I don't use Windows so was mainly going along to see if you still release source, but from here the only entry your page shows for ASCD is "ASCD 0.96 [11.09.2002] (binary: 311KB, source: 128KB)". So I'm not sure if there's a caching issue or something else at play?
Also, since the Spectrum is an average of about 1500 baud (zeros and ones being different lengths, of course) I guess 33 mb would take up, ummm, about 50 hours of tape? That's 35 C90s. On 12 March 2012 18:21, Aleš Keprt <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Sam Coupe fans, > > I just uploaded the new version of my Sam Coupe emulator ASCD to my website. > It’s 10 years since last public release. :-D > > It is “work in progress” release. It emulates ZX Spectrum 48, 128, and Sam > Coupé. There are two or three reasons why I resurrected this old project: > > 1. It was originally meant to be “Aley’s SimCoupe for DOS” aka ASCD. But > MS-DOS is dead, so I converted whole project to Windows. I did this Windows > port back in 2003 and we used it as a ZXS emulator in game tournaments. But > there were strange bugs in Sam emulation I wasn’t able to find, so I never > released that version 0.97 to public. Now I finally found that strange main > 9 old bug. :-) > > 2. I plan to add support for Sam Coupe snapshots, QuickSave/QuickLoad > together with action replay recording. The today’s version already contains > support for QuickLoad/QuickSave, so you can play the games more easily. ;-) > But all saved ”quick” snapshots are discarded when you restart the emulator. > I need first to discuss the snapshot file format with Simon Owen to make it > usable in SimCoupe too, then I will publish the final version. > > 3. Finally, I want to add support for video recording with > QuickSave/QuickLoad. I hope some game players will record game progress of > some games to a video file. Of course it is a bit unfair to use > QuickSave/QuickLoad when making video recording, but it can help us to > compose a really “best” plays. I look forward to it. :-) > > If you are interested, download the emulator from my Downloads page: > http://www.keprt.cz/progs/ > Please let me know whether it works correctly on your computer or not. > Required configuration is simple: Windows 2000 or later, DirectX 6 or > Direct3D 9 > > ------------------- > > I also recommend you to try this: > http://www.keprt.cz/zx_girlsaloud_something_kinda_ooh.tap.gz > It is a video file in TAP (ZX Spectrum tape file) made by Roger Jowett. > Warning: It is 33 MB long, 11 MB compressed. > You can load it in ZX Spectrum mode (use menu to insert the tape, then > switch to ZXS 128 and press Enter). I wonder how many real tape casettes > would it take to save those 33 MB of data. :-D > ASCD emulator supports TAP tapes in Sam Coupe mode too. Maybe somebody will > create similar crazy videos for Sam Coupe. The size of tapes is virtually > unlimited, so it is possible to create almost anything when you use > infinite-load speed of the emulator. > > Best regards, > Aley Keprt
