Version 3.6.2 - 8-Jul-2025:

• Fixed crash when status line too long.

Version 3.6.1 - 16-Jun-2025:

• Fixed "progress spinner" so that it is now enabled by default for WebMite.

Version 3.6.0 - 1-Jun-2025:

• Added status line.
  • Having the status line "scroll" off the top of the display and then
    redrawing it (instead of having the text scroll beneath it) is a
    deliberate choice for performance reasons rather than a bug.
• Added *FONT [SMALL | MEDIUM] meta-command.
  • KNOWN BUG: using *FONT SMALL on the Colour Maximite 2 causes the prompt
    to "glitch" in a way I have been unable to reproduce in a small example.
• Added '--shell' command-line option which if used will cause Z-MIM to
  RUN the program specified in the "/.mmbasic-shell" file when it exits.
• Changed code to use SELECT CASE rather than IF .. THEN .. ELSEIF ..
  constructs.
  • This should slightly improve performance.
• Changed transpiled versions of Z-MIM to remove comments and unnecessary
  whitespace.
  • This should slightly improve performance.
• Changed code to no longer use _ as a variable name as this was incompatible
  with the new PicoMite line-continuation feature.
• Removed '--platform' command-line flag.
  • This was specifically for MMB4L and as of MMB4L v0.8 is no longer
    required due to enhancements to the RUN command.
• Fixed *status meta-command to display time instead of score for
  "time games" such as "Deadline".
• Fixed bug where cursor colour was always white rather than using the
  display foreground colour.
• Fixed debug help text for displays <= 40 characters wide.
• Fixed formatting of stored values when using interactive debugger.

Version 3.6.1 - 16-Jun-2025:

• Fixed "progress spinner" so that it is now enabled by default for WebMite.

Version 3.6.0 - 1-Jun-2025:

• Added status line.
  • Having the status line "scroll" off the top of the display and then
    redrawing it (instead of having the text scroll beneath it) is a
    deliberate choice for performance reasons rather than a bug.
• Added *FONT [SMALL | MEDIUM] meta-command.
  • KNOWN BUG: using *FONT SMALL on the Colour Maximite 2 causes the prompt
    to "glitch" in a way I have been unable to reproduce in a small example.
• Added '--shell' command-line option which if used will cause Z-MIM to
  RUN the program specified in the "/.mmbasic-shell" file when it exits.
• Changed code to use SELECT CASE rather than IF .. THEN .. ELSEIF ..
  constructs.
  • This should slightly improve performance.
• Changed transpiled versions of Z-MIM to remove comments and unnecessary
  whitespace.
  • This should slightly improve performance.
• Changed code to no longer use _ as a variable name as this was incompatible
  with the new PicoMite line-continuation feature.
• Removed '--platform' command-line flag.
  • This was specifically for MMB4L and as of MMB4L v0.8 is no longer
    required due to enhancements to the RUN command.
• Fixed *status meta-command to display time instead of score for
  "time games" such as "Deadline".
• Fixed bug where cursor colour was always white rather than using the
  display foreground colour.
• Fixed debug help text for displays <= 40 characters wide.
• Fixed formatting of stored values when using interactive debugger.

Version 3.6.0 - 1-Jun-2025:

• Added status line.
  • Having the status line "scroll" off the top of the display and then
    redrawing it (instead of having the text scroll beneath it) is a
    deliberate choice for performance reasons rather than a bug.
• Added *FONT [SMALL | MEDIUM] meta-command.
  • KNOWN BUG: using *FONT SMALL on the Colour Maximite 2 causes the prompt
    to "glitch" in a way I have been unable to reproduce in a small example.
• Added '--shell' command-line option which if used will cause Z-MIM to
  RUN the program specified in the "/.mmbasic-shell" file when it exits.
• Changed code to use SELECT CASE rather than IF .. THEN .. ELSEIF ..
  constructs.
  • This should slightly improve performance.
• Changed transpiled versions of Z-MIM to remove comments and unnecessary
  whitespace.
  • This should slightly improve performance.
• Changed code to no longer use _ as a variable name as this was incompatible
  with the new PicoMite line-continuation feature.
• Removed '--platform' command-line flag.
  • This was specifically for MMB4L and as of MMB4L v0.8 is no longer
    required due to enhancements to the RUN command.
• Fixed *status meta-command to display time instead of score for
  "time games" such as "Deadline".
• Fixed bug where cursor colour was always white rather than using the
  display foreground colour.
• Fixed debug help text for displays <= 40 characters wide.
• Fixed formatting of stored values when using interactive debugger.

Version 3.5.0 - 1-May-2025:

• Added support for new platforms:
  • MMBasic for Linux.
  • MMBasic for Windows.
  • PicoMiteVGA and PicoMiteHDMI including USB versions.
  • PicoCalc (third party PicoMite variant).
  • Note that due to RAM limitations a "virtual memory" implementation is
    used when running on PicoMite RP2040 platforms making them slower.
• Added command history to the prompt.
  • This is accessed via the Up & Down cursor keys.
  • Under the hood the console support has been replaced with the more
    advanced version that I developed for the "Scott Adams Adventure
    Interpreter" (SAAINT).
• Added *MORE [ON | OFF] meta-command to enable/disable paged output.
• Added *RECORD [ON | OFF] and *REPLAY [ON | OFF] meta-commands for recording
  and replaying scripts.
  • Script files recorded by previous versions are now invalid.
• Added *SCREENSHOT meta-command for generating .bmp screen-shots.
  • Not currently supported when running from the MMBasic for Linux console.
• Added *SPIN [ON | OFF] meta-command to enable/disable display of spinning
  cursor when Z-MIM is "thinking". The spinning cursor is enabled by default
  on PicoMite platforms.
• Removed Colour Maximite 1 support; it was much too slow on the CMM1 to be
  playable and in any case that platform is now long superseded by the CMM2
  and PicoMite.

Latest optimised Colour Maximite 2 version executes at ~800 z-machine instructions per second.

Also includes a Colour Maximite 1 version, but that only executes at ~30 Z-machine instructions per second making it virtually unplayable.

This release contains an initial CMM1 version of ZMIM that is far too slow to be playable. Releasing to the crowd on TBS for suggestions as to how to optimise.

Second beta

First beta