In article <002a01c16125$bb8dc840$aa01a8c0@ergonnotebook>, Davide Santachiara <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes >Dear Darren, > >First of all thanks for your review of ZeXcel... I think that it's a very >nice piece of software too (ok I'm the co-author...). > > >> ZeXcel is probably the best one to be updated for GD2 use if any are, as >> its the most recent of all QL Spectrum emulators, and works on all systems >> I've tried, plus its pointer driven, and overall is very polished. It >> already uses some clever shading techniques to give the illusion of 8 >> colours of the Spectrum when you are actually running it in MODE 4 on the >> QL. There are a vast range of configurable options in it - ie. you can >run >> games in monochrome to speed them up if running on a slower system. >> >> Maybe Davide can throw more light on this if he is listening..... Davide? > > >As you already pointed out the work on ZeXcel stopped many years ago. >Unfortunately both Marco Ternelli (the author of the 68k core) and me have >no more time to work on a new version for GD2. > >Honestly I don't even think that we would need a GD2 version because even >when ZeXcel was made freeware I had almost no feedback from users (apart >from a nice guy who tried it on WIN and wondered why it didn't work...)
ZeXcel is a super bit of work for anyone wanting an emulator of the Spectrum. It is good to look at, it works, and you can configure it for your own needs ... what else would you require :-) -- Malcolm Cadman
