detecting the destination device
• new: RoadShow added to the example Startup/Cleanup scripts
• fix: dumping of loaded files via resload_DiskLoad was broken
• fix: due to small internal buffer the argument parsing when started from the CLI did not detect a bad argument (Psygore)
• fix: the blitter wait check (ChkBlitWait/S) now resets the internal run flag also at word reads to dmaconr on the 68030, previously only bytes did that (StingRay)
• chg: WHDLoad no longer requests a keyfile and it is no longer possible to register WHDLoad, if you have a keyfile it is still loaded/checked and your name will be displayed in the splash window, Thanks to all registered users!

18.1 (19.04.2015)

• new: update check added: when a network connection is available WHDLoad will check via a HTTP request if a newer version exists on the WHDLoad webpage for the used Slave and WHDLoad, supports a proxy with optional basic authentication via option Proxy/K, to disable any network access the option NoNetwork/S can be used uses sha256 implementation by Robert Leffmann, thanks!
• chg: dumping loaded files using bit #31 set in the disk number via resload_DiskLoad will now use the offset in ExpMem in the created file name, also the written files will go through the file cache to avoid recurring switches to the operating system

18.0 (04.12.2014)

• fix: WHDLoad lock up happen when FullChip/S is used and exec.MaxLocMem is equal to BaseMemSize fixed
• fix: ExpChip/S and FullChip/S cannot be enabled together, if both are set FullChip/S will be silently disabled (Psygore)
• chg: option NoTrapHandler/S has been removed
• fix: race condition fixed which sometimes caused a 'Privilege Violation Exception' when a Resload function was called from Usermode and got interrupted during the internal switch to Supervisor mode and then trace exception was used from the installed program, seen especially in installs using kick13 emu and performing a lot of disk io, fixes issue #2094 and connected ones
• chg: the log file created by the FileLog/S facility has been renamed from .whdl_filelog to .whdl_log
• new: function resload_Log which puts custom messages into the log file .whdl_log, uses the same file as the FileLog/S facility and requires that FileLog/S option is set so that messages will be written this function is intended to make it easier to debug/follow alien code by adding trace messages to dump the execution state at useful places
• new: option LogBuffer/K/N to control the size of the internal buffer allocated for log messages by FileLog/S and resload_Log
• new: function resload_VSNPrintF implementing a exec.RawDoFmt/ sprintf like string formatting routine
• new: kickfs.s has new option SNOOPFS which will cause in conjunction with HDINIT all dos packets after processing to be logged using resload_Log, the supplied perl script chkunlock.pl can be used to search the log file for missing dos.UnLock and dos.Close calls
• new: using the function resload_Control and the tags WHDLTAG_CUST_DISABLE/READ/WRITE/STROBE the allowed custom registers for Snoop*/S can be modified now
• chg: ReSource support files updated to cover recent WHDLoad extensions
• new: added XAD support to the installer template script
• chg: external program SP to save pictures from dump files has been improved to better support AGA screens (ddf, fmode, bplcon)
• chg: on the 68030 the instruction burst is now always enabled if the instruction cache is enabled (Psygore)
• chg: the 68040 processor is now fully supported regarding the special mmu features (Snoop, resload_Protect), the implementation was planned since years, it was a lot of work because the handling is very different to the 68030 und 68060, although I'm unsure if this feature will be used much, I'm happy to have it completed now
• chg: option ChkAudPt/S is also supported on the 68030 and 68040 now
• chg: the interrupt redirect feature of ACA500/Zeus is not used when option NoVBRMove/S is set
• chg: PreloadSize/N will also be set by WHDLoad if ws_DontCache is used in the Slave some more end user related improvements are planned for the next release :-)

17.2 (01.12.2013)

• fix: cancelling directory preload (in the splash window pressing Esc or changing a option forcing restart) could cause memory list corruption
• new: support for Zeus68k pseudo vbr added, allows to quit by key similar like a moved vector base, but only on interrupts not on exceptions
• new: on AGA machines all color registers are read from the custom chips and written to the dump file
• fix: WHDLoadCD32 works again with resload_DiskLoad, was broken in version 17.1 (issue #2633)
• chg: utility ITD can now read files larger than 4 GiB (e.g. on SFS\2) and write to larger devices using TD64
• chg: alignment for patch lists (resload_Patch/Seg) is now verified by WHDLoad to avoid problems on 68000/10
• chg: the check for valid custom.aud*ptr introduced in version 17.1 can now be enabled via the new option ChkAudPt/S
• fix: on Kickstart 2.0 (V37) option NoMemReverse/S is now always active to avoid problems which could lead to freezing during Preload or other memory allocations
• chg: memory allocations improved if NoMemReverse/S is active, now these will succeed also if memory below BaseMemSize is free by trying to allocate until memory is above
• fix: preload progress bar fixed on Kickstart 2.0 (V37), was using a V39 only utility.library function
• new: added IF/ELSE/ENDIF conditional blocks to patch lists to simplify the handling of patches depending on ButtonWait/S and Custom1-5/N options (resload_Patch/Seg)
• chg: detection of HRTmon builtin WinUAE improved to support if MMU protection is enabled with WHDLoad (CFou!)
• chg: options NTSC/PAL can be set global and local now, where the local one (CLI/Tooltype) will overwrite the global one (configuration file S:WHDLoad.prefs)
• new: WHDLoad now sets the screen mode in HRTmon to the video mode specified for the installed program, with that HRTmon will always uses the same video mode (PAL/NTSC) as WHDLoad, for correct operation at least HRTmon version 2.35 is required
• chg: audio.device is only opened when present in execs device list, this saves some memory if it isn't initilized already
• chg: install script template now supports also the diskimage device by Fredrik Wikstrom (Psygore)
• chg: option FullChip/S can also set globally now
• new: support for interrupt vector redirect feature of ACA500 on 68000 added
• chg: added a kludge to preserve the largest free memory block until PreLoad in situations where multiple small free blocks are available to increase the likelihood of being able to cache a large disk image

17.1 (06.10.2012)

• fix: formatting of termination reason string in register dump fixed on very long texts (Psygore)
• fix: if the vbr is moved by WHDLoad the interrupts of levels 4-6 (vectors $70..$78) are directly forwarded to the installed program now, in previous releases all the sanity checks and checks for the keyboard were done in each interrupt which has increased the latency and duration of the interrupts, now these checks are only performed in interrupt levels 1-3 or if the option CheckInts/S is used for all levels it seems that the increased amount of code put into the interrupts by the later WHDLoad versions has caused problems with several games, this is hopefully fixed now and these games will work with the current WHDLoad as good as with versions 16.8 or 16.9
• fix: on a 68020 the default cache setup was instruction cache enable, this bug has been introduced in version 17.0, now the default is again disabled (Toni Wilen)
• chg: the icon started from is only written if any gadget has been pressed, previously it were written everytime if Config or Expert was active (Graham)
• fix: prevented a bug when FileLog/S will be disabled via the splash window
• new: resload_DiskLoad can now dump all read files, see autodoc
• new: SnoopOCS/ECS/AGA/S checks also that writes to custom.aud*ptr are not outside BaseMem and are not equal zero, check is only performed on 68060 (Psygore)
• chg: WHDLoad now detects a filesize difference between the directory scan used for resload_Examine/ExNext requested by WHDLF_Examine and the file Preload, this may reveal filesystem problems in conjunction with dos.ExAll, e.g. ffs 39.x (issue #2575)
• chg: documentation regarding patch lists in include and autodoc files improved
• fix: on chip memory only machines with Kickstart 3.0 or better slaves with WHDLF_Examine failed on building the directory cache due problems with exec.CreatePool (Psygore)

