Welcome to the pages containing the freeware release of !CPC, the Amstrad CPC emulator for Acorn RISC OS machines.

Legal waffling:

• !CPC means !CPC, !CPC_Src and !CPC_Demo
• !CPC is not an Acorn product
• !CPC remains Copyright (C) 1997 Mark RISON
• The OS, DOS and BASIC ROMs remain Copyright (C) Amstrad and Locomotive
• The FrontEnd module remains Copyright (C) Acorn
• The ZX81 ROM remains Copyright (C) Someone. This might be Amstrad, Sinclair Something, or Something Else Altogether -- no-one seems to know!
• Any commercial or for-profit use of !CPC is prohibited unless specifically negotiated with Mark RISON in writing
• No guarantees, no liability accepted, etc.

I have no time to clean things up for this freeware release, unfortunately. You'll have to ignore various out-of-date addresses, details about the shareware registration fee, etc..

Here are a few hints to get you going with the development version (the properly released versions should have adequate documentation):

• Download cpcsrc961124.zip (see the links at the bottom of the page)
• Dearchive
• Download ROMs.zip
• Dearchive and place the contents in !CPC_Src.ROMs
• If you have a SA, then you must change the line in !Boot which says %Set CPC$StrongARM 0 to say %Set CPC$StrongARM 1
• If you have a SA, then you may also wish to twiddle CPC$Slowdown (make it more negative -- try something like -80000)
• You have to wait for the emulator to assemble. This takes a while, and is not multitasking. Garbage will appear in the top left of your screen
• Hope for the best -- you're getting what you've paid for!

Perhaps it'd be best to try the properly released version first! Documentation is in !CPC_Src. You are advised to at least skim the page which you're about to read.

Now, if you'd care to follow me...