Hello Phoebus, > anyone knows where I can get the complete version of Zm/HT > and ZeXCel? I understand Ergon released them in the PD but > the files out there don't have the full set of utilities etc... What do you exactly mean for the full set of utilities? If I remember well all the files of the ZM suites were enclosed including manuals apart probably the ZX tape (for obvious reasons) with the conversion utilities (but the files are included in ZM format and with some tricks they could be transferred via Interface 1 to a real Spectrum). In any case provided you have at least a QPC running on a decent PC (i.e. > 800 MHz Athlon or Pentium) I would not care using ZM/hT any longer. > I was also wondering if anyone of Ergon fame is listening if > they also plan to release the sources as we could update the > emulators to use Gd2 (therefore having the full Spectrum > palette... and even be able to play games like Karnov the way > they were supposed to look :-) About this point here is the scenario view from my standpoint: 1. To be verified whether Marco Ternelli (the developer of the 68000 core) whether he agrees in releasing the source code 2. Find time in order to collect again all the sources, clean them, try to recompile them, write short information for usage etc. This is all but simple as much of the development was done for instance on Minerva and now I can only work on SMSQE / QPC so some compatibility problems could come out. Also the PE interface was done with Easyptr. Does a GD2 version of Easyptr exist now? Frankly speaking all the story appears complicated to say the least. Added to this I have also to say that in 4 or 5 years I had a so small feedback on ZeXcel (even if it was freeware almost from the start) that I am a bit sceptic in embarking in this work (apart from the fact that the time that I could devote to the task is almost 0 at the moment). I agree that it would be nice to have a GD2 version. That's it for the moment regards Davide Santachiara