17.0 (14.08.2011)

• chg: documentation about Snoop feature now explains in detail which cia registers are checked in which way (StingRay)
• chg: the install script template function P_AskDisk is additional able to check for disks which contain a named file instead only by volume name
• chg: the joypad emulation in kickemu 3.1 now supports a force option to disable the auto sensing of lowlevel.library
• fix: kickfs.s now properly supports reading and writing to the same file handle if IOCACHE is used
• new: support/detection of special HRTmon builtin WinUAE added (monitor must be entered one time before WHDLoad can see it!)
• fix: when file for Preload/S was larger than the largest free memory block this could lead to an DOS error #205 after all remaining files have been preloaded, this bug has been introduced in version 16.9, issue #2154
• chg: on option NoResInt/S WHDLoad checks and terminates if blitter is active on entering via a resload function
• chg: trap hook now checks if vector is odd and aborts then
• chg: if option NoMMU/S is active WHDLoad now more correctly checks the actual MMU setup and warns about translations of 0..3000
• chg: amount of disassembled code lines increased (Psygore)
• fix: output for disassembling of some instructions were corrected by Psygore, (moveq #-x; cmp/add/and/move/bset/bchg/... #$nnxx; bitfield with offset 0)
• fix: crashes on M-Tec 630 boards without FPU fitted caused by the FPU detection inside WHDLoad fixed, board causes 'coprocessor protocol violation's instead of 'line-f emulator', thanks to Die BORG for lending the hardware
• chg: there are separate Resload versions for 00-20/30/40/60 now, which enlarges the WHDLoad executable but saves memory at runtime (overlayed)
• new: progress bar for Preload/S operation added, WHDLoad will remember PreloadSize/S itself as ToolType if started from the Workbench
• fix: cache clear in MMU configuration routine added, should fix problems with issue #2094 and issue #2182 (Psygore)
• new: dutch translation of documentation, thanks to Harold van der Waaij
• chg: resload_Relocate now accepts upto 512 hunks (Don Adan)
• chg: emulation of 'move sr,ea' in usermode on 68010+ is now also working if flag WHDLF_EmulPriv is active, this fixes problems with RoadwarsArcadia and FastBreakArcadia
• chg: support for Cloantos AmigaForever 2011 kickstart 1.2 and 3.1-a500/a1200 roms added (Jan Zahurancik)
• new: WHDLoad supports the compression file formats of CrunchMania with the resload functions resload_Decrunch and resload_Load- FileDecrunch (Psygore)
• chg: the way WHDLoad checks for keyboard strokes (QuitKey, FreezeKey, ...) has been slightly modified, in earlier versions it has checked for keydown strokes, now it only reacts on keyup events; if the Slave checks itself for keyboard events the installed program may still quit on keydowns
• chg: the ws_keydebug entry in the Slave structure is now ignored, the debug key must be explictly set via arguments
• fix: it's now possible to use QuitKey/DebugKey=0 (Psygore)
• chg: as long as the splash window is open pressing Esc will break the Preload/S process and quit WHDLoad
• chg: pressing Space/Return/Enter will close the splash window and start the installed program immediate after completion of Preload/S
• new: in Expert/S mode the splash window now contains some buttons to switch debugging related options of WHDLoad which gets saved/deleted in the icon if started from the Workbench
• new: the Slave structure has been extended to allow configuration of buttons to be displayed on the splash window to control the ButtonWait/S and Custom1-5/K/N options to be able to configure existing Slaves the option Config/K has been added
• new: using the option ConfigDelay/K/N the time can be specified howlong the splash window is displayed if there are buttons on it (Config/Expert)
• chg: if SplashDelay/K/N is -1 a start button is added to the splash window and the window remains open until pressed
• chg: the kickstart images will be searched also in the alternative path WHDCOMMON: (M.C.Battilana) 68040 MMU code is incomplete in this release because being reworked to support full MMU features, resload_Protect should work but Snoop will lock the machine

16.9 (05.02.2009)

• chg: BLITWAIT macro in whdmacros.i adapted for better speed, thanks to John Girvin for research and testing
• fix: problems with writing to disks with around a multiple of 4 GB free space fixed (Ingo Schmitz)
• fix: resload_Decrunch/LoadFileDecrunch could corrupt vital memory which could lead to strange WHDLoad errors (e.g. "Function ... requires slave version 1"), reported for game Universe, thanks to KillerGorilla for report and Psygore for diagnostics; the old RNC1 format is now properly supported for overlapping source and destination
• new: on ChkBltSize/S some basic initialization in blitter line mode are checked too (68060 only)
• new: option FullChip/S to save/restore the full chip memory instead only the area specified in the Slave
• new: finnish translation of documentation, thanks to Mikko Heinonen
• chg: cpu detection routine reworked to correctly detect an 68020 on boards with 'FPU logic error', 68851 and 68040/60 FPU detection improved
• new: workaround added to make WHDLoad running on the CDTV, the cdtv.device will be disabled to avoid problems with interrupts generated by this, thanks to jtorrance and Toni Wilen
• new: commands BKPT and BELL added to resload_Patch/Seg to set a breakpoint (enter freezer) and show a visual bell
• chg: handling of the internal directory cache for resload_Examine/ ExNext changed, so that new created files will not be the first entry in the directory this fixes problems with programs which do not correctly perform a Examine before each directory scan, e.g. Castles2 (JOTD)
• chg: some more info output and better lace support with SP (saving picture)
• chg: check for free stack space on entering WHDLoad via resload/ interrupt/exception made more consistent
• chg: many changes on WHDLoadGCI, can export Slave/Memory now
• new: danish translation of documentation, thanks to Nicolai Mortensen
• new: macro PL_NOPS added to whdload.i (bippym)
• chg: improved error messages if loading kickstart fails
• chg: changed CPU detection to avoid problems with weired MMU configuration, no longer uses transparent translation to avoid Enforcer hits (Fabio Cinus)
• chg: its no longer possible to load files from outside the data directory, that means that file specs containg a ':' or '//' or starting/ending with a '/' are prohibited, these files were anyway never Preload-able
• new: support for multiple data directories added
• new: options SavePath/K and SaveDir/K added to let WHDLoad redirect all write operations to a different disk location
• new: WHDLoad now remembers if Preload/S has loaded all files and then doesn't switch when a resload function tries to load a non existing file (e.g. resload_GetFileSize)
• chg: resload_ListFiles now supports a buffer in ExpMem too (JOTD)
• chg: autodocs revised, html transformation added

16.8 (19.08.2007)

• fix: the requester displayed when audio.device is already used defaults to 'ignore' now, so it works in combination with option NoReq/S (Horace)
• fix: the online help displayed when WHDLoad is called from the CLI without arguments has been fixed for the options Cache/S and DCache/S (Hexaae)
• fix: CLI args fixed to fault on too many arguments (Psygore)
• chg: the install template supports installing from disk images via diskimage.device, trackwarp.library and capsimage.device
• chg: kick31.s supports also the kickstart image from the A500/A600/ A2000, with that it is possible to make Slaves using kick31 which are compatible to a 68000 CPU (Don Adan)
• new: WHDLoad itself disables the interrupts of Mediator boards now while running the installed program, this should solve problems like freezing and gfx/sound distortion on these boards, thanks to John Girvin and Elbox for providing the solution
• chg: WHDLoad now avoids opening the WorkBench screen after exiting, older versions have always opened the WB if no other screen was left open, requires at least v39
• new: WHDLoad now shows the task name on exceptions if there was a working amigaos running, it also shows segment name and offset if SegTracker was running (inside emulation of course)
• new: option NoMemReverse/S added to the global configuration (Ralf Stützer)
• new: catalan translation of documentation, thanks to Manel Beltran
• new: its now possible to use special rawkeys for the QuitKey/K/N option to let WHDLoad quit from a button press on the mouse/ joystick/joypad
• chg: some changes to the kickemu, check history therein

