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7 emulators listed:
[MacSpeccy]
[Mac Spectacle]
[PowerSpectrum]
[zxsp]
[zxsp OS X]
[ZX Spectrum]
[Mac Fuse]
| MacSpeccy v1.1 (Danny Keogan) | |
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| Emulates | 48K Spectrum |
| Files recognised | Loads .SNA and probably .Z80 snapshots |
| Tape support | ? |
| Disk support | None? |
| Requirements | Needs 68040 |
| Performance | Appears to be extremely slow. |
| Notes | Freeware? Allows copying of Spectrum screen to clipboard. No flash attribute emulation. The oldest emulator for the Mac. |
| Availability | Available from World of Spectrum. |
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| Mac Spectacle v1.9.7 (Günter Woigk aka kio) | |
| Emulates | 48K/128K/+2 Spectrum, joystick (type?). |
| Files recognised | Loads and saves .SNA and .Z80 snapshots, .SCR and .PICT screens and .ROM files. Loads .TAP tapefiles. |
| Tape support | No real tape support; but there is a program called ZX-Loader to enable the use of PowerSpectrum's facilities for this. |
| Disk support | ? |
| Requirements | Needs MacOS 7.0 or higher, Color QuickDraw and at least a 68020 CPU or a PowerMAC. Works with MacOS 8.5. |
| Performance | Read Speccy speed on 68020/33 or above. |
| Notes | BSD-ish license. Single/double/quadruple sized window, all monitor depths (2 and 4 bit slow). High-res screen & border effects. Background or exclusive execution. Better emulation than other emulators for the Mac - so more games run on this one than the others. Has had support for version 3 .z80 files since v1.8.8. Is the only Spectrum emulator for the Macintosh which emulates scanlines correctly. Variable emulation speeds, up to 'unlimited' are available. Also includes a virtual tape-recorder that allows cassette images to copied between two 'tapes' Multiple versions are available, including a binary distribution, a v1.9.2 source package (with or without debugging code), and a modified version developed by Alain G. Delannoy that includes ZX Printer emulation. The author is now working on zxsp instead of this emulator. |
| Availability | Available from the author's Spectrum pages. |
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| PowerSpectrum v1.0 (Bo Lindbergh) | |
| Emulates | 48K Spectrum, Kempston joystick. |
| Files recognised | Loads and saves .SNA snapshots. |
| Tape support | Can load and save via the Macintosh audio connectors. Using MacOS 9, it is possible to load directly from an audio CD via the CD-ROM drive, or to sample from CD using Speech System III. |
| Disk support | None. |
| Requirements | Requires a PowerMac, won't run on a 680x0 machine. |
| Performance | Runs at true Spectrum speed. |
| Notes | Freeware? 1x1, 2x2, 3x3, and 4x4 screen emulation. Has perfect sound. Supports all undocumented Z80 instructions. |
| Availability | Available from World of Spectrum. |
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| zxsp 0.5.40a Alpha (Günter Woigk aka kio) | |
| Emulates | 16K, 48K, 128K and +2 Spectrums. |
| Files recognised | Loads .SNA and .Z80 snapshots, .TAP tap files, .SCR screenshots and .ROM rom images. Saves .Z80, .SNA, .ROM, .SCR and .PICT files. |
| Tape support | According to the author, "Real tape support currently only for output". |
| Disk support | None. |
| Requirements | Requires 68020/30/40 or PowerPC. |
| Performance | Runs at true Spectrum speed. |
| Notes | Currently emulates all original Sinclair hardware up to the +2, with support for several "clones", the Jupiter Ace, ZX80 and ZX81 planned in future versions; ZXSP Mac is already ZX Spectrum SE 'aware'. This version runs at 'exact speed' only and includes a virtual tape-recorder that allows cassette images to copied between two 'tapes' A non-alpha version (v0.1.8) is also available, as is a Linux port. |
| Availability | Available from the author's Spectrum pages. |
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| zxsp OS X 0.5.40a Alpha (Günter Woigk aka kio) | |
| Emulates | 16K, 48K, 128K and +2 Spectrums. |
| Files recognised | Loads .SNA and .Z80 snapshots, .TAP tap files, .SCR screenshots and .ROM rom images. Saves .Z80, .SNA, .ROM, .SCR and .PICT files. |
| Tape support | According to the author, "Real tape support currently only for output". |
| Disk support | None. |
| Requirements | MacOS X. |
| Performance | Runs at true Spectrum speed. |
| Notes | Currently emulates all original Sinclair hardware up to the +2, with support for several "clones", the Jupiter Ace, ZX80 and ZX81 planned in future versions; ZXSP Mac is already ZX Spectrum SE 'aware'. This version runs at 'exact speed' only and includes a virtual tape-recorder that allows cassette images to copied between two 'tapes' A non-alpha version (v0.1.8) is also available, as is a Linux port. |
| Availability | Available from the author's Spectrum pages. |
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| ZX Spectrum 1.0.0 Beta f (Lorenzo José Ayuda Serrano) | |
| Emulates | 48K Spectrum. |
| Files recognised | Loads .SNA and .SP snapshots. No saving. |
| Tape support | None? |
| Disk support | None. |
| Requirements | "Nothing special needed" |
| Performance | Much faster than MacSpectacle. |
| Notes | Shareware: $20 or 2000 pesetas. Dragging snapshots onto the main application icon will fix the snap type. No sound or saving or documentation and is fixed at one window size. Also, opening a new snap opens a new window, which can be annoying. Thanks to Chris Young for the above details. |
| Availability | Available from World of Spectrum. |
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| Mac Fuse v0.6.0.1 (Fredrick Meunier, Philip Kendall and others) | |
| Emulates | 16K, 48K, 128K, +2, +2a, +3 Spectrums, Timex TC2048, TC2068, Pentagon 128. |
| Files recognised | Loads .TZX, .TAP, .SNA, .Z80, .SCL, .DCK .TRD and .DSK files. Saves .TZX, .Z80, .TRD and .DSK files. Also supports the .RZX format. |
| Tape support | None. |
| Disk support | None. |
| Requirements | MacOS X. |
| Performance | ? |
| Notes | Originally developed for Unix. This version also includes support for Warajevo .tap files, real joysticks and many Mac-specific bug fixes. |
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