1. Implement new method to open pop-up windows that schedules pop-up opens through a queue, delaying between opens, and retrying with longer delays when the opens fail. This is to satisfy new restrictions on pop-ups introduced in Apple Safari 11.0, even when the browser is configured to enable pop-ups.
2. Remove the Application Cache facility. This API has been deprecated and will be removed from browsers.
3. Implement improved setCallback() asynchronous timing mechanism with a new Promise-based approach developed for the retro-220 emulator.
4. Correct Processor memory access logic to avoid causing an Invalid Address interrupt in Control State.
5. Correct Processor Exit Character Mode (XX00) by implementing it separately from Word Mode exits.
6. Implement separate jump mechanisms for Word and Character Mode to correct edge-case errors.
7. Make slight correction to clock counting in singlePrecisionAdd.
8. Fix bug in double-clicking the "stacker" of the card punch to extract its contents.
9. Disable I/O descriptor word count in IOUnit for card reader/punch operations; remove extraneous blank card between card-load programs from the COLDSTART-XIII.card and COOLSTART-XIII.card decks that was previously required to prevent "eating" the second program's boot card.
10. Remove extraneous whitespace from B5500FramePaper used for most text-only windows and frames.
11. Compute HPT disk latency based on current timestamp rather than a random number.
12. Correct top-of-form handling in B5500LinePrinter.
13. Correct annimation of tape reel in B5500MagTapeDrive.
14. Replace the emulator's custom bindMethod() utility routine with Function.bind().
15. Replace the emulator's custom DOM className utility routines by DOM classList methods.
16. Add P1 S and F register values to the internal tape dump caption; improve the dump tape's label records.
17. Give the annunciators on the ConsolePanel a dark gray presence when they are not lit.
18. Correct the method to "focus" the ConsolePanel window after the SPO initializes and becomes ready.
19. Clean up line delimiters in source and make consistent for Windows systems.
1. Implement KEY IN DECK button for B5500CardReader to allow entry of ad-hoc card images.
2. Reduce default height of SPO and LinePrinter windows.
3. Clean up function definitions in B5500MagTapeDrive tape loader sub-window and unregister event handlers when sub-window closes.
1. Implement new single-precision add/subtract routine that more closely follows the real B5500 logic.
2. Implement tests/B5500SPMathTest.html testbed to exercise the new add/subtract implementation.
3. Implement new way to focus the ConsolePanel window after the SPO becomes ready during initialization.
4. Add "?db=" parameter to tools/B5500DeleteStorageDB.html to specify the disk storage data base name.
5. Implement "Execute Single" button in B5500SyllableDebugger to preserve the T register when testing a single syllable.
6. Implement "octize" and "pic*" function in B5500Util to support tests/B5500SPMathTest.html.
7. Commit minor changes to webSite index page and GitHub README.md.
Commit version 1.03b:
1. Remove initial window open/close (to destroy any existing windows) from Console, I/O device classes, and configuration utilities.
2. Commit Mark XV MESAGE/CANDE file for reconstructed SYSTEM tape, donated by Rich Cornwell.
Commit version 1.03a:
1. Correct character translation for even-parity tape operations.
2. Implement normal tape space operation for tape maintenance space operation (temporary solution to fix problem with Mark XV tape parity recovery -- Mark XIII did not issue maintenance space I/Os).
3. Modify B5500MagTapeDrive to report EOF+parity when attempting to ready beyond the end of the internal tape image (previously reported only parity error).
4. Restate B5500Processor delay deviation and processor slack time average calculations and increase the alpha for the running exponential averages to smooth out the reporting on the B5500ConsolePanel.
5. Improve delay timing calculation for B5500CardPunch, B5500CardReader. and B5500LinePrinter.
1. Split operator Control Panel from B5500Console and make it a small, separate window.
2. Implement emulator home page in what remains of B5500Console page, with Start buttons for emulator.
3. Implement improvements to setCallback() mechanism, copied from Datatron 205 project.
4. Increase scrollback for SPO and Datacom windows from 1500 to 5000 lines.
5. Correct application of green-bar styling in B5500LinePrinter (apparent in Chrome).
6. Improve initial positioning of Magnetic Tape unit windows; add "B" to mag tape reel image.
7. Minor optimizations to bit-field isolate/insert routines in CentralControl.
8. Miscellaneous enhancements to UI appearance.
9. Minor changes to hosting website pages.
1. Implement new system and disk subsystem configuration mechanism.
2. Implement initial Mark-XIII Cold Start card deck for use with new configuration interfaces.
3. Deprecate use of B5500ColdLoader.html script (replaced by new configuration mechanism and Cold Start deck), but correct and enhance IndexedDB database detection, creation, and deletion in it.
4. Implement "Application Cache" support to allow emulator to run off-line in a browser.
5. Implement web-font support and update all UIs to use DejaVu Sans and DejaVu Sans Mono from downloaded .woff or .ttf font files.
6. Rework some code in Processor OPDC, DESC, and indexDescriptor routines, attempting to resolve Flag Bit errors (issue #23). This appears to result in some improvement, but we still see them occasionally under load.