16.7 (16.11.2006)

• fix: the Snoop check for custom.bplpt's against BaseMem bounds was broken on word writes on the 68030 (DJMike)
• fix: resload_LoadFile and resload_LoadFileDecrunch has silently not loaded data without Preload/S, bug introduced in v16.6 (Bored Seal/Psygore)
• new: option NoResInt/S add, which disables any interrupts during execution of resload functions
• chg: if the Slave requires AGA and that is not yet enabled in graphics.library WHDLoad calls SetChipRev to enable it, this obsoletes the execution of SetPatch prior to WHDLoad
• new: WHDLoadCD32 a special WHDLoad version to be used on the CD³², check documentation for more info
• chg: registration fee in USD adapted due currency differences, EUR and GBP unchanged
• chg: various enhancements on the install template

16.6 (05.06.2006)

• fix: no more enforcer hits (byte read from adr 0) on directory cache preload on FFS filesystems (Christian)
• upd: italian documentation is in sync again, thanks David Bergantin for updating it
• upd: small enhancement for HRTmon to print out expmem boundaries
• fix: no longer complains about missing ENV: assign
• fix: bus/address error messages on 68000 corrected
• fix: the message returned on interrupted resload functions did have the same name for both functions, this has been corrected
• chg: argument checking for resload functions improved, now the current stack can not be overwritten by resload functions (size of reserved stack space is 64 bytes)
• new: command GA added to resload_Patch/Seg to get a address and store it inside a variable in the slave
• fix: modify at ExpMem via resload_Patch works again, was permitted in version 16.5
• chg: kickemu improved, compiles with PhxAss and AsmOne again, new switch NO68020 for kick31.s to get 68000 compatible code, patches to the kickstart added to avoid overwriting the vector table, this allows WHDLoad to catch exceptions also on 68000 (Don Adan)
• new: greek translation of documentation, thanks to Dimitris Panokostas of ATO

16.5 (15.12.2005)

• new: check for CyberGraphX/56KHZAUDIO added (David Roeskamm)
• new: commands PL_ORB/W/L added for patch lists (Psygore)
• chg: if XPK decompression fails during Preload/S WHDLoad shows the missing sublib name too
• fix: kickemu correctly updates IO_ACTUAL on trackdisk accesses (JOTD)
• chg: russian translation reworked (Manbiker)
• new: display promotion added to kick31emu, with that WHDLoad options DblPAL and DblNTSC become working in conjunction with installed games using kick31 emulation and supporting it
• fix: stackcheck modified to avoid complaining if first long word of stack is trashed (e.g. when using WarpOS-XPK-Sublib and running from Workbench)
• chg: bubble help for bplcon* registers added to WHDLoadGCI
• fix: improved startup code for kickemu and _bootdos in kick13.asm
• fix: disassembler for negative absolut word addressing fixed (Psygore)
• chg: improved error messages on resload_Patch(Seg)
• new: slovak translation added, thanks to Jan Zahurancik and Martin Durik
• new: ukrain translation added, thanks to Andrey Molchanov
• chg: improvement on resload_ProtectSMC, instructions modifying the sr no longer break the SMC check, autodocs fixed, disabling trace is no longer required with SMC check (JOTD)
• chg: text explanation added to register dump for attnflags and setcpu
• chg: Snoop on 68060 now allows change of bit #6/7 of ciaa.ddra which is used on accessing/detecting joypad
• new: if WHDLoad is started without an slave argument from the CLI it shows a short help for all options and some raw key codes
• chg: improved speed on preload for resload_Examine, now uses dos.ExAll and memory pools (when running on v39+)
• chg: kick31emu got a new option called JOYPADEMU, formerly included in INIT_LOWLEVEL now separated to support GetLanguage without joypad emulation, also the joypademu has been improved, now the keys used are user configurable using the Custom option
• chg: options ExecuteStartup and ExecuteCleanup are now local and global useable (Ralf Stützer)
• chg: file Preload/S improved, uses now dos.ExAll, memory pools (if running under v39+ and more than 4MB free fast available), asynchronous decrunching of XPK files
• new: supports also the kickstart images supplied with Cloantos Amiga Forever CDs, kick130.rom or amiga-os-130.rom must be renamed to kick34005.A500, kick310.rom or amiga-os-310.rom renamed to kick40068.A4000, images together with the rom.key must be installed under DEVS:Kickstarts, some older installs require a kick40068.A1200 image these installs wont run with Cloantos roms
• new: norwegian translation added which is not complete but better than none, thanks to Herman Andresen

16.4 (26.11.2004)

• fix: wrong offsets in resload_Relocate when used with WHDLTAG_ALIGN and WHDLTAG_LOADSEG (Psygore)
• new: using QuitKey=$73 an installed program can be quit using the Left Mouse Button (Povl Odgaard)
• fix: TrapV emulation did not work on 68010 (Mats Johansson)
• new: on WHDLTAG_CBAF on the 68060 A2 provides now the contents of the registers D0-A6 for further diagnostics
• new: kickfs.s checks if startup-sequence exist if BOOTDOS is not used (JOTD)
• chg: install templates merged into one template, reworked and enhanced (Codetapper)
• new: minor enhancement on the resource support files regarding RawDIC
• fix: incorrect return/dump values (type of exception) when interrupt vector is not initialized and taken
• new: added _keyexit/debug to kick12.s and kick13.s
• fix: internal sr handling corrected
• chg: kickfs.s returns proper IoErr on dos.Read also on success (JOTD)
• fix: possible read accesses outside the packed data on RNC1 and resload_Decrunch/LoadFileDecrunch fixed, these could cause Access Faults when decrunching data at start of ExpMem (JOTD)

16.3.1 (21.07.2004)

• fix: install script wasn't executable due a bad comment line (thanks to Seppo Seppala)

16.3 (28.06.2004)

• chg: kickfs.s: ACTION_CREATE_DIR returns ERROR_OBJECT_EXISTS if directory already exists (JOTD)
• chg: kick31.s: lowlevel.library loading and joypad emulation integrated
• chg: copperlist scanner is also triggered by word writes on coplc registers (JOTD)
• chg: whdload.prefs is automatically installed by the install script (Codetapper)
• fix: some possible Address Errors with resload_Patch* on cpu<68020 fixed (Mats)
• chg: command PL_S for resload_Patch/Seg allows also negative destinations
• new: many enhancements on WHDLoadGCI, better HexEdit includes jump to specified address, bubble help for various Custom registers, cia window added
• chg: resload_Delay checks keyboard too
• chg: resload_Relocate support for missing HUNK_END's added, e.g. "Crunch 1.3 Seg" files (Psygore)
• new: new tag for resload_Relocate to create segment lists, which can be processed later using resload_PatchSeg (Psygore)
• chg: minor improvements on DIC
• chg: RawDIC 2.0 supplied but to unsure stableness only in the developer archive in Extra/

16.2 (07.04.2004)

• new: ReSource support files for RawDIC Slaves added
• fix: WHDLoad works again on 68000 (Gregory Mason)
• fix: install templates improved, work around for InstallerNG which displays an error on (getassign "DF0" "d") when no disk is inserted and so makes it impossible to check for the presense of devices
• fix: whole HTML documentation validated and fixed by Micheal Ofner (very big thanks!)

