Last Updated on: 11th January 2024, 05:16 pm
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Category: Machine Emulators
Platform: Linux, BSD, Windows
License: GNU GPL
Interface: GUI
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First release: 1994
z81 – a Sinclair ZX81 (aka TS1000) emulator. The ZX80 can also be emulated. There are actually two versions – z81 (for svgalib), and xz81 (for X). Also included are zx81get (a ZX81 tape reader), and saverom (a program to save the ROM from a ZX81).
The ZX81 is also known as Timex TS1000.
It supports the pseudo-hi-res mode, overscanned modes, the ZX Printer, and both VSYNC-based and AY-3-891x-based sound. It saves and loads programs in Xtender’s .P format, but should also be able to load .81 format files.
`xz81′ is a version of `z81′ for X. It should work on non-Linux systems, though it probably needs a relatively modern Unix box. xz81 should work on most displays – depths of 1/4/8/15/16/24/32-bit are supported, though 4-bit is currently untested.
In addition to the emulators, z81 comes with `zx81get’, a (Linux-specific) program to transfer programs from ZX81 tapes using a soundcard (or more precisely, via /dev/dsp). Loading from ZX81 tapes is no easier than it ever was, but it seems to work fairly well.
z81 uses the Z80 emulator from Ian Collier’s `xz80′.
Z80 emulation and much X code from `xz80′, copyright (C) 1994 Ian Collier.
ZX81/ZX80 support and svgalib front-end (C) 1995-2004 Russell Marks.
The project ended in 2004.