Z80 Emulator Beta For Mac

Figure 1: Sometimes the authentic hardware takes up too much damn space! I love emulators and am in awe of the people who can write them. I've even been involved in beta testing one or two. Emulators give you a vintage machine in your own computer! While it's not quite the same as the real thing, they do have their uses. For example, you might want to:.

Get a nostalgia fix (one of the main uses). See what the interface of a classic machine looked like. Run some classic programs. Try out software before converting it for your real machine. Develop software for a classic machine (Easier to do this in an emulator than in a real classic computer) Some can also be handy in converting software from disk/cassette images to a form where the programs can be loaded into your modern machines. Whatever you want to use them for, they can be a lot of fun and most are free. My real collection of machines is mirrored with corresponding emulators.

I use them mostly for conversion purposes along with the last two reasons cited above. Once a year or so, I scour the web and update all my emulators. Having just undertaken this task I figured the results might be useful to others.

Consequently, the emulators I use are listed below. Before you jump into this list and download an emulator for your favourite machine though, note these caveats:.

These are for Windows XP and above. They may or may not work on earlier platforms. They are not the only ones out there.

They are just the ones I use. Some are still supported and some are not. Some come with ROMS and some do not.

ROMS are not difficult to find on the Internet though. By the time you read this it will already be out of date.

Make sure you get the latest version from the websites listed. Here they are. Acer aspire 5552 ethernet lan network drivers for mac download. Platform Name Notes Acorn Untested (and not free) Amstrad CPC Excellent easy-to-run emulator Apple II series Apple II+ and IIe also. Also supports the virtual Z80 card. Apple IIGS Very good. Get the ROMS and software from. Apple Lisa Sets the emulator within a Lisa image.

Lisa Office install disks required. Apple Mac (1980s and 90s) Good but 32-bit only. May need to run in a virtual XP environment if 64-bit.

Can be tricky to set up. Atari 8-bits All the Atari 8-bit range including the 400, 800XL and 130XE. Atari 16-bits All the Atari 16-bit range including the 520 and 1040ST. BBC For the BBC class of Acorn computers. Comprehensive Commodore 8-bits For the PET, VIC 20, C-64 and other Commodore computers. A superb emulator Amiga 16-bits For the Amiga machines.

Good - Somewhat confusing to configure. CP/M 8-bits For machines like the Osborne 1 and Kaypro II. May not work in Vista or above.

EACA Colour Genie Very good. I helped test this one. Epson HX-20 An HX-20 emulator from Japan Exidy Sorcerer Java-based emulator which can be downloaded or played on the web.

Intel 'PC-type' Computers General emulation Win 10 platform that still supports floppy disk images From an IBM-PC to modern day. Mostly good but not for MS-DOS games. Emulates an MS-DOS machine like a 486.Great for MS-DOS games A modern general emulation platform for intel operating systems PC emulation in a web browser Mattel Aquarius Simple but good OSI Challenger For the Ohio Scientific Challenger range of machines.

Good Polycorp Poly 1 An emulator for the New Zealand Poly Sinclair 8-bit For ZX80, ZX81 and all the ZX Spectrums Sinclair QL Shareware. Great program. Easy to set up and run. Spectravideo For the Spectravideo machines and MSX units. Beautifully designed System 80/Video Genie Also good for the TRS-80 Model 1 Tandy Colour Computer Actually a Dragon emulator but with a CoCo ROM it becomes a CoCo! Texas Instruments TI-99/4a Easy to use.

Z80 Emulator Beta For Mac Pc

Good TRS-80 Model 100 Very good. Also emulates the NEC 8201a TRS-80 Model 1 and Model 4 An good emulator for the Model 1/III/4 and 4-P. Disk image tools avaialble too. Tez 17th June, 2018.