Spectemu – emulator of the original 48k ZX Spectrum

Spectemu emulates the 48k ZX Spectrum, which uses the Z80 microprocessor.

It emulates the Z80 processor as well as the 48k Spectrum’s other hardware: keyboard, screen, sound, tape I/O. The emulation is very close to the real thing, but it is still quite fast (It was reported to be working well on a laptop with 486 at 25Mhz!).

It can run on a Linux console, or in an X11 window.

Features include:

• Quite fast because of assembly code in emulation.
• X Support with MITSHM on a local display.
• Console graphics support with Linux Svgalib.
• Sound support (with Open Sound System and SUN sound driver).
• Snapshot saving and loading (.Z80 and .SNA format).
• Tape emulation: loading from tape files (.TAP and .TZX format).
• Optional quick loading of tapes.
• Savings to tape files.
• Separate utility to save tape files to real tape.
• “Animated” keyboard picture.
• Configuration with config files and from the command line.

Website: sourceforge.net/projects/spectemu
Support:
Developer: Miklos Szeredi
License: GNU General Public License v2.0

Spectemu is written in Assembly and C. Learn Assembly with our recommended free books and free tutorials. Learn C with our recommended free books and free tutorials.

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