16.1 (08.12.2003)

• fix: resload_Patch with PL_DATA did not work correctly
• chg: some error messages improved
• chg: stack enlargement and stack usage check (re)added
• chg: disassembler output improved
• new: support for another ThrillKill version added (BEN)
• new: limited support for WHDLTAG_CBAF_SET on 68060 added, see autodocs for details
• new: option NoReq/S can be used from CLI/Shell to output error messages to the command window instead of showing requesters
• chg: WHDLoad exits now with more useful return codes
• fix: EmulTrap did not work for trap #15 since WHDLoad v16.0 (JOTD)
• chg: improved pen handling for splash and register window (Michael Evans)
• fix: resload_ProtectSMC was broken in v16.0 now works again
• chg: access fault handler for 68030/68060 partial rewritten, some bugs fixed, resload_Protect in ExpMem fully supported now, overall more reliable and sometimes a bit faster
• fix: EmulLineF now works with all frame types (JOTD)
• new: install templates improved, remember install source drive and check drive availibility for DIC, RawDIC and Patcher template
• chg: option SplashDelay/N can also be local set
• new: ReSource support files for Patcher Slaves added
• fix: command PL_PSS for resload_Patch fixed (did JMP+NOP instead JSR+NOP)
• chg: with Snoop* the copperlist scanner identifies CEND with horizontal position > 112 now
• fix: small bug in The Patcher fixed
• new: WHDLoad supports multiple Kickstart images with the new slave structure introduced in v16.0, the kick31.s has been adapted to support the 40.068 from the A1200 and the one from A4000, WHDLoad checks for both images and uses the one present (JOTD/Wepl)
• new: italian manual translation added, thanks to David "Berga" Bergantin
• fix: program CRC16 rewritten because old one created wrong sums for files larger then 64KB
• new: QualityAssurance.Slave included
• fix: keyboard acknowledgment for kickemu 1.2 and 1.3 fixed
• new: hungarian manual translation added, thanks to Márton Dósa

16.0 (04.08.2003)

• fix: restart when option Data/K is used works
• new: tries to expunge x-surf.device to avoid INT2 lockups (going offline does not remove the interrupt server, you can check with scout/interrupts), maybe this should be done for other drivers too...
• new: option ChkInts/S to detect interrupts without respective bits set in custom.intreq and custom.intena, this will allow easier fix for interrupt acknoledge problems on fast machines and bad hardware creating interrupts
• new: polish translation of the manual added, thanks to Mariusz Danilewicz, Kamil Niescioruk and Sebastian Rosa for translating
• new: russian translation of the manual added, thanks to Agressor for translating
• new: slave flag EmulDivZero to support such exceptions in the installed program (Galahad)
• chg: misc improvements on the kickemu
• fix: possible problems with drive inhibit in DIC fixed (JOTD)
• new: various new commands for patchlists to add values, write byte streams and using sublists
• chg: if there is whether in the slave nor via an option a QuitKey specified F10 is used as a default (Codetapper)
• new: if an errors occurs and Expert/S is active an additional button appears in the error requester which allows the display of the registers like in the register dump but without creating one, the program to display can be configured in the global configuration file using the new option ShowRegs/K
• chg: minor changes on WHDLoadGCI, direct link from a register to a memory window, no longer needs ixemul.library
• chg: WHDLoad now detects a modified vbr when called via resload from supervisor state, when called from user state it crashes as in previous versions because it cannot enter the supervisor state (JOTD)
• chg: if the slave version is greater or equal 16 then the trap #15 will not be emulated (WHDLF_EmulTrap not set) anymore, this was a bug in older versions but the osemu depends on it
• new: spanish translation of the manual added, thanks to Miguel Dilaj
• chg: reworked czech translation by David Malecek
• new: slave flag EmulIllegal to support such exceptions in the installed program (Michael Griffin)
• fix: preload for resload_Examine made more robust
• new: disassembler output in the register dump
• new: extented slave structure for early load of kickstart images and avoid one switch to the os
• chg: there is a new tag for resload_DiskLoadDev to specify the trackdisk unit to read from

15.2 (10.04.2003)

• new: option ChkCopCon/S to find accesses which enable copper access to DMA registers (JOTD)
• new: option Data/K to specify a directory where data for installed program are stored, overwrites ws_CurrentDir contained in the Slave
• fix: function resload_SetCPU no longer clears the setup from resload_Protect* (JOTD)
• new: support for another ThrillKill version added (BEN)
• new: options ExpChip/S, ExpLocal/S and Exp24Bit/S to force WHDLoad to allocate ExpMem with the specified properties, useful to degrade performance on fast machines for compatibility reasons
• chg: many changes on kickemu sources, kick31.s made conform to the 12/13 sources
• chg: resload_Delay made more robust, fixes hangs in conjunction with Mroocheck device/driver
• fix: Access Fault message for 68040 corrected (JOTD)
• new: Macros and UserSymbols to use with ReSource added
• new: smail address!

15.1 (20.08.2002)

• new: many improvements on the install templates: opens installed directory as wb window (OS3.5), visual icon selection (OS3.5), more flexible icon handling, subdirectory for DIC install (Codetapper/JOTD/Wepl)
• chg: SP can also save Interlace pictures now (Psygore)
• chg: works on AmigaXL now, WHDLoad will detect an AmigaXL and assume an 68020 CPU (in difference to the faked 68040)
• chg: there is no longer a default for FreezeKey/N
• chg: keyboard handling changed a bit to avoid problems with some broken UAE versions (JOTD)
• chg: when Snoop*/S is used bytes writes to audvol registers will again result in an access fault, byte writes to audvol+1 are ok (Psygore)
• chg: files caching optimized when small and large files are used and there isn't enough memory for the big ones (JOTD)
• fix: loading data from a preloaded file using a resload function to the vector table area ($64..$7c) works now without trashed data (René Gennes)
• new: SnoopAGA/ECS/OCS validates also writes to bplpt's (Psygore)
• new: czech (big thanks to Bored Seal), french (big thanks to JOTD & Psygore) and german (Wepl/Susann) translation of the documentation added
• new: tag for resload_Relocate called WHDLTAG_ALIGN added, to round up hunk lengths to a given boundary (Psygore)

15.0 (19.02.2002)

• fix: install script templates improved: environment variable for installation directory copied to ENVARC: to survive reboot; 'Abort Installation' during choice of installation directory no longer gives an error message (Codetapper)
• fix: bug in copperlist scanner on 68030 with bplcon2 fixed
• chg: no more lockups caused by invisible 'Insert Volume XXX:' (many thanks to JOTD)
• new: OpenDrawer (OS3.9) added to the install templates (JOTD)
• new: commands C, CB, CW and CL to use with resload_Patch
• new: function resload_PatchSeg, resload_Examine, resload_ExNext
• new: new flag WHDLF_Examine, required to use resload_Examine and resload_ExNext
• fix: resload_LoadKick also supports 512k images (JOTD)
• chg: kick1.3 emu finished
• chg: intelligent icon detection and choice added to the install templates
• chg: SP reads S:WHDLoad.prefs to find the coredump file
• new: option Custom and function resload_GetCustom to forward a string from the CommandLine/WorkBench to the Slave (Philippe Bovier/JOTD)

14.5 (23.09.2001)

