The ZX Spectrum Simulator, also known as zxsp, is a software application that emulates the functionality of a ZX Spectrum computer. It allows users to run games and programs written for the ZX Spectrum on modern operating systems.
If you are a fan of the historic ZX Spectrum home computer family, then you will definitely love zxsp - a simulator designed specifically for this machine. The software works perfectly on Mac OS X, but you can also find versions for MacOS classic and Linux with varying feature sets. With zxsp, you can easily load and save files of different formats including ".sna" and ".z80" snapshot files, ".tap" tape files, ".tzx", ".rom", ".ass" and ".scr" files. The sound is simply amazing, and you can enjoy precise screen and border effects, as well as joysticks and virtual tape recorders.
zxsp also allows you to load from and save to a built-in virtual tape recorder or a real-world cassette recorder, or even to a real-world Specci. It can even duplicate real-world cassette tapes to '.tap' files or vice versa! In addition, zxsp supports ZX Spectrum models with 16kB ram, 48kB ram, the +128, and the +2. If you find that the simulation does not match the original, you are welcome to contact the creators for further improvement.
The software comes with a debugger which includes register edit for the main chips, a video beam position indicator, single stepper and memory disassembly. You can also throttle down the machine to 1 Hz or overdrive it to 20 MHz cpu clock. With zxsp, you can directly load Z80 assembler sources or use zasm for assembling. The built-in assembler is a spawn of zxsp, so you may want to look into the zasm documentation anyway.
Some key features of "zxsp" include support for ZX Spectrum 16k through ZX Spectrum +2A, multiple instances, and breakpoints for exec, read or write access. Additionally, you can enjoy a video beam position indicator, load assembler source files, and edit Z80, Ula/Mmu and AY-3-8912 registers. Overall, zxsp is a fantastic simulator for any fan of the ZX Spectrum home computer family.
zxsp also allows you to load from and save to a built-in virtual tape recorder or a real-world cassette recorder, or even to a real-world Specci. It can even duplicate real-world cassette tapes to '.tap' files or vice versa! In addition, zxsp supports ZX Spectrum models with 16kB ram, 48kB ram, the +128, and the +2. If you find that the simulation does not match the original, you are welcome to contact the creators for further improvement.
The software comes with a debugger which includes register edit for the main chips, a video beam position indicator, single stepper and memory disassembly. You can also throttle down the machine to 1 Hz or overdrive it to 20 MHz cpu clock. With zxsp, you can directly load Z80 assembler sources or use zasm for assembling. The built-in assembler is a spawn of zxsp, so you may want to look into the zasm documentation anyway.
Some key features of "zxsp" include support for ZX Spectrum 16k through ZX Spectrum +2A, multiple instances, and breakpoints for exec, read or write access. Additionally, you can enjoy a video beam position indicator, load assembler source files, and edit Z80, Ula/Mmu and AY-3-8912 registers. Overall, zxsp is a fantastic simulator for any fan of the ZX Spectrum home computer family.
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