7. Line Printer:
- Implement new line printer driver with more realistic UI and operator controls.
- Implement Algol Glyphs option to render special Algol characters in Unicode.
- Implement support for optional "greenbar" shading on the "paper".
8. SPO:
- Redesign SPO driver to accept input from a text <input> element instead of capturing keystrokes directly from the window or "paper" <iframe>. This was done to allow input from tablet and mobile devices that will not pop up a keyboard unless an input-like element has the focus.
- Implement Unicode Algol Glyphs support on output.
- Intelligently resize "paper" area when SPO window is resized.
- Accept "_" as a substitute for "~" as end-of-message on input.
9. Card Punch:
- Implement Unicode Algol Glyphs support on output.
- Implement stacker-full annunciators in UI.
10. Card Reader:
- Implement Unicode Algol Glyphs support on input.
- Accept "_" as a substitute for "~" on input.
11. Disk:
- Adapt B5500DiskUnit driver to new configuration mechanism.
- Implement support for Model-IB (slow) disk and non-DFX disk storage configurations; support up to 20 EUs.
- Implement check for DKA readiness in cc.load() if not doing card-load-select.
12. Datacom:
- Rework datacom driver keystroke handling for compatibility with Google Chrome.
- Correct typo (line 437) in B5500DatacomUnit reported by Peter Grootswagers (issue #28).
13. Magnetic Tape:
- Implement more granular tape reel animation in B5500MagTapeDrive.
- Open the tape loader window on top of its device window.
14. Correct color of NOT READY lamps in peripheral device UIs; convert <progress> bars to <meter> elements.
15. More intelligently resize peripheral UI controls when their window is resized.
16. Implement lamp test during power-on in B5500Console.
17. Illuminate NOT READY light on Console at power-on if certain minimum configuration requirements are not met.
18. Set all HTML <meta> Content-Type character sets to UTF-8 (were ISO-8859-1); correct problem with FireFox requiring the character set to be specified within the first 1024 characters of an HTML file.
19. Clean up and refactor CSS style sheets
20. Split Javascript code out from B5500Console.html to new B5500Console.js.
21. Refactor common UI routines into webUI\B5500Util.js.
22. Move images and fonts to new webUI/resources directory; rearrange files in webUI/tool, tools, tests, source directories of repo.
23. Make significant wiki updates to document the new features in this release.
2. Fully implement Double Precision Add/Subtract (DLA/DLS), Multiply (DLM), and Divide (DLD) syllables.
3. Replace standard setTimeout() by redesigned setCallback() mechanism throughout the emulator for scheduling timing delays and other callbacks on the Javascript thread. Delete obsolete setImmediate() mechanism.
4. Replace "new Date().getTime()" by "performance.now()" calls for greater timer precision.
5. Minor tweaks to Single Precision arithmetic operators.
6. Replace Javascript postfix operators by prefix operators wherever feasible (e.g., x++ becomes ++x).
8. Attempt to correct character translation and keyboard filtering in DatacomUnit for CANDE.
9. Minor changes to button colors and illumination behavior for I/O devices and Console.
10. Suppress I/O device classes in B5500SyllableDebugger by default (uncomment in source to enable).
. Drop support for webkitIndexedDB and mozIndexedDB (for now).
. Configure four tape drives (MTA-MTD) by default.
1. Fix zero-length datacom message read in IOUnit.
2. Insert additional delay at end-of-message for B5500DatacomUnit.
3. Fix minor behavioral problems in B5500MagTapeDrive.
4. Minor wiki corrections and enhancements.
1. Initial implementation of a datacom terminal.
2. Initial implementation (read-only) of magnetic tape drives.
3. Further work towards getting P2 to function (but not working yet).
4. Allow device driver classes to be optionally included in the global UI script.
5. Fix callback arguments handling in SetCallback.
6. Decrease width of SPO window slightly.
7. Improve trapping and printing of SPO keystrokes, based on datacom implementation.
8. Minor performance tuning improvements.
9. Dump raw header words in octal in tools/B5500DiskDirList.html script.
10. New wiki pages and several updates to existing ones.
2. Fix normalization and rounding problems in Processor.
3. Fix Card-Load-Select -- emulator now boots from cards.
4. Commit LDCNTRL label and end cards to source CONTROL.DECK.job
5. Delete unused activeIOUnit property in all I/O drivers.
6. Change CardReader to reset file selector control when hopper becomes empty, instead of when START button is clicked.
7. Minor adjustments to CentralControl annunciator layout and behavior on Console.
8. Increase SPO paper scroll-back to 1500 lines (was 500).
9. Correct Card-Load-Select behavior in SyllableDebugger.
10. Implement setCallback() to replace setImmediate() in SyllableDebugger.
2. Implement new setCallback() mechanism to wrap setTimeout() and setImmediate().
2. Minor change to P2 management; remove context-bound callbacks.
3. Reduce window size and font size for peripheral UIs.
4. Implement <label> for file names on ColdLoader Load table.
5. Correct placement and color of buttons on Console and SPO.
6. Minor wiki updates for UI changes.
7. Rework SPO implementation to eliminate ".that" properties, implement setCallback(), and fix long-standing bugs that caused flaky operation.
