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jamie_tickner
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 Posted: Sun Oct 18, 2009 10:34 pm Post subject: A spectrum emu? |
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Hi all, am new here so be nice!!
Anyway, I was reminiscing about my old spectrum that I got when I was 6yr old (I am now 26)
Does a spectrum emu exist for linux? Or if not is there anyway I can get a prog on linux that will let me write progs using the spectrum's Basic language? I must have been born a geek as I was making text adventures and other programs on a spectrum from age 8!!
Any suggestions will be appreciated! |
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johnhudson
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| Welcome - I haven't spotted a Spectrum emu for Linux; I think the nearest you would get would be the Amstrad CPC if you want to run programs from that era on Linux. |
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M-Saunders
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There are a few for Linux/UNIX -- one of the better ones is FUSE:
http://fuse-emulator.sourceforge.net
And there's also Spectemu. Enjoy! I have very fond memories of the Speccy days, and a few months ago I got the Zeus assembler running in an emulator for some machine code tomfoolery. (I wish the Speccy had an in-built assembler like the Acorn Electron.)
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Bazza
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| Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2009 2:38 pm Post subject: |
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Hi Mike et al...
> I have very fond memories of the Speccy days, and a
> few months ago I got the Zeus assembler running in
> an emulator for some machine code tomfoolery. (I wish
> the Speccy had an in-built assembler like the Acorn
> Electron.)
Me too. I still have all of mine...
I actually liked the Spectrum BASIC, simple yet quite
powerful and AFAIAC idiot proof.
And with that "RANDOMISE USR <address>" command
with the M/C code inside the first REM statement; kewl...
I wrote a testcard program to set up TVs in BASIC with
extra graphics inside the border using M/C code in the
above format; sadly it only worked on the 48K versions
due to the critical timings involved.
The board itself could still have many uses today; maybe
call it the "Spectrum Dev Board"... ;o)
On board Video, Audio, I/O ports and a crude modem of
sorts plus 48K of user programmable RAM, plus........
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guy
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Location: Worcestershire
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| Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 10:54 am Post subject: |
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| Bazza wrote: | | I actually liked the Spectrum BASIC, simple yet quite powerful and AFAIAC idiot proof. |
Same here. Even better was SAM BASIC on the SAM Coupé, a later development of the Speccy from Miles Gordon Technology (MGT). SAM BASIC was a superset of Sinclair BASIC with various neat extras including procedures, more conditionals, and new graphics commands.
The best emulator on Linux is probably SimCoupé.
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