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   Message 1,616 of 4,328   
   Chris "xc8" to Andreas Kohlbach   
   Re: Sinclair Spectrum emulator on a Comm   
   19 Mar 16 06:17:26   
   
   here you are:   
      
   https://www.mediafire.com/folder/99o151nral4eb/C64   
      
   2x emulators , in fact IIRC just BASIC programs can run there    
      
   cheers   
      
   chris   
      
   On Friday, 18 March 2016 20:28:41 UTC, Andreas Kohlbach  wrote:   
   > I was reading a British game magazine from June 1984 (is available as PDF   
   > on archive.org - if anyone cares I can try to find the download address)   
   > where an article says:   
   >    
   > | Video Vault International are bringing out the Commodore Emulator for   
   > | £12.95. Once loaded into your machine, it emulates the Sinclair   
   > | operating system and allows you to run your favourite Sinclair   
   > | games. Commodore 64 owners should soon be able to load and run Spectrum   
   > | software on their machines [...]   
   >    
   > I was curious if this works. Especially since a C64 has a 6510 CPU and a   
   > Spectrum an Z80.   
   >    
   > I don't own a real Commodore 64 so emulate it with the VICE emulator. I   
   > also found a program in my collection which has "Spectrum Emulator   
   > (1985)" in its name. But although the program loads it just doesn't   
   > start. RUN just returns the cursor.   
   >    
   > So I wonder if this is for real. Has anybody ever had a working Spectrum   
   > emulator for the Commodore 64? Not important if on the real machine or   
   > emulated itself.   
   > --    
   > Andreas   
   >    
   > I use a Unix based operating system, which means I get laid almost as often   
   > as I have to reboot my computer.   
      
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