2. Debug Processor for multi-processor operation (not working yet).
3. Further refinements to Processor.schedule() and throttling management.
4. Correct Processor fetch of Initiate Control Word for IP1 and IP2.
5. Enable second Disk File Control Unit (DKB) -- works.
6. Fix minor P1 bug in cc.clearInterrupt().
7. Reset file selector control in B5500CardReader to allow same deck to be reloaded under Google Chrome.
8. Fix (finally) creation of SYSTEM/LOG and DIRCTRY/DISK in B5500ColdLoader.
9. Implement tools/B5500DiskDirFixer.html and tools/B5500DiskSystemLogFixer.html utilities to correct bad directory entries due to improper log creation in B5500ColdLoader.
10. Correct tools/LOG-MAKER.job to create SYSTEM/LOG on systems that do not have one.
11. Do not output zero-length lines (mem inhibit) with zero spacing in B5500DummyPrinter.
12. Implement separate setTimeout() tokens for input and output in B5500SPOUnit.
13. Additional de-anonymization of functions.
2. Inhibit peripheral device windows from being closed while emulator is active.
3. Shut down peripheral devices and close their windows as part of cc.powerOff().
4. Add shut-down code to peripheral drivers.
5. Ensure SPO is ready in cc.load().
6. Enable emulator version display on B5500Console.
7. Clear DummyPrinter window when it is double-clicked (finally got this working).
8. Fix problem with "/" not accepted by SPO input in Google Chrome.
9. Commit ESPOL binary card loader image.
10. Fix problem with intensity levels in B5500Console NORMAL/CONTROL lights.
11. Attempt to enable emulator and utilities for Safari-style IndexedDB.
2. Implement differential read vs. write memory cycle timing (2us vs 4us).
3. Implement setImmediate() instead of SetTimeout() for I/O forking in IOUnit.
4. Time I/Os from initiation in IOUnit instead of peripheral device driver.
5. Accumulate Control and Normal state clocks separately for use in UI displays.
6. Rework Processor.schedule() delay management for use with setImmediate()
7. Accumulate average processor delay delta for use in UI displays.
8. Enable third I/O unit and all eight memory modules in B5500SystemConfiguration.
9. Clone B5500LibMaintDir.html from B5500LibMaintMapper.html to list files on a tape image.
10. Implement multiple-file selection in B5500CardReader; fix markup for Firefox 22.
11. Implement more granular Control/Normal State light intensity and PA Delay delta in B5500Console.
12. Attempt (again) to fix creation of SYSTEM/LOG file in B5500ColdLoader.
13. Create tools/LOG-MAKER.job deck to create SYSTEM/LOG on a running emulator instance.
2. Change time-slicing algorithm in Processor and implement Denicola's setImmediate() shim.
3. Find and fix normalization/rounding bugs in Processor.singlePrecisionAdd and .singlePrecisionMultiply.
4. Rework Processor.doublePrecisionAdd, but it's still not right.
5. Move read interval timer details from Processor to CentralControl.
6. Implement more centralized process halt in CentralControl and Processor.
7. CardReader:
a. Fix bug when adding decks to input hopper if previous deck did not end with a line delimiter.
b. Allow "?" characters as valid if not in column 1.
c. "Upgrade" from 800 to 1400 cards/minute.
8. DummyLinePrinter:
a. Attempt to implement double-click as a way to clear the output window (but doesn't work yet).
b. "Upgrade" from 800 to 1040 lines per minute (B329 model).
9. SPOUnit:
a. Tweak paper scrolling behavior.
b. Rework handling of ESC/BS/Enter keys; allow Input Request while SPO is busy with output.
10. Set AUTOPRNT option by default in B5500ColdLoader.
2. Implement interrupt and device status latching in B5500CentralControl to support better UI display.
3. Implement B5500CardPunch device.
4. Implement preliminary and experimental B5500DummyPrinter device; correct printer I/O initiation in IOUnit.
5. Correct the way that Printer Finished interrupts are handled in IOUnit and CentralControl.
6. Implement Card Load Select in B5500Console and B5500SyllableDebugger.
7. Fix lack of presence-bit detection in return ops for returned values.
8. Redesign B5500CardReader UI to show last two cards read; change method of emptying the input hopper.
9. Set CHECK option and rework SYSTEM/LOG initialization in B5500ColdLoader.html.
10. Centralize system memory cycle time setting; change from 6us to 4us memory cycle time.
11. Increase Processor timeslice to 16ms and rework Processor.schedule() internals for more accurate performance throttling in browsers with poor setTimeout() granularity.
12. Reduce Processor syllable overhead from 2 cycles to 1.
13. Change B5500SPOUnit method of output to "paper" to work better in Google Chrome.
14. Make documentation and debugging enhancements in B5500IOUnit.
15. Release initial test website HTML and Unisys license PDF.
16. Commit Mark XVI DCMCP transcription as of 2013-06-21.
