2001/08/11 - 09:00 - webmaster
BUT THE QUESTION IS ... WHAT IS THE SURPRISE ? AND ...
WHEN WILL IT BE RELEASED ? HMMMMMMMM

2001/07/30 - 21:00 - webmaster
A SURPRISE IS COMING ! :)

2001/07/22 - 14:02 - webmaster
- Cpu plugins system has been tested and is working. The Raze plugin does not work because of an interrupt programming problem.
- The plugins options dialog has been completed as well (I'm working on the "configure" option). Also, I'll try to release a plugins SDK ... avis aux amateurs :)

2001/04/19 - 12:00 - webmaster
I'm continuing the development of my emulator. I'm changing and/or adding lots and lots of things. Here are some of them :

- RAZE z80 cpu emulation support (it's already working)
- Multi Z80 CPUs support via a standard c++ class. It's what I'm currently working on and once it will be finished, it will be very easy to add more CPUs for maximum compatibility
- I'd like to support Kaillera as well, but I don't know yet if it will be easy to add. As of now, I'm just displaying the main servers listing dialog box ;)
- A "blur" option has been added, just in case you'd like to have a more tv-like screen output.
- The 2 joysticks support is now finally working 100% (tested and approved). And yes, it was not working at all in the previous versions, sorry about it
- I have enhanced the AY-3-8910 sound output. Some work on the mixing algorithm has to be done. If you know something about sound mixing, don't hesitate to contact me
- I'm also planning 128k/+2/+3 spectrums support
- The things I'm planning, after a release with the above features : zip file support, more file formats, better screen sync / timing ...

All in all, if I can add all the above features, I think it could be worth the wait !

Stay tuned for more news !

2000/12/24 - 16:14 - webmaster
Thanks to Rico for hosting me ! This new website is intended to offer various informations for Spectrum emulator lovers and wanna-be programmers. For now I haven't much time to update my own emulator but I hope that I'll be able to get this bloody final version 0.75 out one day :)

Sorry, there's no french version of this version, for many reasons. One is that I haven't the time to maintain 2 different versions. The other is that I consider the english version more appealing and interesting for overseas surfers.

2000/10/27 - 15:17 - webmaster
The site is progressing quite well ! Also, I have talked with a friend (NeoZeed, author of Past-o-rama, a Sega sg-1000 and sms emulator) and we are planning to work on a non emulated Sega system ! I let you guess what it is :).

But now some news about Speccyal: AY-3-8910 is near perfect (thanks NeoZeed :) ) and beeper sound is a lot more accurate than before. Next I'm going to work on a Z80 specific class that will let me, if I can code it, quickly add other cpu cores to the emulator (RAZE will be the next one to pass the test). Than I plan on adding other interesting functionnalities: plugins support, support for other Z80-based emulators (arcade/computers/consoles). I could rename the emulator as the purpose of speccyal will not only be to emulate a spectrum 48k but also other systems (maybe MultiZ ?? if you have suggestions, don't hesitate to let me know!).