(MESS) a7800.xml: added earlier revision of Winter Games, with 
thanks to Trebor for pointing me to this 3 years old dump :) nw
(MESS) misc generic cartslot conversions. while at it, I have added
experimental eprom writing to the beta.c driver (pending more accurate
tests). nw.
(MESS) timex.c: added software list for DOCK carts. [Fabio Priuli]
(MESS) gba.c: fixed Top Gun - Combat Zones cart type, making the
game playable. [Reznor007]
s6.c : sound improved, 2 games marked as working (Scorpion, Laser Ball)
more debug notes (nw)
before I forget (nw)
s6.c : Gorgar Speaks!
Gorgar, Blackout marked as working.
s6a.c : fixed sound. Algar and Alien Poker marked as working.
peplus.c: Minor update - NW

Set the French 32K IP0xxx poker games to the nonplus init. Explain in the header of the source file under Initialization : Method 3 about the secondary door that needs to be closed to play. Also made Joker Poker sets clones of the lowest numbered Joker Poker and did the same for the Standard Draw sets.
peplus.c: Forgot to make one a clone - nw
(mess) pc9801: make sasi partially work (nw)
scsi: sync rest of lines with input buffer (nw)
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The 9801f will read the hdd but appears to not like disks without 256 byte sectors.
The ux and rs don't even attempt to access the sasi controller and seem to have no driver in their firmwares, are they supposed to have an external rom?
(MESS) concept: Preliminary implementations of the original and buffered floppy disk controllers. [R. Belmont]
fix Clang compile (nw)
snesb: Set up dip switches for Gundam Wing. [stephh]
initialize ier register to stop interrupts randomly being generated before reset, fixes portfolio booting (nw)
(MESS) portfolio: only trigger interrupts when the 8250 asserts the line, not when it clears it. [smf]
(MESS) floppy.c: fixed disks not being launched if loaded 
from softlist through File Manager. [Fabio Priuli]

out of whatsnew: until we support writing changes to diff, it is 
also safer to treat disks in softlists as read-only :)
s7.c : cleanup
(MESS) consolidation + cleanup, part1. nw.