• chg: options NTSC/S and PAL/S can also be set global now
• new: SnoopOCS/S check also that no ECS/AGA bits will be set in bplcon2 (Psygore)
• new: option RestartKey/N added
• chg: stack check removed
• chg: install templates improved: better tooltype handling, install script will remember the installation directory in an environment variable and use it as default the next time

14.4 (30.07.2001)

• fix: resload_Relocate again corrected, it should work 100% reliable now and is also a bit faster under some conditions ;)
• fix: ChkBltWait on 68060 has wrongly assumed a write to bltsize on movem accesses to addresses > bltsize, that has caused wrong detections
• fix: XPK detection did not work in resload_DiskLoad/LoadFileOffset, caused problems without Preload/S
• fix: symbol hunks in resload_Relocate fixed (Codetapper)
• new: resload_ListFiles added to FileLog/S (Jeff)
• new: now FileLog/S logs the CRC16 for all read/write operations, that may be useful especially for developers to detect on bug reports different data by requesting a FileLog from the reporter

14.3 (02.06.2001)

• fix: without Preload/S LoadFileOffset/DiskLoad returning error (Philippe)
• fix: LoadFileOffset/DiskLoad was returning wrong result on failure and WHDLF_NoError wasn't set (Jeff)
• fix: now resload_*Load* functions can load files larger than 2.091.108 bytes (MrLarmer)
• new: option NoFlushMem/S added to avoid memory flush at WHDLoad startup
• fix: TDREASON_OSEMUFAIL works again (Jeff)
• fix: bug in resload_Relocate removed (MrLarmer)

14.2 (06.05.2001)

• fix: bugs in some loading resload functions removed which could WHDLoad v14.1 cause to crash under some conditions
• chg: resload_GetFileSize(Dec) added to the FileLog/S feature
• fix: resload_SaveFileOffset has written bad size if file wasn't preloaded in WHDLoad v14.1, that may corrupt existing images/game files! (thanks to Codetapper for report)

14.1 (29.04.2001)

• chg: $dff1fe (noop) is also a valid writeable custom register now (Codetapper)
• new: SP correctly rips EHB pictures now (MrLarmer)
• fix: problems with some third party keybords after exiting WHDLoad removed
• new: option TimeOut/N let WHDLoad / installed program quit after a specified time, requires cooperation of the installed program (untouched ciaa.ciatod)
• fix: problems with resload_Abort and DOS-Errors fixed (Jeff)
• new: TDREASON_FAILMSG to quit using a self defined message (MrLarmer)
• new: all write operations will now be cached in memory if possible to omit unnecessary switches to the OS, require that the file to write to is already in the file cache, to avoid this behavior the option NoWriteCache/S has been added, to completely disable this feature the option can also set in the global configuration file
• new: all data files can be compressed using XPK now, files will be decompressed on Preload/S, there must be enough free store to cache XPK files otherwise WHDLoad will quit, files can be compressed/encrypted multiple times, decrypting requires reqtools.library v38
• chg: differences in Snoop regarding ciab.prb between 68030 and 68060 removed, checks for MTR/SEL/STEP on both cpu's now (Codetapper)
• new: resload_Relocate is able to move hunks with property MEMF_CHIP or MEMF_FAST to a different memory location

14.0 (15.03.2001)

• fix: bug in Snoop* mode fixed, thanks to Codetapper for report! (the msw of D2 was trashed during copperlist-scanner, e.g. writing to cop1lc/cop2lc/dmacon)
• chg: link/unlk/pea has been added to the IST (Mr.Larmer)
• chg: more useful output on Speed.Slave if MMU is unavailable (Harry)
• new: tag WHDLTAG_LANG_GET to use with resload_Control to get the current language set in the system, uses and requires lowlevel.library to be installed
• chg: WHDLoad no longer tries to write to read-only filesystems, so games can be played also from cdrom when they will usual save highscores or similar data
• chg: install templates prepared for high-scores file, WHDLoad stack increased (Codetapper)
• fix: detection of UAE (AttnFlags) works now
• new: commands PA and NOP added for resload_Patch (Codetapper)
• chg: tool SP to save pictures from dump files: copper disassembler can be interrupted using Ctrl-C, will stop at copstop and better error handling (Codetapper/Frank)
• chg: my snail mail address has changed

13.1 (05.01.2001)

• fix: icon handling in the installer templates improved
• chg: emulation of unsupported integer instruction on 68060 supports all variations of 64-bit mul/div except addressing modes using full extension word (memory indirect/base displacement)
• fix: problems with Snoop exceptions during Switch fixed (copper list scanner could lock WHDLoad on return from OS to installed program)
• chg: WHDInfo 1.20 by Codetapper included in the developer package
• fix: better compatibility on Kickstart 2.0, no longer freezes the Workbench after exiting WHDLoad, the reason was cia.alarm values, because I don't know how to restore them to the original values WHDLoad no loger touches them, that means also there are no defined start values on entering the installed program anymore and there may be too problems on Kickstart 2.0 if the installed program writes the cia.alarm values (probably less than 5% of all games)

13.0 (21.12.2000)

• fix: debug key handling fixed (was broken when Expert was used in global config and no debug key was specified and the Slave has used a default of 0) (Jeff)
• fix: autodoc - mistakes regarding KEYTRANS and resload_GetFileSize corrected (Codetapper)
• fix: bug in WHDLoad 12.0 fixed when using NoMMU/S and memory 0..$1000 is remapped to Fast memory, WHDLoad has always quit independend of the selected button
• fix: bug removed in resload_Patch and command Skip when using a distance of 2
• fix: splash window background fixed for 16/24-bit screens
• fix: no longer 'illegal args' when using resload_SaveFile with address=0 and size=0 (Harry)
• chg: cpu cache handling reworked; new options ChipNoCache/S, BranchCache/S, SuperScalar/S and StoreBuffer/S; options can no longer overwritten by resload functions, new chapter in the documentation regarding cpu cache handling
• new: flag WHDLF_ClearMem to cause WHDLoad to simply clear BaseMem and ExpMem instead of init them with $CCCCCCCC/$DDDDDDDD (Codetapper)
• fix: Enforcer hits in keymap scan removed (Philippe Bovier)
• chg: now the color cycling screen during switch between OS and installed program will only displayed if option Expert/S is enabled (Psygore)
• fix: compatibility risk in EmulTrap removed
• chg: Snoop*/S features reworked:
• fast Snoop/S mode added, read accesses will not be verified, uses a bit faster routines on write accesses
• special features can be activated separately, new Options ChkBltWait/S, ChkBltSize/S, ChkBltHog/S, ChkColBst/S
• special features can be enabled/disabled at runtime via resload_Control 68030:
• copperlistscanner implemented
• ColBst check added - ChkBltWait uses instruction tracing now 68060: - ChkBltWait and ChkBltSize added
• copperlistscanner improved
• chg: FileLog/S reworked, uses now internal buffer to store log entries and will write them to the logfile at program end
• new: option NoFileCache/S to disable the file cache
• new: internal stack check added
• fix: bug in resload_GetFileSizeDec fixed, did not work under some conditions

12.0 (07.08.2000)

• chg: better exception handling on 68000
• new: flag WHDLF_EmulLineF to forward 'Line-F Emulator' exceptions to the handler of the installed program if the vbr is moved (requested by Bored Seal)
• new: tag WHDLTAG_KEYTRANS_GET to get a table for rawkey to ascii conversion reflecting the system keyboard configuration (requested by Codetapper) the sources:whdload/savegame.s has been adapted for that and it can be used as an example how to use this new feature
• chg: WHDLTAG_ATTNFLAGS_GET no longer returns AFF_68881 and AFF_68882 on 68040/68060 (Jeff)
• chg: DIC: retry bug on 'no disk in drive' fixed, new option 'NAME' added to specify a name for the image to create (Andreas Falkenhahn)
• fix: there could be an endless loop (including writing coredump) if a error requester could not be opened, this has been fixed
• fix: the texts contained in the install templates have been fixed for some spelling errors (thanks to Codetapper)
• new: some small improvements to SP
• chg: WHDLoad no longer terminates on Byte Writes to the audio volume registers when Snoop*/S is active, these accesses are invalid but used in many replayers and it should not be neccessary to fix them all

