Will Spectaculator ever get a new version?
Posted: Tue Mar 05, 2024 6:49 am
Will there ever be a new version of Spectaculator? I think the one I use every day is from 2012.
WHY OR WHY NOT? Has Jonathan Needle run off to Nintendo, like the Stamper brothers?
Good things about Spectaculator:
- perfect Windows GUI, the best one (proper shortcut keys etc.)
- emulates 48, 128, Pentagon, Scorpion, very nicely
- supports most file formats we care about
Bad things about Spectaculator (not much!):
- doesn't support various obscure hardware (though I think it might be possible to write plug-in DLLs, if you like Windows and RIFF)
- sometimes the screen display breaks after a tape load operation
- other tape stuff could be better (e.g. save into the middle of a tape -- although I'm not sure any emulator does this, and a real tape doesn't do it, hahahaha. I JUST WANT IT SO MUCH)
- RZX issues (it may break the recording if it's very long, or +3, or has Disciple attached...)
- it isn't free or open-source (I don't really see this as a bad point, since it's cheap and VERY worth the price, and man has to eat)
Come back Jon, you made the best thing ever. Then you disappeared.
WHY OR WHY NOT? Has Jonathan Needle run off to Nintendo, like the Stamper brothers?
Good things about Spectaculator:
- perfect Windows GUI, the best one (proper shortcut keys etc.)
- emulates 48, 128, Pentagon, Scorpion, very nicely
- supports most file formats we care about
Bad things about Spectaculator (not much!):
- doesn't support various obscure hardware (though I think it might be possible to write plug-in DLLs, if you like Windows and RIFF)
- sometimes the screen display breaks after a tape load operation
- other tape stuff could be better (e.g. save into the middle of a tape -- although I'm not sure any emulator does this, and a real tape doesn't do it, hahahaha. I JUST WANT IT SO MUCH)
- RZX issues (it may break the recording if it's very long, or +3, or has Disciple attached...)
- it isn't free or open-source (I don't really see this as a bad point, since it's cheap and VERY worth the price, and man has to eat)
Come back Jon, you made the best thing ever. Then you disappeared.