ZX Spectrum + emulator for Windows 10

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#300736 30-Sep-2022 19:24

Evening,

Not sure if this is the right forum but I'll try here anyway.

I used to use a ZX Spectrum + at primary school back in the mid-late 80s (showing my age here). I used to use an amazing emulator for the Spectrum which was completely free. Alas this was many years ago and I have no idea what it was called. I do remember when you loaded it, you could select which machine you wanted to use (Spectrum, Spectrum +, 48K, +2, etc) and then it would load the Sinclair Research copyright screen.

Does this ring a bell with anyone, or can someone suggest a good (free) Spectrum + emulator that works on Windows 10, 64-bit?

Thanks in advance 😃

Edit: this look familiar, anyone else tried it? https://fms.komkon.org/Speccy/

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#2975661 30-Sep-2022 20:20

My first ever computer happy days of taping games off the radio. Have you checked out http://www.zxspectrum4.net/index.php . This mentions an emulator

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#2975680 30-Sep-2022 21:58

Also check out https://worldofspectrum.net/emulators/

Quite a few listed there. One of those may be your missing one.

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#2975706 1-Oct-2022 07:35

Thanks both of you, I'll take a look at those links 😃

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#2975707 1-Oct-2022 08:08

Stu1:

taping games off the radio.

Baffling modern audiences in just five words! 😁

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#2975711 1-Oct-2022 08:31

Behodar:

Stu1:

taping games off the radio.

Baffling modern audiences in just five words! 😁

haha the good ole days there use to be a show on Sunday mornings in Wellington that would play it over the air , used to hook up the tape deck get a free game.

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#2975712 1-Oct-2022 08:42

Stu1:

haha the good ole days there use to be a show on Sunday mornings in Wellington that would play it over the air , used to hook up the tape deck get a free game.

On National Radio I think, although I thought it was in the afternoon. Anyway who knows what the non-tech audience thought if they tuned in at that time 😀

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#2975728 1-Oct-2022 09:38

allan:
Stu1:

haha the good ole days there use to be a show on Sunday mornings in Wellington that would play it over the air , used to hook up the tape deck get a free game.

On National Radio I think, although I thought it was in the afternoon. Anyway who knows what the non-tech audience thought if they tuned in at that time 😀

It probably was in the afternoon I thought active also did it, the new generation will never understand what we had to go through haha

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#2975729 1-Oct-2022 09:45

This old generation chap has no idea what you are talking about, either!

And, please, don't try to educate me😊

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#2975738 1-Oct-2022 10:27

linw:

This old generation chap has no idea what you are talking about, either!

And, please, don't try to educate me😊

What the hey, I have time 😀 ZX Spectrum programs used to be recorded on cassette tape once they were entered into the machine.

One method of getting the recording quicker (and I believe this was done in the UK as well) was to broadcast the signal over the radio, which could then be easily recorded onto a cassette and loaded as a program on the computer.

If you're still curious as to what it sounds like, this video will give you a brief idea (although the last 5 seconds have been chopped off this one):