Spectrum Computing

Hello,

I wanted to share with everyone the application I am developing. It's a browser/launcher for Spectrum that allows to explore ZXDB locally and run the games with a single click.

Unfortunately it is a very early version:
- It is only in Spanish.
- Nanual configuration(JSON files).
- Bugs.

The next version (hopefully soon) will bring some improvements:
- English translation.
- Possibility to explore your own local game library.
- SCR support.
- Source code.


Donwload from GitHub

Very nice work! One issue I found (on Windows 10) was that the download progress bar got stuck even though the download was completed, so I had to force close the window. Looking forward to future versions.

Excellent work [mention]area51bis[/mention]. If you want any volunteers to review the English translation I would be happy to help. Peter

Magnus wrote: ↑Fri Oct 30, 2020 6:20 am Very nice work! One issue I found (on Windows 10) was that the download progress bar got stuck even though the download was completed, so I had to force close the window. Looking forward to future versions.

This may occur if emulators are not configured. Check the paths in JSON files and add/remove emulators as you want.

PeterJ wrote: ↑Fri Oct 30, 2020 7:44 am Excellent work @area51bis. If you want any volunteers to review the English translation I would be happy to help. Peter

Thanks!

Think about adding other languages like Portuguese
Of course most Portuguese speakers understand Spanish fine, but it would be nice option.
I can help with the translation.

Oh lawd, seems my prayers to the retro database gods have finally been answered All the best!

area51bis wrote: ↑Fri Oct 30, 2020 10:09 am

Magnus wrote: ↑Fri Oct 30, 2020 6:20 am Very nice work! One issue I found (on Windows 10) was that the download progress bar got stuck even though the download was completed, so I had to force close the window. Looking forward to future versions.

This may occur if emulators are not configured. Check the paths in JSON files and add/remove emulators as you want.

Emulators are configured and working, but maybe I'm doing something else wrong (seems so since no one else has complained about this ).

Magnus wrote: ↑Fri Oct 30, 2020 3:58 pm

area51bis wrote: ↑Fri Oct 30, 2020 10:09 am This may occur if emulators are not configured. Check the paths in JSON files and add/remove emulators as you want.

Emulators are configured and working, but maybe I'm doing something else wrong (seems so since no one else has complained about this ).

Now I noticed that it works fine when I right-click and select "Download". It is when I double click a file, that the progress bar gets stuck.

Magnus wrote: ↑Fri Oct 30, 2020 4:15 pmNow I noticed that it works fine when I right-click and select "Download". It is when I double click a file, that the progress bar gets stuck.

This is the bug I know when (default) emulator is not configured properly. Maybe there is another one. I'll check it.

4thRock wrote: ↑Fri Oct 30, 2020 10:58 am Think about adding other languages like Portuguese
Of course most Portuguese speakers understand Spanish fine, but it would be nice option.
I can help with the translation.

Sure, no problem.

area51bis wrote: ↑Fri Oct 30, 2020 4:35 pm

Magnus wrote: ↑Fri Oct 30, 2020 4:15 pmNow I noticed that it works fine when I right-click and select "Download". It is when I double click a file, that the progress bar gets stuck.

This is the bug I know when (default) emulator is not configured properly. Maybe there is another one. I'll check it.

Yes, you are right! I didn't know that the default emulator wasn't correctly configured (since I could launch programs without problems), but I had referenced the emulator by name instead of id in the default config. Now the problem is gone. Thanks for the hint.

Magnus wrote: ↑Fri Oct 30, 2020 5:46 pmYes, you are right! I didn't know that the default emulator wasn't correctly configured (since I could launch programs without problems), but I had referenced the emulator by name instead of id in the default config. Now the problem is gone. Thanks for the hint.

Good!

ZXBrowser 0.7 (preview)

ZXBrowser 0.7 is available for download: https://github.com/area51bis/zxbrowser

Enjoy it.

ZXBrowser 0.8 available for download:
https://github.com/area51bis/zxbrowser/releases

I have little time, so it will be the last version while I'm preparing the next update with something quite interesting (I think).

wonderful, go on
bye for now,
Guenter