Web Links Page

[PeterJ]

OK, so I have created a simple GitHub page. GitHub now allows unlimited contributors even on free accounts:

https://github.com/spectrumcomputing/SC ... /README.md

Let me know if you want to help. Either PM my your GitHub email address or add links below. Please include the category, website address and a brief description. If you can also include if the emulator or software tool is still being updated. Make sure that you include a link if you are provide a software or emulator links. I would also welcome edits to the current links (especially the explanatory text)

If we can eventually get these into ZXDB [mention]Einar Saukas[/mention] then excellent. Let's start by getting an updated list together which will be useful whichever road we go down.

Categories I'm thinking are emulators / software tools / Websites / Commercial

[Einar Saukas]

What about improving the page that already exists?

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.php?cat=91

Depends if you want to start adding general website links @Einar Saukas. Was trying to not involve ZXDB to avoid extra work for you. However, if you are up for it we can certainly discuss.

I'm considering that links to external sites could be just a static page at SC. And all information about cross platform emulators and other tools could use the already existing page rendered from ZXDB.

[PeterJ]

Excellent. That goes with my thoughts too Are you open to adding extra columns such as platforms supported and description fields? Assuming these don't already exist (Sorry, not looked at the table lately)

Many of the older tools and emulators don't have websites anymore, so part of the work would be making sure we have the latest versions available. Some will be be in WoS archive, but others may not be.

[PeterJ]

I would welcome any contributions, otherwise I'm afraid it will encounter a rather early exit and I will move onto something else. I may have over-estimated the demand for such a list. No worries though.

[PeterJ]

As there isn't a huge amount of interest in this, it won't be continuing. As a small team its important that we stick with things which are most important to users and the site in general.

This applies to the website link list I mentioned, rather than anything in ZXDB. There is as [mention]Einar Saukas[/mention] as mentioned an outdated list of emulators within ZXDB.

[1024MAK]

In reality you really need all of these:

• A forum thread where people who don’t have rights/access to update a database (or who don’t want to) can post links to useful sites and useful software, and just as importantly, can post notices saying if a link is broken, or to post a new link to replace a broken link.
• A web site with pages preferably based on a database for users to search and browse so that they have easy access to the links,
• Not all software will have a website that hosts the software, so we need to think about how users can access this software, for example should it be hosted and by who/where?
• Where the Internet Archive (or other archive or similar) has a archive/backup/snapshot of the software or web site, links to this should also be considered to be included.

And yes, emulators, tools, etc that run on systems other than just Windows should be included. For example there is a ZX81 emulator that is available as an iOS app, so links like this https://apps.apple.com/us/app/zx81/id1180117434 to the Apple App Store and similar should also be considered.

Mark

[PeterJ]

Agreed, but as there was little interest expressed, I don't think it's worth the time sadly.