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|    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.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: Agency HUB, Dunedin - New Zealand | Fido<>Usenet Gateway (3:770/3)    |
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