1.6.6

Formatting/unformatting

• Improved transparency of formatting/unformatting processes by listing actions being done with the disk,
• fixed registering of bad sectors in FAT when formatting cylinders.

Dumping

• added warning on data over index,
• added hexa-preview of bad data to Sector read error resolution dialog,
• added new information to final report,
• not finding a sector has now the highest priority in error detection.

KryoFlux and Stream files

• added cursor position indicators to flux Scatter Plot and Histogram charts,
• added "Advanced" and "Preservation" counts of revolutions to the Settings dialog,
• added RIDE signature to Stream files,
• fixed navigation to the first significant verification difference, rather then just the first difference,
• fixed recognition of double-distanced Stream files,
• fixed precompensation determination,
• fixed attempting to read a track after head calibration,
• fixed "Save as" command (for IPF, CT-RAW, Streams, and the device itself),
• disabled settings that don't make sense for Unknown DOS.

Internal FDD

• improved and fixed latency determination,
• fixed name in dump report,
• disabled settings that don't make sense for Unknown DOS.

Other

• added toolbar with miscellaneos commands,
• improved app recency reporting,
• fixed recognition of known image extensions,
• fixed thread synchronization in Track Map tab,
• fixed extraction of MS-DOS long name if containing sector is bad,
• minor GUI improvements.

1.6.5-VK

KryoFlux and Stream files

• fixed modified document as "dirty,"
• fixed access to non-existent revolution,
• fixed double-track distance when creating Stream files,
• fixed recognition of Stream files created using Greaseweazle,
• fixed interactivity in Track Editor,
• fixed working with sectors without DAM,
• improved speed of writing,
• improved robustness of Stream file naming (e.g. some users omitted the cylinder information in the pattern, preventing them from creating their Streams - RIDE now recognizes and solves such error).

Internal FDD

• improved latency determination, now examining track 39 instead of 0,
• added maintaining of several revolutions of the same sector, e.g. for their comparison in hexa-browser.

Disk Hexa-browser

• fixed displaying of non-existent revolution,
• fixed deadlock when content not available,
• improved response time,
• improved shortcuts,
• added reporting of progress in status-bar.

Dumping

• fixed adoption of Gap 3 from already formatted healthy track,
• fixed writing of partially formatted raw image,
• fixed conversion of physical address to track number,
• added time measurement,
• added new warnings to final report.

All Spectrum DOSes

• fixed closing of tape,
• fixed application of address base for Screen$'s,
• added command to turn Screen$ flashing on and off,
• added command to save current Screen$ as non-flashing bitmap.

Others

• minor GUI and synchronization improvements.

1.6.4.1

Internal FDC

• fixed resetting of data transfer speed,
• fixed iterating over revolutions in Disk → Dump.

1.6.4

Internal FDC

• added optional calibration for unknown bad sectors (e.g. usually systematic copy-protection),
• fixed Options dialog (sometimes caused app crash),
• fixed recognition of 3.5" and 5.25" media by factoring in the index distance,
• fixed warning sign next to undetermined latencies.

KryoFlux

• added optional calibration for unknown bad sectors (e.g. usually systematic copy-protection),
• improved synchronization with other parts of the app,
• fixed recognition of 3.5" and 5.25" media by factoring in the index distance,
• fixed rounding of floating-point numbers when compiled against legacy MFC 4.2 (these GitHub builds) - e.g. (int)1.51 is really not expected to be 2!
• fixed verification.

Dumping (Disk → Dump)

• added help topic on creation of KryoFlux Stream files (and other devices added in the future),
• added warning on missing sectors in official geometry,
• improved responsiveness,
• fixed logic (nonexistent sector can't be accepted, only excluded from the track),
• fixed initialization of selected MRU device from the drop-down list,
• fixed iteration over non-dirty revolutions.

Track Viewer

• improved responsiveness,
• improved Scatter plot (menu, visuals, speed-up),
• fixed diff of revolutions (by adopting Google implementation of E.Myers's algoritm),
• fixed inspection window buffer overrun for Mark Ogden's decoder,
• fixed Disk → Open as command.

Others

• added variable begin of Screen$ data in ZX Spectrum derivates,
• added information on capabilities of the Track Map tab; also improved responsiveness of its context menu,
• added context menu when no particular item is selected in File Manager,
• fixed visuals of PropertyGrid under Linux Wine,
• fixed and speeded-up hexa-browsing of disk (Disk → Browse); also fixed shortcuts,
• fixed working with corrupted MS-DOS directory.

1.6.3

Track viewer

• added traversal over revolutions for particular bit under cursor,
• fixed navigation between and visualization of fuzzy regions,
• fixed zooming at cursor position,
• fixed drawing of inspection windows,
• improved system of shortcuts.

Disk dumping

• added manual disk head calibration during dumping,
• improved and speeded up Full Track Analysis,
• improved dump reporting (cylinder range, app, version, some new warnings),
• fixed dialog.

