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AdvanceCAB Version 1.1.4 2003/07

• Upgraded at the SVGALIB 1.9.17 library with all the patches from AdvanceMAME 0.71.0.

AdvanceCAB Version 1.1.3 2002/11

• Fixed the abort bug for the SVGALIB Rage 128/Radeon video boards and probably others.

AdvanceCAB Version 1.1.2 2002/11

• The VIDEOW utility now correctly detects the current bytes per scanline.
• Updated the Windows SVGAWIN.SYS driver to the 1.1 version.
• Fixed a slowdown bug on the SVGALIB video board detection.
• Fixed a bug on the DOS/Windows SVGALIB Radeon driver. It should help with the video modes at lower frequency generally used in Arcade Monitors and TVs.
• Minor changes at the docs.
• Better error reporting on the DOS/Windows SVGALIB drivers.
• The VIDEOW utility now uses the `device_video' to force a specific video driver.

AdvanceCAB Version 1.1.1 2002/11

• Added the ADVV utility for Windows NT/2000/XP.
• Added a new option at the VIDEOW utility to enable the hardware mouse pointer.
• Added a new option at the VIDEOW utility to change the scanline size.

AdvanceCAB Version 1.1.0 2002/11

• Added the VIDEOWIN utility. It's able to set an arbitrary modeline in Windows NT/2000/XP. It supports all the most recent boards.

AdvanceCAB Version 1.0.0 2002/10

• Added the VBE32 utility. It's a new 32 bit VBE BIOS which supports all the new video boards.

AdvanceCAB Version 0.11.2 2002/07

• Recompiled the `advv' utility with the new VGA and SVGA video drivers.

AdvanceCAB Version 0.11.1 2002/01

• Recompiled the `advv' utility with lower optimizations and for the 386 processor.

AdvanceCAB Version 0.11.0 2002/01

• Changed the configuration file format as AdvanceMAME 0.56.2.
• Some file renaming.
• Minor fix at the command /r of the video utility.

AdvanceCAB Version 0.10.2 2001/10

• Only the `mv.exe' program updated.

AdvanceCAB Version 0.10.1 2001/10

• Minor bugfix.

AdvanceCAB Version 0.10 2001/09

• The `vbeline_driver' option is now correctly read.

AdvanceCAB Version 0.9 2001/09

• The same modelines changes of AdvanceMAME 0.53.
• Added support for the Voodoo5 board.
• Added the -r option at the `video' utility to reset the video board using the reset BIOS function.

AdvanceCAB Version 0.8 2001/03

• Corrected the default `vgaline' modes in the file standard.cfg, extended.cfg and medium.cfg.
• Solved some problems on the vga/vbe/video utilities.
• The vbe utility is now tested in Windows 98 SE with a S3 board.

AdvanceCAB Version 0.7 2001/02

• The `video' utility now clear the screen before loading a PCX image.
• The modeline utility can now generate an arbitrary mode from the command line. Example "modeline /svga60 384x224".

AdvanceCAB Version 0.6 2001/01

• Added the `contrib/bootlogo' utility by Robert Palmqvist.
• Cursor shape now setup correctly by the `vga' utility.
• Solved the command line problems loading the utilities in the config.sys. Now all the options are case insensitive.
• Added the new utility `modeline'. All the `mv' modelines are now computed with this utility.

AdvanceCAB Version 0.5 2000/11

• AdvanceVBE/VGA now named AdvanceCAB.
• Other utilities `portio' and `off' moved to AdvanceCAB.
• Added support for Trident cards using the new video driver of VSyncMAME written by Saka. Use the "vbeline_driver=vbe3" option to revert to the old behavior.
• Some registers wasting corrected in the `vga' and `vbe' utility.
• Corrected the ModeX change in the `vga' utility.
• WARNING! Changed the command line options. Now if you call these utility without options a short help screen is printed. You must update all the batch files!
• Added `sys' support at the utilities `vga' and `portio'. You can load them directly in the `config.sys' as a `device'. These version can't be unloaded.
• Added in the `vga' utility an option to disable the video output of other programs.
• Added a new utility `video' to enable and disable the hardware video output, load images, or set an arbitrary video mode.

AdvanceVBE/VGA Version 0.4 2000/10

• Changed the mode number of the mode 1024x768 16 bit to follow the VESA 1.2 standard.

AdvanceVBE/VGA Version 0.3 2000/09

• Source maintenance.

AdvanceVBE/VGA Version 0.2 2000/08

• Saved all the 32 bit registers in the int 10h call (this should solve some problems).
• Added a private stack (this should solve A LOT of problems).
• Increased the max number of modelines to 64.
• Added the `vga' utility (preliminary).
• Added support for the vga text mode 01h (40x25), this may be used as default text mode for Arcade 25 kHz monitors.

AdvanceVBE/VGA Version 0.1 2000/08

• Started the AdvanceVBE project.