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X128 OS/2 - ZX Spectrum Emulator for OS/2 V0.5b5
(c) James McKay 1996
(c) Thomas A. K. Kjaer 1996/97
Now you can get a massive collection of "new" games for OS/2 Warp!!!
X128 the Spectrum 48/128K Emulator by James McKay has now been ported to OS/2.
This port is not the XFree86/OS2 version, but a true OS/2 version which makes
use of DIVE, FSDIVE & DART.
WHAT's NEW?
Since X128 OS/2 V0.5b4 the following has changed:
* OS/2 DIVE Part reprogrammed to avoid some strange palette problems.
* Added Drag'n'Drop of snapshot and TAP files.
* Fixed a keyboard bug so the MF128 now works.
* Changed keyboard mapping a little (see README.OS2)
* A lot of other changes, see README.OS2 for details.
WHAT IS X128 OS/2?
X128 is a Sinclair ZX Spectrum 48/128K emulator, originally developed
for Unix/MS-DOS by James McKay. X128 OS/2 is the true 32-bit OS/2 Warp
version of the emulator.
WHAT FEATURES DOES IT HAVE?
X128 OS/2 supports:
* Emulates ZX Spectrum 48K model 2 or 3
* Emulates ZX Spectrum 128K
* Emulates Kempston/Sinclair/Cursor joystick, Multiface 128
* Emulates beeper through the PC Speaker
* Emulates AY-891x through Adlib or DART compatible soundcard
* Load's .Z80/.SNA/.SLT/.SCR files
* Supports reading from .TAP/.VOC files
* Save's .Z80/.SLT files
* Supports full drag'n'drop of snapshot & tape files (NEW since V0.5b5)
WHAT ARE THE REQUIREMENTS?
X128 OS/2 requires:
* OS/2 Warp 3.x or higher
* Videocard supporting DIVE, and FSDIVE (optional)
* Dart or Adlib compatible Sound card for 128K AY emulation (optional)
* 486DX2-66Mhz+ recommended
You can currently get X128 v0.5 OS/2 from:
http://www.daimi.aau.dk/~takjaer/x128-OS2/x128.html
Which also contains a link to a XFree86/OS2 version of X128.
or from the following ftp sites:
* ftp://ftp.nvg.unit.no/pub/sinclair/utils/pc/x128v05b5-OS2.zip
(when it has been moved)
* ftp://ftp.leo.org/incoming/os2/x128v05b5-OS2.zip
(will be moved to /pub/comp/os/os2/leo/games/)
* http://hobbes.nmsu/incoming/x128v05b5-OS2.zip
(will be moved to /pub/os2/games/)
NOTE: only the version on NVG and my homepage contains the required emx dll's.
If you download X128 from LEO or HOBBES, you MUST have emxrt.zip (at least
version 09c+fix02) installed!
30th. January 1997
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Thomas A. K. Kjaer
takjaer@daimi.aau.dk
http://www.daimi.aau.dk/~takjaer/