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A more complete list can be found at [http://www.worldofspectrum.org/emulators.html WoS]; many of the links here point to the WoS FTP archive. | A more complete list can be found at [http://www.worldofspectrum.org/emulators.html WoS]; many of the links here point to the WoS FTP archive. | ||
=== Multiplatform === | === Multiplatform === | ||
'''[ | '''[[Fuse]]''' (Free Unix Spectrum Emulator) by Philip Kendall. Very accurate. | ||
* [http://fuse-emulator.sourceforge.net/ fuse homepage]. | |||
* Despite the name, has been ported to non-Unix systems including Windows and OS X. | * Despite the name, has been ported to non-Unix systems including Windows and OS X. | ||
* [ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/emulators/unix/fuse-1.0.0.1.tar.gz Fuse for Unix], [ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/emulators/unix/libspectrum-1.0.0.tar.gz libspectrum], [ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/emulators/unix/fuse-utils-1.0.0.tar.gz fuse-utils]; all three are required. Your vendor/distribution may have a packaged version; the [http://fuse-emulator.sourceforge.net/ Fuse home page] has links to some unofficial packages. | * [ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/emulators/unix/fuse-1.0.0.1.tar.gz Fuse for Unix], [ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/emulators/unix/libspectrum-1.0.0.tar.gz libspectrum], [ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/emulators/unix/fuse-utils-1.0.0.tar.gz fuse-utils]; all three are required. Your vendor/distribution may have a packaged version; the [http://fuse-emulator.sourceforge.net/ Fuse home page] has links to some unofficial packages. | ||
* [ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/emulators/pc/windows/fuse-1.0.0.1-setup.exe Fuse for Windows] | * [ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/emulators/pc/windows/fuse-1.0.0.1-setup.exe Fuse for Windows] | ||
* [ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/emulators/mac/osx/FuseForMacOSX-1.0.0.zip Fuse for Mac OS X] | * [ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/emulators/mac/osx/FuseForMacOSX-1.0.0.zip Fuse for Mac OS X] | ||
'''[ | '''[[JSpeccy]]''' by José Luis Sánchez. Written in Java. | ||
* [http://jspeccy.speccy.org/ JSpeccy Homepage] | |||
* [ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/emulators/java/JSpeccy.jar JSpeccy] | * [ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/emulators/java/JSpeccy.jar JSpeccy] | ||
=== Windows === | === Windows === | ||
'''[[ZX Spin]]''' by Paul Dunn. A popular choice which supports a wide range of hardware including addons such as the [[ZX Spectrum 64 Colour Mode|ULAplus]]. | '''[[ZX Spin]]''' by Paul Dunn. A popular choice which supports a wide range of hardware including addons such as the [[ZX Spectrum 64 Colour Mode|ULAplus]]. | ||
Revision as of 10:34, 25 March 2011
An emulator is a program which reproduces the behaviour of one computing platform while running on another.
There are a wide variety of emulators for Sinclair machines.
List of emulators
A more complete list can be found at WoS; many of the links here point to the WoS FTP archive.
Multiplatform
Fuse (Free Unix Spectrum Emulator) by Philip Kendall. Very accurate.
- fuse homepage.
- Despite the name, has been ported to non-Unix systems including Windows and OS X.
- Fuse for Unix, libspectrum, fuse-utils; all three are required. Your vendor/distribution may have a packaged version; the Fuse home page has links to some unofficial packages.
- Fuse for Windows
- Fuse for Mac OS X
JSpeccy by José Luis Sánchez. Written in Java.
Windows
ZX Spin by Paul Dunn. A popular choice which supports a wide range of hardware including addons such as the ULAplus.
- Runs on anything from 95 onwards.
- No longer under active development.
- Last stable version
- Experimental version with ULAplus support
BASin by Paul Dunn. Not strictly an emulator, but a Spectrum BASIC Development environment.
- No longer under active development.
- Last stable version
- Experimental version with ULAplus support
Spectaculator by Jonathan Needle. Distributed as a shareware trial version; the full version costs 20GBP. Reputedly very accurate and complete.
- Runs on XP and up (older versions for 9x onwards exist).
- Spectaculator home page
Spud by Richard Chandler.
RealSpectrum by Ramsoft. Claimed to have complete accuracy, but we now know that was wishful thinking at best.
- Originally DOS-based, runs on XP and older.
- No longer under active development.
- Disappeared from the web when Ramsoft left the scene in a huff; copies are still floating around...