Good.įor ZX80, ZX81 and all the ZX Spectrums. General emulation Win 10 platform that still supports floppy disk images.Ī modern general emulation platform for intel operating systems.įor the Ohio Scientific Challenger range of machines. Java-based emulator which can be downloaded or played on the web. Java based emulator which works well in Windows 10.Įmulator from Japan. Myz80 is ok in a DOS Box on a Windows platform that can run 16-bit ptograms. Comprehensive.įor the PET, VIC 20, C-64 and other Commodore computers. Very good.Īll the Atari 16-bit range including the 5ST.įor the BBC class of Acorn computers. Can be tricky to set up.Īll the Atari 8-bit range including the 400, 800XL and 130XE. May need to run in a virtual XP environment if 64-bit. Get the ROMS and software from this site. Make sure you get the latest version from the websites listed.Īpple II+ and IIe also. By the time you read this it will already be out of date.ROMS are not difficult to find on the Internet though. Some are still supported and some are not.They may or may not work on earlier platforms. Before you jump into this list and download an emulator for your favourite machine though, note these caveats: Consequently, the emulators I use are listed below. Having just undertaken this task I figured the results might be useful to others. Once a year or so, I scour the web and update all my emulators. I use them mostly for conversion purposes along with the last two reasons cited above. My real collection of machines is mirrored with corresponding emulators.

Whatever you want to use them for, they can be a lot of fun and most are free. 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.

Develop software for a classic machine (Easier to do this in an emulator than in a real classic computer).

Try out software before converting it for your real machine.

See what the interface of a classic machine looked like.

Get a nostalgia fix (one of the main uses).

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. I've even been involved in beta testing one or two.

I love emulators and am in awe of the people who can write them. Figure 1: Sometimes the authentic hardware takes up too much damn space!

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