ZX Spectrum

• added tape header browsing in hexa mode (File Manger → Directory → Browse in hexa mode),
• added commands to selectively show pixels and attributes in Screen$ preview,
• fixed DPI scaling of GKFM icons,
• fixed display of REM content as Z80 machine code,
• fixed working with bad or missing directory sectors (all Spectrum DOSes),
• fixed closing of the Z80 machine code preview when owning tape is being closed,
• fixed working with file import information (tape).

General

• added toolbar button to print a webpage (e.g. dump report),
• added context menu for items in the File Manager tab,
• added command to open disk without DOS (just blank sectors, via Disk → Open without DOS),
• added support for taskbar button progress indication in Windows 7 and newer,
• fixed determination of MS-DOS volume label,
• fixed concurrent access to the disk in Track Map tab,
• other minor fixes and improvements.

1.6.2

Stabilization:

• fixed memory management in CAPS-based containers,
• fixed infinite loop in track full analysis (Disk → Dump),
• fixed recognition of MS-DOS disks,
• fixed crash if KryoFlux device not connected when wanting to work with it,
• fixed working with duplicated ID fields on internal FDD,
• fixed medium recognition for images that maintain track timing,
• fixed reading of data over index,
• fixed iterating over revolutions during a dump,
• fixed working with unrecognized media formats,
• fixed modalness of some dialogs.

Usability:

• improved caching of tracks in Sector hexa-browser tab,
• improved concurrency in Sector hexa-browser tab (now more responsive),
• fixed remembering of scroll position in hexa-editors,
• fixed some messages,
• added deduction of side numbers during dump (so no need to set them manually for raw sector images, e.g. IMA),
• fixed navigation to particular sector or track,
• listing of Z80 instructions in Spectrum-based DOSes can now be re-based to custom origin (where possible).

1.6.1.1

• fixed scrolling in hexa-editor using mouse wheel,
• fixed working with duplicated sector ID fields on internal FDD (Issue #9),
• fixed propagation of app recency into the introductory guidepost.

1.6.1

TrackEditor

• added detection and display of non-formatted areas, data in gaps, and fuzzy bits,
• added display of data Bytes (good, bad, and in-gaps),
• added evaluation of inspection windows (thresholding to OK/Bad),
• improved zooming in/out,
• fixed drawing.

Track Map

• added context menu with commands to browse track/sector contents.

Disk dumping

• added optional full track analysis (searching for non-formatted areas, data in gaps, and fuzzy bits),
• improved final report (now informing about results of the aforementioned full track analysis).

Hexa-editor

• improved speed of drawing,
• fixed scrolling,
• fixed deletion of data that aren't there (cosmetic).

Spectrum DOSes

• added missing MRU tapes support to BS-DOS, GDOS, and TR-DOS,
• fixed opening of SCL images if no TR-DOS in recognition sequence,
• fixed overwriting of DOS settings by MRU tape list,
• fixed ignoring of sector side numbers by TR-DOS.

Other

• added manual settings of unstructured raw images (*.IMA, *.IMG, etc.),
• improved action dialogs ("What to do now?"),
• fixed saving of modified unstructured raw images (*.IMA, *.IMG, etc.),
• fixed working with multi-revolution tracks in IPF and CT-Raw images,
• fixed Myers' diff algorithm implementation,
• fixed reporting on missing boot sector in the Boot Sector tab.

1.6 "TNK"

• ADDED READ AND WRITE SUPPORT FOR KRYOFLUX!

Track Viewer

• added copy/pasting of current time, thus facilitating navigation in timeline,
• added Scatter Plot and Histogram views,
• fixed drawing,
• other minor fixes.

MDOS

• improved UX of George K's File Manager settings dialog,
• added Byte hexa-display of GKFM "About" icon in PropertyGrid, allowing for editation and import of the icon,
• added management of GKFM "About" icon.

Other

• added forward search to all hexa-editor instances,
• added command to pause/resume disk scanning when browsing a disk in hexa mode (Disk → Browse sectors),
• improved saving of containers, now in parallel thread to not freeze the app while hard working,
• improved the Dump to destination dialog and procedure,
• improved the FDD access options dialog to set up work with internal floppy drive,
• improved PropertyGrid (in Boot sector tab),
• fixed TDI crash.

And finally,

• updated FAQs (Help → FAQs).

1.5.6

Minor improvements, suggested by users, in

• Real devices dialog (now maintains last used drive and allows selecting it by a double-click),
• New image dialog (now allows selection of a container by double-clicking on it, and doesn't show a warning of missing CAPS library),
• DOS Recognition dialog (now paints fonts correctly on high-DPI screens),
• Open/Save file dialogs (now hints to the hyperlink at the bottom that leads to working with real devices),
• Access internal floppy drive (now eventually shows a warning sign next to the Double track distance checkbox),
• Spectrum line editor (now supports numeric pad keys),
• Tabbed-Document-Interface improvements.

Others

• fixed determination of Gap3 for already formatted floppy,
• fixed determination if a 5.25" floppy has 40 or 80 cylinders,
• improved drawing in Track Viewer (accessible from Track Map tab for IPF and CT-RAW images),
• added information on a new version of RIDE in its introductory guidepost.