Inkspector 2.0 released

[Inky]

Hi,

I’ve just released Inkspector 2.0 final (there was a preview version released before Xmas). It’s a new ZX Spectrum emulator for Windows with all-new code (non carried over from the Inkspector 1 screensaver). As well as the usual things you’d expect from a modern emulator (accurate Z80 emulation, emulation of all funky Spectrum behaviours including the +2A/+3 floating bus) it also has a built-in macro assembler, debugger with powerful breakpoint features, Lua scripting and lots more (no, really...loads more). It also comes with a headless command line version that can be used to convert, examine and manipulate snapshots and tape images, assemble source files, run the exact same Lua scripts, etc.

It’s free, it’s adware-free, it’s spyware free and it’s fun-free. What have you got to lose?
http://www.inkland.org.uk/inkspector/

Cheers
Mark.

[Ast A. Moore]

Aww . . . Too bad it doesn’t run under Wine. Really wanted to try it out.

[MonkZy]

[mention]Inky[/mention] Interesting emulator. Thanks for sharing.

Aww . . . Too bad it doesn’t run under Wine. Really wanted to try it out.

Seems to run OK under Wine (Debian/Ubuntu). Not really thoroughly tested it yet, just loaded up a couple of .tzx files with success, just trying some of the tools now.

[Ast A. Moore]

Seems to run OK under Wine (Debian/Ubuntu).

Bummer. It doesn’t for me in macOS. Could be missing a library.

[MonkZy]

Could be missing a library.

I did recently install XACT ('winetricks xact'). Other than that I think my Wine is a vanilla install.

[MonkZy]

[mention]Ast A. Moore[/mention]

I have installed the .NET framework on my wine. I installed it via winetricks.

[Ast A. Moore]

I have installed the .NET framework on my wine. I installed it via winetricks.

Ah, yes. I seem to remember and earlier build of InkSpector requiring that. Thanks!

[azesmbog]

Thanks for the new version.
My border tests in mode 48 now work correctly, but in mode 128 there is still an offset in the timings.
Timing_Tests-48k_v1.0 - shows two errors
(not one in SpecEmu)
Special thanks for the screen saver - it’s been on for six months now, I just added some .rzx files.

[Inky]

Hi. I'll take a look at those issues. Tests 36 and 37 are so weird. What's confusing me more is that they appear to use the same code as test 35, which passes

Mark.

[ZXOxo67]

Yes, a great Emulator. It my New number one

[Pegaz]

Yes, a really good and accurate emulator, one of the few that can handle the DB1 disk protection that was discussed recently.
However, I'm a little disappointed because there is no real full screen mode and it doesn't manage to fully synchronize the screen on the TV/monitor with a 50 Hz refresh rate in order to get a perfectly smooth scrolling.
I already mentioned that several emulators do this very well - ZX Ulax, SpecIDE, Spectaculator, ZX Mak 2 ...
Emulator looks very good, with nice and clear GUI and a lot of useful features, great debugger and ZX80, ZX81 and Jupiter Ace emulation as a bonus.
Well done!

[Cosmium]

Yeah, this looks really good!

I wanted to check out the debugger's nifty ability to load symbol files to aid debugging, but couldn't get it to work yet.

Pasmo seems to correctly output a game.sym file in the same directory as the game.tap file, and the Inkspector debugger can run and view the code, but no symbols are present!

The game.sym file takes the form:
Label1 EQU 088A6H
Label2 EQU 08686H
Label3 EQU 08695H
...

I tried different debugger options and have checked "Attempt to load symbols from a .sym symbol file" and "Files Produced by: Pasmo" but just can't seem to get any symbols displayed in the debugger. Any ideas please?

[Vampyre]

Excellent stuff - been thoroughly enjoying this emulator for a while now. Great job, sir!

[PeterJ]

Little touches like the Snapshot Preview are an excellent addition.

Excellent stuff.

[Inky]

Hi,

I wanted to check out the debugger's nifty ability to load symbol files to aid debugging, but couldn't get it to work yet.

Symbol and listing files are only loaded for snapshots, not tape images ATM. I knocked up an example here if you want to see it in action:
http://www.inkland.org.uk/inkspector/tb.zip

[Ersh]

Looks great! I only see installer downloads, is there a chance you could distribute a binary package as well?

[PeterJ]

Looks great! I only see installer downloads, is there a chance you could distribute a binary package as well?

Agreed, I prefer 'portable' versions too.

[PeterJ]

You may get some grief from Mr Wilcox regarding including Manic Miner... I've not been following this story closely, so apologies if I have this wrong.

[PeterJ]

[mention]Inky[/mention],

May I ask what I'm doing wrong with Microdrive emulation?

I've enabled interface one, and showing the Microdrive control panel, but when I go to 'View', then 'Microdrives' everything is greyed out. I tried a hard reset.

**EDIT** Fixed - I saved the config, closed down the emulator, re-started it and the Microdrive control panel worked fine.

Many thanks

PS - Its so nice to see a modern UI. Nice work!

[Inky]

Looks great! I only see installer downloads, is there a chance you could distribute a binary package as well?

Done.
http://www.inkland.org.uk/inkspector/

[PeterJ]

Excellent [mention]Inky[/mention]

[Cosmium]

Hi,

I wanted to check out the debugger's nifty ability to load symbol files to aid debugging, but couldn't get it to work yet.

Symbol and listing files are only loaded for snapshots, not tape images ATM. I knocked up an example here if you want to see it in action:
http://www.inkland.org.uk/inkspector/tb.zip

Ah ok - I'll make a snapshot and work from there. Thanks

[Ersh]

Done.
http://www.inkland.org.uk/inkspector/

Thanks!

I just had a quick look and this is exactly what I've been looking for; a modern UI with a really powerful debugger. Great overview of T-states and executed instructions show timing as well, conditional breakpoints with the option to set access breakpoints straight from the memory viewer. And lots more, very practical stuff! Thanks!

[PeterJ]

[mention]Inky[/mention],

Is it possible in a future release to map the semi-colon to the semi-colon key, like in other emulators? At the moment I have to use CTRL + O. I do appreciate there is the keyboard helper which is excellent.

Thank you.

[Inky]

@Inky,

Is it possible in a future release to map the semi-colon to the semi-colon key, like in other emulators? At the moment I have to use CTRL + O. I do appreciate there is the keyboard helper which is excellent.

Thank you.

No problem. That will be in the next version.