EightyOne is an emulator for the range of ZX home computers made by Sinclair Research (and their clones) in the 1980s, primarily the ZX80 and ZX81 but also includes the ZX Spectrum models. As well as emulating the machines themselves, various add-on interfaces are supported, including storage devices, hi-res graphics, custom character sets, sound and colour cards.

EightyOne was created by Michael D Wynne. Michael is no longer actively developing the emulator, but has made the code open source so that others can continue to extend it with new functionality. This archive collates as many of the original release versions of the emulator as possible, including the source code for them where available. Versions up to 1.0a were produced by Michael, with all later versions created by others.

Features

  • Clock accurate emulation of the ZX81 and ZX80 display mechanisms
  • Support for a wide range of add-on interfaces
  • Comprehensive debugger facilities

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Categories

Emulators

License

GNU General Public License version 2.0 (GPLv2)

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Additional Project Details

Operating Systems

Windows

Intended Audience

End Users/Desktop

Registered

2015-11-16