11.2 (04.06.2000)

• fix: the "CACR modified" check introduced in v11.0 was broken on 68020 machines, now it should work properly on all cpu's
• chg: some enhancements concerning WHDLoadGCI, reworked to compile with gcc/egcs instead sasc

11.1 (21.05.2000)

• fix: old RNC1 support in resload_Decrunch/LoadFileDecrunch fixed, was broken since version 10.4, now Moonstone works again
• chg: some minor changes in Snoop*/S on 68060

11.0 (16.04.2000)

• chg: resload_Decrunch/LoadFileDecrunch supports also the TPWM format now
• new: resload_Delta, resload_LoadKick, resload_GetFileSizeDec
• new: reworked access fault handler for the 68060, supports cia snooper, aga check and copperlist scan
• chg: many enhancements on WHDLoadGCI, multiple memory windows, bubble help, info window, termination reason
• new: new flags WHDLF_EmulChk and WHDLF_EmulPriv to forward 'Chk,Chk2 Instruction' and 'Privilege Violation' exceptions to the handler of the installed program if the vbr is moved
• new: tag WHDLTAG_BPLCON0_GET to get the system bplcon0 from the gfxbase, warning: genlock is still not supported by WHDLoad!
• new: WHDLoad now checks on each call to a resload function if the CACR has been modified, on detection the installed program will terminated

10.6 (01.03.2000)

• new: when using Snoop*/S on 68060, accesses to custom register using the SSP in predecrement or postincrement address mode will detected and appropriate requester will be displayed, such accesses must be patched to make Snoop*/S working on 68060
• fix: WHDLoad no longer quits if the SSP is equal to the end of ExpMem on calling a resload function
• chg: DIC can skip multiple tracks now

10.5 (23.01.2000)

• chg: DIC reworked, new option SKIPTRACK/K/N to one skip track (e.g. RN-Copylocks), new option PEDANTIC/S used in install scripts for better error handling documentation for DIC improved install script "DIC Install" improved
• chg: documentation and install scripts adapted for the new address of WHDLoad's WWW-Page (www.whdload.org)
• chg: the slave load routine has been improved, the slave may now contain symbol hunks and the length in the hunk header may differ from the length in the hunk itself
• chg: sources and includes reworked a bit, better support for different assemblers

10.4 (13.10.1999)

• fix: resload_SaveFileOffset was broken in 10.3, as a result some installs have crashed on saving games/highscores (thanks to MIcK for report)
• fix: WHDLoad no longer crashes if Snoop*/S will be enabled on 68040 equipped machines (thanks to Joona Palaste for report)
• fix: detection of old rnc1 format improved, now Aladdin works again (thanks to Ungi for report)
• chg: dbffix.s and keyboard.s from the src/sources/whdload directory reworked

10.3 (22.09.1999)

• fix: ws_CurrentDir in conjuction with slaves and ws_Version < 4 did not work in WHDLoad v10.2 (e.g. MegaLoMania installion slave, thanks to Ungi for report), now it works again
• chg: parts of the exception handlers rewritten, a detected Freezer will be also activated on Access Fault, Privilege Violation and Unimplemented Integer Instruction; that simplifies debugging
• chg: WHDload is overlayed now, that saves some memory at runtime and shortens the executable
• new: emulation of CMP2 for 68060 added (e.g. Overkill/Mindscape, Roots/Sanity), emulation of movep and mul32 optimized for superscalar dispatch
• chg: if option SplashDelay is set to 0 no splash-window will be displayed
• chg: docs reworked (thanks to Codetapper for doing that)
• chg: some other minor changes

10.2 (07.07.1999)

• fix: bug in cache handling removed, the cache was always off if MMU is not used by WHDLoad in versions 10.0 and 10.1 (Graham)
• chg: install template for RawDIC installes improved (Graham)
• new: partial mul64 emulation for 68060 added, supports only "muls.l dn,dn:dn" at the moment (used in Sanity-Roots)
• fix: quit key display in the splash window fixed (Graham)
• chg: extra memory (ws_ExpMem) can be specified as optional now, see autodoc for more info (Graham & John Girvin)
• new: program crc16 done by John Girvin added to the dev package

10.1 (20.06.1999)

• fix: bug in resload_SetCACR which makes it impossible to enable caches fixed, the bug has been introduced in version 10.0 (Graham)
• fix: some internal changes

10.0 (08.05.1999)

• chg: SP has got some new options
• fix: a bug in sources/whdload/stfix.s removed
• chg: resload_Relocate uses less stack now
• new: function resload_ProtectSMC to automically detect self modifying code (see autodoc)
• new: function resload_SetCPU to allow more accurate control over the cachebility of certain memory regions and to allow control over 68060 specific cpu configuration
• chg: option NoDCache has been removed (simplify cache management)
• new: function resload_Patch to handle patchlists, i'm wondering why this hasn't implemented earlier :), useful especially to patch stuff in expansion memory
• fix: whole decruncher stuff reworked, support for old rnc1-data format added, all decruncher a5/a6 save, optimized, less stack usage...
• fix: expansions memory (ws_ExpMem) is also aligned to $1000 if no MMU is available or MMU is unused by WHDLoad (Graham)
• fix: possible deadlock in the switch routine (OS<->Install) removed (Graham)
• new: information window on startup (while Preload/S) added, it shows infomations about the installed program, the Slave and the actual QuitKey, information about program and Slave are taken from an expanded Slave-structure (see include and autodoc files), if a Slave with version prior 10 is used WHDLoad displays only the name of the installed program which will be build from the name of the Slave how long the information window is displayed can be changed with the new option SplashDelay/N (information window is inspirated by Mr.Larmer on 7.7.1998, nothing gets lost here :)
• chg: include file "whdload.i" splitted into "whdload.i" which contains WHDLoad base defines and "whdmacros.i" containing optional defines and macro definitions

9.2 (15.03.1999)

• fix: 3 enforcer hits removed (Juergen Urbanek, Hubert Maier jun.), there are still some hits left to the vector table, but these are required for normal operation and cannot be removed
• fix: bug in decruncher for Imploder files fixed (Mr.Larmer), this bug was introduced in version 9.0
• chg: there are no longer distortions in gfx display and sound replay due disabled interrupts during loading from preloaded data (resload_LoadFile, LoadFileDecrunch, LoadFileOffset, DiskLoad)
• new: option NoFilter/S to disable the audio filter, can be set globally using S:WHDLoad.prefs or locally using Tooltypes (Roderick Mouthaan)
• new: program RawDIC by Graham/Oxyrone to create images from non standard floppy disks formats, it replaces Patcher as prefered tool for this task
• chg: documentation reworked

9.1 (15.02.1999)

• new: WHDLTAG_TIME_GET to get actual date and time (Mr.Larmer)
• fix: problems with some 68030 systems fixed (WHDLoad uses some special hardware features in conjunction with the MMU related operations, some hardware does not support this (Apollo A630 and Magnum MK2 are known for this), on such systems you can't enable the MMU/S option - otherwise the machine will hang) (reported by Chris Thomas, Maxim Ilyn and Jess Sosnoski)

