UNZ v0.5 L20 (FM-Towns)

[Retroplay]

Finally an updated UNZ version.

http://members.at.infoseek.co.jp/townsemu/

V0.5 L20(24/1/2010)
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- Major improvements in CD-DA access under Windows2000 or later
- Removed ASPI use under Windows2000 or later
- Fixed statusbar under Windows Vista
- Temporally disabled volume controls under Windows Vista
- Improved mouse handling
- Added horizontal and vertical sensitivity settings in mouse move
- Process priority is now selectable
- Added custom window size
- Added VM monitor windows
- Fixed sprite drawing
- Implemented interval timer 2
- Some speed and functionality improvements in CPU emulation
and various small fixes

[Retro-Nerd]

Nice update. Sadly Shadow of the Beast (black graphic glitch) is still not fixed.

[TCD]

Thanks for the info Retroplay Guess it's a good enough reason to give UNZ another look.

[Ian]

I tried it, but I have no idea how it's supposed to work so I just ended up staring at the startup screen randomly clicking on stuff to no avail.

Anyone want to do a quick how to?

[Retroplay]

V0.5 L30(13/3/2010)
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- Vertical frequency is now selectable in full screen mode
- Fixed VM monitor menu item in full screen mode
- Key input is now ignored when UNZ is minimized
- Improved again mouse handling
- Right shift key is now working under Windows Vista or later
- Fixed CD-DA pause and resume
- Fixed CD controller status value
- Fixed CD-DA repeat
- Fixed implementation of 'Capture CD' in menu
- Fixed a bug that caused gfx glitches in FMR compatible screen mode
- Fixed screen rendering with hardware stretching
- Added auto fire feature for TOWNS-pad buttons
- Added i486 instructions to recompiler
- Changed initial value of PCM channel volume
- Changed CPU clock upper limit up to 200MHz
and various small fixes

Shadow of the Beast still has graphics glitches.

[laffer]

Originally Posted by Retro-Nerd

Nice update. Sadly Shadow of the Beast (black graphic glitch) is still not fixed.

Damn, that was the first thing that came to mind for me.

[Retroplay]

Sorry for necromancing such an old thread, but...

Has anybody had any luck using this on 64-bit Windows ?
The main problem is, it requires ASPI drivers for CD and Virtual CD drives, and ASPI isn't really a thing these days, at least not on modern 64-bit Windows versions.

Too bad UNZ development stopped.

[Edit]
Oops, ASPI isn't needed, still it doesn't work with WinCDEmu.

[Belgarath]

You don't need aspi for UNZ, the latest (last?) version I have is 0.5 L30
I just use it in conjunction with daemon tools and tell UNZ to use D: (my virtual drive).

[Retro-Nerd]

Yep, Belg is right. Older games works better with DaemonTools. WinCDEmu probably emulates IDE drives only.

[Retroplay]

Daemon Tools.. not sure I want to install that again.
Last time I checked newer versions were riddled with crapware.

It also looks like DT isn't free anymore like it used to be.
Oh well.. no cake for me.

[Retro-Nerd]

DaemonTools Lite is ok, bit advertising but free.

[Retroplay]

Yeah, just saw that.
Does anybody know which was the last DT Lite version without the adware/malware crap ?

[Belgarath]

Yeh, I use the lite version. I do remember installing a version a few years back which annoyed the hell out of me and I uninstalled it and swore never to use it again, but obviously eventually I did and it generally doesn't annoy me and just sits in the tray doing what it's meant to do.

[DamienD]

Originally Posted by Retroplay

Too bad UNZ development stopped.

Agreed, it is a real shame

...and as others have said, install Daemon Tools Lite

[Belgarath]

The old (good) versions don't work happily with windows 10

[Retroplay]

I tried Virtual Clone drive but that doesn't work with bin/cue images.
As for DT Lite, I simply refuse to install anything riddled with adware.

Oh well, one can hope MAME gets better FM Towns support one of these days.
I tried Chase HQ yesterday, it starts but has some problems and for whatever reason it locks up MAME, hitting Esc to quit back to menu doesn't work.

[DamienD]

Originally Posted by Retroplay

As for DT Lite, I simply refuse to install anything riddled with adware.

Ok, let me check one of my external HDDs which should have numerous older versions downloaded.

These work fine on Windows 7, but if you're on Windows 10 then no guarantee.

[DamienD]

Ok, in The Zone! you will find an archive which contains:

... DAEMON TOOLS V4.09.1 X86
... DAEMON TOOLS LITE V4.12.0
... DAEMON TOOLS LITE V4.35.6

Let me know via PM once you've downloaded and I'll delete from The Zone!

[Retroplay]

Exactly, I finally got 10 LTSC up and running the way I want it to.
You know, good old quicklaunch in taskbar (not that stacked crap), classic XP start menu, old photoviewer, acting/running like my dear old Win7 did and I really don't feel like screwing it up now that everything works as it should.
Just setting everything up is a chore, OOTB, 10 is a messy nightmare..
But... that's another story and very OT...

[edit]
Thanks, got 'em from the zone.

[DamienD]

Originally Posted by Retroplay

Exactly, I finally got 10 LTSC up and running the way I want it to.
You know, good old quicklaunch in taskbar (not that stacked crap), classic XP start menu, old photoviewer, acting/running like my dear old Win7 did and I really don't feel like screwing it up now that everything works as it should.
Just setting everything up is a chore, OOTB, 10 is a messy nightmare..
But... that's another story and very OT...

Another reason why I won't go to Windows 10 on my personal laptop and stick with Windows 7... I don't need M$ support

Anyway, image up your final setup / installed apps / configurations as they are now.

Afterwards you can play around with messy apps; and if stuff goes wrong then just re-image if removing cleanly fails

Originally Posted by Retroplay

[edit]
Thanks, got 'em from the zone.

Ok, now removed