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=== Multiplatform ===
=== Multiplatform ===
'''[[Fuse]]''' (Free Unix Spectrum Emulator) by Philip Kendall.
'''[[Fuse]]''' (Free Unix Spectrum Emulator) by Philip Kendall.
* [http://fuse-emulator.sourceforge.net/ fuse homepage].
* Despite the name, also runs on non-Unix systems including Windows and Mac OS X.
* Despite the name, has been ported to non-Unix systems including Windows and OS X.
* [http://fuse-emulator.sourceforge.net/ Fuse homepage].
* [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-1.1.1-win32-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-1.1.1.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]
* [ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/emulators/unix/fuse-1.1.1.tar.gz Fuse source code], [ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/emulators/unix/libspectrum-1.1.1.tar.gz libspectrum source code], [ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/emulators/unix/fuse-utils-1.1.1.tar.gz fuse-utils source code]; both Fuse and fuse-utils require libspectrum, but fuse-utils is optional.  Your vendor/distribution may have a packaged version; the [http://fuse-emulator.sourceforge.net/ Fuse home page] has links to some unofficial packages.
'''[[JSpeccy]]''' by José Luis Sánchez.  Written in Java.
'''[[JSpeccy]]''' by José Luis Sánchez.  Written in Java.
* [http://jspeccy.speccy.org/ JSpeccy Homepage]
* [http://jspeccy.speccy.org/ JSpeccy Homepage]
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'''[[Spiffy]]''' by [[User:Edward|Edward Cree]].
'''[[Spiffy]]''' by [[User:Edward|Edward Cree]].
* [https://github.com/ec429/spiffy Spiffy repository]
* [https://github.com/ec429/spiffy Spiffy repository]
* Available as source, and binaries for Linux and Windows; can also be compiled on OS X.
* Available as source, and binaries for Linux, Windows and Mac OS X.
** Windows binaries are built by [[User:Guesser|Guesser]].
** Windows binaries are built by [[User:Guesser|Guesser]].



Revision as of 21:31, 6 April 2014

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.

JSpeccy by José Luis Sánchez. Written in Java.

Spiffy by Edward Cree.

  • Spiffy repository
  • Available as source, and binaries for Linux, Windows and Mac OS X.
    • Windows binaries are built by Guesser.

Windows

SpecEmu by Mark Woodmass. Freeware.

  • Runs on anything from 95 onwards.
  • No longer under active development.
  • [1]

Zero by Arjun Nair. Freeware.

ZX Spin by Paul Dunn. Freeware.

BASin by Paul Dunn. Not strictly an emulator, but a Spectrum BASIC Development environment.

Spectaculator by Jonathan Needle. Shareware.

Spud by Richard Chandler. Freeware

RealSpectrum by Ramsoft.

  • Originally DOS-based, runs on XP and older.
  • No longer officially available.