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post	86Box v3.3	Release for March 2022, unifying user interfaces.	richardg867	/assets/images/v3.3/hero.png

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This is the March 2022 update to 86Box, bringing overall bugfixes and some new hardware. As always, you can download 86Box v3.3 from GitHub.

This release also brings a major change to the Windows version: it now uses the same Qt user interface as the Linux and (future - don't worry, we're still working on it) macOS versions. As previously stated in the [v3.2 post]({% post_url 2022-02-16-86box-v3-2 %}#now-with-linux), this new interface should look and feel just like the old Windows one, though there are some minor changes.

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Changelog

Emulator

• Added OpenGL 3.0 Core renderer to Linux, bringing shader support which was left out of v3.2
• Added Unix domain socket API to support future managers on Linux
• Added preliminary Haiku host support (currently source code only, no builds available) for the adventurous types out there
• Fixed application and system crashes when emulating MMX-capable CPUs on ARM hosts
• Changed audio back-end to XAudio2 on Windows and FAudio on Linux in an attempt to fix sound issues on some hosts

User interface

• Added ability to choose the hard disk image type from the file selector
• Fixed mouse capture activating on Linux if no mouse is emulated
• Fixed mouse capture staying enabled when the 86Box window loses focus
• Fixed PCap host network adapter list not being enabled immediately on Linux
• Fixed CD-ROM speed resetting to an invalid 0x on Linux
• Fixed 86F floppy image creation on Linux
• Fixed joystick options window title and size on Linux
• Fixed some untranslated strings on Linux
• Changed Windows version over to the Qt user interface
• Updated translation: Finnish

Machines

• Added Compaq Deskpro 386, the first 386-based PC
• Added Vendex HeadStart Turbo 888-XT XT clone
• Added Z-NIX PC-1600 XT clone

Hardware

• Display
  • Added Video Magic (ET4000/W32p) PCI and VLB video cards
  • Fixed 24-bit color glitches on ATI Mach64 cards
  • Fixed Pinball Illusions SVGA mode scrolling on S3 cards
• Sound
  • Added C-Media CMI8338 and CMI8738 PCI sound cards
  • Added Crystal CS4235 ISA Plug and Play sound card
  • Added MT-32 LCD message display on Windows hosts through the new user interface
  • Added MIDI input option to on-board Ensoniq AudioPCI chips
  • Added missing audio playback formats to the Crystal CS4236B
  • Fixed crash when starting a VIA VT82C686A/B southbridge machine with the Crystal CS4236B
• Storage
  • Added Corel LS-2000 (53C400) ISA SCSI card
  • Added Western Digital WD1004 ISA MFM and RLL controler cards
  • Fixed edge case where hard disks may be incorrectly detected as ATAPI by some operating systems
  • Fixed buffer underrun on Longshine, Rancho and Trantor SCSI cards
• Other
  • Added Microsoft RAMCard and SystemCard ISA memory expansion cards

Known issues

• The Generic ESC/P Dot-Matrix printer may fail to work on some Windows hosts with a FreeType error on startup
• The new Compaq Deskpro 386 may fail to boot for some users
• Mouse movement through Remote Desktop on Windows hosts is extremely erratic
• The emulated screen's size may be off by one pixel on some hosts, especially on HiDPI displays with HiDPI scaling disabled