Aquarius+ Emulator & Firmware V1.0
NOTE: If you have problems running the Windows emulator, please install the latest Microsoft VC redistributable.
If you're using the AQMS core, please update your SD card with the updated version. The protocol to the ESP32 has slightly changed and needs an updated core.
Emulator/Firmware
- plusBASIC v0.23k (Release notes)
Firmware
- Settings program (ESP:SETTINGS) has been replaced with a display overlay menu
- press CTRL-TAB to toggle display overlay
- navigate menu with:
- ESC: go back
- Enter: enter menu
- Up/Down: change item
- Left/Right: change value
- Completely rewritten WiFi and Bluetooth subsystems.
- Support for remembering multiple WiFi networks
- Support for multiple Bluetooth LE devices
- Keyboard
- Mouse
- Gamepads (only Xbox controllers tested)
- Overlay menu can be navigated using the gamepad as well. Toggle the overlay using the Guide button (the big X button that lights up)
- Support for systems without physical Z80 CPU (Aquarius+ mini vZ)
- Support for higher CPU speeds when using Z80 core in FPGA (set external Z80 to off in menu).
- Custom keyboard to hand controller mappings with support for loading/saving presets.
- Custom gamepad to hand controller mappings with support for loading/saving presets.
- Custom gamepad to keyboard mappings with support for loading/saving presets.
- Option to automatically bypass the start screen after a few seconds (press any key during this time to stop the bypass) .