9.0 (17.01.1999)

• chg: performance of resload_LoadFileDecrunch improved
• chg: access fault handler for 68030 rewritten:
• better performance
• cia snooper implemented
• icm and alarm will be saved and dumped
• setting overlay bit (ciaa.pra) catched
• setting motor/step (ciab.prb) catched
• bad writes to ddra/ddrb catched
• blitsize check fixed, supports all except line-mode now (ascending/descending mode, negative modulos, odd pointers and odd modulos)
• a callback function can be setup (resload_Control) which will called by WHDLoad if an Access Fault occurs, the function can modify the bad access and decide if the program should be continued or terminated, see autodoc for further infos
• fix: potgo set to input mode now, fixes right mouse button problem with ArcherMcLeanPool and JimmyWhiteSnooker (Mr.Larmer)
• new: WHDLTAG_VERSION_GET, WHDLTAG_REVISION_GET, WHDLTAG_BUILD_GET for usage with resload_Control to get the major and minor version number and the build number of WHDLoad currently running, the build number is granted to be uniq and can be used to distinguish between different sub versions (Mr.Larmer)
• new: pressing Ctrl-Amiga-Amiga will cause WHDLoad to quit, depending on machine speed this may avoid cold reboots due a not restored execbase (Graham)
• fix: Snoop works again on 68060, was broken in 8.2
• chg: the vector table is not write protected if Snoop on a 68060 is enabled
• new: option ReadDelay/N to cause WHDLoad to wait some time between reading files from disk and switching the OS off (Jeff)
• new: flag WHDLF_EmulTrapV to forward exceptions to the zero page handler if the vbr is moved (Graham)

8.2 (19.12.1998)

• chg: the vector table (VBR) is write protected now, to catch invalid to accesses to it (Mr.Larmer), requires that the MMU is used by WHDLoad, NoVBRMove is not set and no freezer is detected by WHDLoad in memory
• fix: problems with PAL and NTSC in conjunction with Picasso 96 monitor drivers fixed (Tim Kovack)

8.1 (13.12.1998)

• chg: detection of HRTmon 2.24 implemented
• fix: Access Fault in resload_Relocate removed
• new: some changes and enhancements for HRTmon 2.25
• fix: Snoop works again for 68030 machines (was broken in v8.0)
• chg: all unsaved registers after executing a resload function (D0-D1/A0-A1 as far as they don't contain a return code) will be destroyed explicit now, for compatibility reasons

8.0 (22.11.1998)

• chg: if the write offset for a resload_SaveFileOffset operation lies outside the current length of the file and therefore the file must be enlarged before writing, WHDLoad tries now to fill this area with $ee, if there is not enough memory available for this, WHDLoad falls back to the old style by using dos.SetFileSize(), with the result that the enlarged area will contain random data
• fix: deadlock in switch routine fixed which occured when lightpen has been activated (e.g. "Die Hard 2")
• fix: cia's will be completly initialized by WHDLoad now, and also better handled during switch
• chg: also disk images will be cached dynamically now
• fix: small bug in DIC removed (Mr.Larmer)
• fix: resload_LoadFileOffset accepts also parameters upto the BaseMem bound now (DarkAngel)
• new: flag WHDLF_NoKbd to allow NoVBRMove also for programs which doesn't check the keyboard from the PORTS ($68) interrupt
• new: function resload_Relocate to relocate an standard AmigaDOS executable in memory, beware: uses a lot of stack and is not tested with all hunk types, see autodoc for more details
• new: function resload_Delay to wait a specified time or a button to be pressed (time independed from PAL/NTSC display)
• new: slave can request expansion memory (fast memory) now ATTENTION: slave structure has been enlarged
• new: TDREASON_MUSTREG (DarkAngel)
• new: WHDLTAG_IOERR_GET for usage with resload_Control to check if all names have been fitted in resload_ListFiles and to distinguish a file with a size of 0 from an nonexistent file in resload_GetFileSize (Harry)
• new: option D/S for debuging, if enabled the software freezer (Hrt/TK) will be activated at the first instruction of the Slave
• new: flag WHDLF_EmulLineA to emulate Line-A opcodes if the vbr is moved
• new: function resload_DeleteFile to delete files (Mr.Larmer)
• new: program SP which can save iff pictures from the new coredump files created by WHDLoad, works for most standard picture formats (Snoop* is required of course)
• new: sources for all programs except WHDLoad included, please note that most of them are copyrighted
• chg: many internal changes, also the problems with BloodMoney and CelticLegends seems to have been solved
• fix: Restart should work reliable now
• fix: small bug in ITD removed (Harry)

7.0 (01.07.1998)

• chg: new revision scheme, version number of WHDLoad is now equal to highest possible version number for a Slave, separate build number
• new: new tag for resload_Control to setup a function to restore destroyed custom registers during switch between OS and installed program (Harry)
• chg: functions resload_LoadFileOffset, resload_SaveFile and resload_SaveFileOffset can be used with a filesize of zero now (Harry)
• chg: the functions resload_Protect#? are checking now if the protected area matches the current SSP, if it does, WHDLoad will stop and show a requester "Unacceptible Arguments", this has been build in to reduce the likelihood of a Double Bus Fault, thanks to Mr.Larmer for reporting this problem
• fix: check of workbench arguments a bit more secure now
• new: new Slave flags WHDLF_Req68020 and WHDLF_ReqAGA, new TDREASON_REQ68020 and TDREASON_REQAGA, new tag WHDLTAG_CHIPREVBITS_GET for resload_Control, to handle programs which require a MC68020 or the AGA Chip Set (Mr. Larmer)
• new: TDREASON_MUSTNTSC and TDREASON_MUSTPAL to terminate if the installed program requires a specific display which isn't enabled (Mr.Larmer)
• chg: Preload/S now collects also files from sub directories
• chg: example sources (slaves/imager) reworked to assemble with Asm-Pro v1.12 (still some problems with labels in macros, but this is a problem of AsmPro)
• new: support for additional NewIcon in Install Templates (Mr.Larmer) the following problems are known and still unsolved:
• no exit possible from BloodMoney/CelticLegends
• Nitro does hang with Preload/S enabled, use WHDLoad v0.608 or disable Preload/S to go around this

1.92 (08.06.1998)

• fix: problem with Clown'o'mania (©1989 Starbyte) does not work with WHDLoad v1.1 has been fixed, the reason was a different initialized ciaa.icr.tb bit, to fix this and future problems WHDLoad does init the CIA interrupt mask explicit now, all interrupts are disabled except the CIAA SP interrupt (used for keyboard) which is enabled. I have tried some installs and it seems to work ok, anyway it is possible that some installs may no longer work because they may expect that some interrupts are already enabled on startup - these installs must be fixed for this new WHDLoad
• new: TDREASON_OSEMUFAIL to support the OS emulation module
• chg: the message for instruction stream access faults has been corrected (Harry)
• new: option Expert/S, this option must be enabled to make core dumps using the DebugKey/K/N now, the option has been added to avoid that normal users press the wrong key by mistake (Harry)
• new: options ExecuteStartup and ExecuteCleanup to execute a command at start and at end of WHDLoad

1.1 (25.05.1998)

