Best Mac emulator?
Best Mac emulator?
What is considered the best ZX81 emulator for Macs that works with M1 CPUs?
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I have not found any way to run the Windows emulators like EightyOne or VB81, as no virtualisation software seems to work on M1 Macs. To run these programs, I have an old laptop with Windows XP.
I primarily use ZXSP 0.8.0-pre27 to fast run ZX81 software. However this program does not support hires graphics like WRX, and does not support UDG either.
Then I use the JavaScript emulator http://rullf2.xs4all.nl/jszeddy/jszeddy.html, which supports most hardware.
Then I have tried to help BerryN to build a version of SZ81 for M1 Macs, however that is not easy, and I didn't have the time.
Here's the thread, and below is how far we got. If I start the binary on my Mac it works, however it needs and old version of SDL installed by Homebrew, and we didn't get finished releasing a macOS application. viewtopic.php?f=3&t=4392
https://trello.com/1/cards/598af6d4be2a ... 2.3.11.zip
I primarily use ZXSP 0.8.0-pre27 to fast run ZX81 software. However this program does not support hires graphics like WRX, and does not support UDG either.
Then I use the JavaScript emulator http://rullf2.xs4all.nl/jszeddy/jszeddy.html, which supports most hardware.
Then I have tried to help BerryN to build a version of SZ81 for M1 Macs, however that is not easy, and I didn't have the time.
Here's the thread, and below is how far we got. If I start the binary on my Mac it works, however it needs and old version of SDL installed by Homebrew, and we didn't get finished releasing a macOS application. viewtopic.php?f=3&t=4392
https://trello.com/1/cards/598af6d4be2a ... 2.3.11.zip
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sz81 works perfectly on an M1!
You'll probably find Windows emulators work with Crossover!
You'll probably find Windows emulators work with Crossover!
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As the xs4all site is down, does anyone have the latest 2.3.11 source?
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New place: http://weggetjes.nl/sz81/
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*phew* excellent news!
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Works fine for me! (2.3.11)
Built against libsdl 1.2 installed using homebrew.
Had to edit sdl_main.c and sdl.h to remove the SDL/ from include statements.
But other than that it runs and can load games.
Built against libsdl 1.2 installed using homebrew.
Had to edit sdl_main.c and sdl.h to remove the SDL/ from include statements.
But other than that it runs and can load games.