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This page last updated on 20 May 1999
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3 emulators listed:
[Hob]
[JASPER]
[Spectrum Emulator for Java]
- Emulates 48K Spectrum.
- Loads optionally gzipped .SNA and .Z80 snapshots.
- Saves?
- No real tape support.
- Runs on any Java 1.1 system.
- Slow.
- Freeware.
- Now emulates contended memory, the R register, hi-resolution colour effects and the undocumented flags, at least partially
- No sound.
- Now has Java plug-in support, and a new user interface for v0.9.0.
- Available from the Hob home page
or the mirror.
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- Emulates 48K Spectrum.
- Loads .Z80 and .SNA files using PgUp or LOAD "snapshot name".
- Saves .Z80 and .SNA files using PgDn if you have downloaded the class archive.
- No real tape support.
- Runs on any Java system.
- Slow. V1.1 has been improved speedwise and has smaller class files so will download quicker.
- Freeware.
- Good points - well, it's a nice achievement and very portable but that's about it really!
- So slow... though hardly the author's fault.
- There is a downloadable class archive so snapshots can be
saved and the emulator used without being online. Source also available.
- Available from the JASPER home page.
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- Emulates 48K Spectrum.
- Loads .SNA files.
- Saves .SNA files.
- No real tape support.
- Requires a Java SDK (a web browser will not do!) such as Symantec's JIT 2.0, 8Mb RAM, and a 'fast' computer.
- Apparently almost full Spectrum speed on a P133 with 32Mb RAM running Symantec JIT 2.0 in Win95.
- Freeware.
- Frame skip and instruction store options (the latter stores
emulated instructions to greatly improve performance when they are
needed again, though this causes games with self-modifying code to
fail). Includes a nice-looking debugger with breakpoints, single
stepping, etc.
- Not runnable in a web browser's Java VM.
- Source code available; no longer being updated.
- Available from Spectrum Emulator for Java home page.
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