• fix: stack usage on resload_Decrunch and resload_LoadFileDecrunch decreased, speed of RNC1 decrunching improved a lot, its a really a good idea to patch the decrunch routine in games with resload_Decrunch if it uses RNC1 !
• new: DIC can create partial images now (option SIZE/K)
• new: WHDLoad performs now a "SetClock LOAD" at exit
• fix: some minor fixes in the gfx degrading routine
• fix: disk-dma check in os-switch modified, it switches dma off now instead of showing the white-color-cycle-bug-screen (because it's nowhere documented else: red - copper cannot switched off, blue - ints cannot switched off, green - blitter is busy but dma is off; after pressing LMB WHDLoad continues but it's undefined what will happen)
• new: new program "ITD" (ImageToDisk) to write disk images back to floppy or RAD: can format the disk, can write partial images, no verify, see documentation for more info
• fix: problems with second copperlist on reactivating os graphics
• new: blitter wait check if SnoopOCS/ECS/AGA enabled
• new: if available whdload will use reqtools.library instead intuitions requesters now, because they are screen centered and have better keyboard support
• new: with SnoopOCS/ECS/AGA all cpu used custom registers will be dumped now
• chg: tooltypes NTSC/PAL will now affect the display init routine (Intuition.OpenScreen()) therefore you need the appropriate monitor files installed
• new: functions resload_Protect#? to snoop memory accesses in various ways, very useful for developer... (requested by Mr.Larmer)
• new: function resload_LoadFileOffset which is similar to resload_DiskLoad but for files
• new: flag WHDLF_NoDivZero for ws_Flags to prevent WHDLoad from exit if a "Division by Zero" exception occurs
• chg: all resload functions has been reworked to no longer modify registers a5 and a6, this solves problems with demos/games which expect that the contens of these registers are valid also in an interrupt, for example SWIV expects a5=global-data and a6=custom-base, the only exception from this rule are the functions resload_Decrunch and resload_LoadFileDecrunch when working on rnc packed files, in this case a5 is temporarly used (it is a bit hard to rewrite the whole decrunch routines and I'm low on time of course...) in general it is a good idea if the program you like to install does'nt work with WHDLoad to check the interrupt routines, if the interrupts make assuptions similar the above (e.g a4=anything) you have to disable the interrupts before calling any resload function and reenable after
• chg: WHDLoad checks now the current stackpointer each time the Slave calls a resload function, if the SP is lower than $180 or outside the BaseMem area the program will be terminated and WHDLoad shows a requester about, this should avoid problems like destroyed vector tables or deadly double Access Faults in conjunction with an enabled Memory Protection
• chg: it is no longer required that SetPatch is executed before WHDLoad on 68040/68060 equipped machines because WHDLoad determinates the current CPU itself now
• chg: for 68060 only (68040 also??): the newer versions of 68060.library (starting v41.1) does remap the memory $0-$1000 (the first page) to a fast mem location using the MMU, this will make major problems if the option NoMMU is activated: in this case WHDLoad will not change any MMU related registers and this address translation will remain intact !!! if the installed program tries to use this area for any dma actions (e.g. a copperlist in this area) the results will be unforeseeable, because the cpu will read/write the fast-mem location and dma's the real chip-mem which contains random data !!! I don't want to disable the NoMMU option for 68040/060 machines, therefore the following has been changed: the longword at address $1000 does now contain the value -2 which is the copper instruction cend (was on address $300 in earlier WHDLoad versions), the minimum BaseMemSize has been increased to $2000. If NoMMU is selected and the above mentioned address translation is active an requester will inform the user about the existing problem.
• new: options ButtonWait/S and Custom1/K/N ... Custom5/K/N for slave specific things (requested by Harry)
• chg: WriteDelay/K/N does also affect the FileLog/S feature now, this means that after each write to the logfile WHDLoad will wait the time specified via WriteDelay/K/N to minimize the danger of filesystem corupption
• chg: install scripts has been reworked, PLEASE check them !
• chg: sources has been changed and new added, PLEASE check them !
• chg: WHDLoad is shareware now, read documention for more info

0.608 (03.09.1997)

• new: all configuration stuff rewritten, global config file see guide for more information
• chg: SURVIVERESET removed (obsolete I think)
• new: support for HRTmon 2.1 and ThrillKill 1.04 implemented (auto detect and NMI forwarding)
• new: function resload_Control to get the AttnFlags
• fix: enforcer hit in resload_SaveFile removed
• new: function resload_SaveFileOffset for partial writes
• chg: ws_DontCache works now also for preload of disk images file preload does no longer loads "(ReadMe|#?.(info|slave))" ("Disk.#[0-9]" also not as before)
• chg: better support for NTSC amigas (Raymond Earle)
• new: option PAL/S to force PAL display on NTSC amigas
• new: options Cache/S,DCache/S,NoDCache/S to allow full user control over the caches
• new: using MMU for memory protection and cache management (!!!)
• new: Quit/Debug-key management through new options QuitKey/K/N and DebugKey/K/N, every new slave should support this via the slave version 4 extensions ws_keydebug and ws_keyexit, see one of the example slave sources for an example
• chg: on whdload is writing data (resload_SaveFile) it will do a special check for RAM: now, so it is possible to use RAM: as installation destination now
• chg: macros patch and patchs optimized
• new: more sources added to the package

0.322 (25.06.1997)

• fix: sometimes whdload has quit on random keystrokes if the vbr was moved
• fix: deadlock problems in OS-Swap routine
• new: option COREDUMP to make a dump even on TDREASON_OK

0.288 (16.06.1997)

• fix: sprite dma switching off
• chg: ws_ExecInstall can be set to zero now (disables SURVIVERESET)
• new: ws_keys, whdload manages quit key self (see autodoc)
• new: whdload handles all MMU stuff, result is that whdload is now Enforcer/Cyberguard and VMM proof
• new: ** vbr shadowing ** (see autodoc) tooltype NOVBRMOVE added to disable that
• new: slave flag EmulTrap for ws_Flags
• chg: execbase changed from $ffff0000 to $f0000001 (any use of this should create an "Address Error" exception)
• chg: Data Cache is always off and cannot be enabled via resload_SetCACR
• fix: resload_FlushCache fixed for 040/060
• fix: register dump changed a lot
• new: exitcode TDREASON_WRONGVER indicating a bad program version
• chg: all registers have now a defined value at startup
• fix: filelog output fixed for data writes
• new: Patcher, FindAccess, Cmp added to the package autodoc, include and guide updated Install templates added

0.163 (02.03.1997)

• fix: better handling of trackdisk.device, headpos is flashed always now
• new: trackdisk errors as text instead numbers
• new: whdload option NOAUTOVEC (see whdload.guide)

0.147 (31.01.1997)

• fix: on slave load failed, we were in an endless loop
• new: function resload_CRC16 implemented

0.143 (07.01.1997)

• fix: restart point changed, that slave will be reloaded (static vars)
• new: status of cia timers added to register dump
• new: cia timer handling improved
• fix: ISP/MSP highlighting on user-mode
• chg: file cache changed, resload_GetFileSize from cache, resload_SaveFile to cache, now ws_DontCache is nearly obsolete
• chg: Preload/S changed, caches now automatically diskimages and files, independent from WHDLF_Disk
• fix: resload_SaveFile checks now for disk validation and free space to avoid deadlocks
• fix: file loading from cache has always copied one byte to much
• fix: WRITEDELAY parsing on CLI-start
• new: resload_DiskLoadDev for install slaves (see autodoc)
• chg: better error detection on slave-whdload interface
• chg: Macros in whdload.i improved

0.88 (24.11.1996)

• file logging implemented
• register dump improved
• dump file names changed (now PROGDIR:.whdl_#?)
• on TDREASON_DEBUG sr and pc now taken from primary/secondary result
• InstallBB added to the package

0.41 (05.09.1996)

• first public release