I have quite a random question today, about emulating a spectrum environment, a very specific environment that is based on the spectrum clone SIZIF-512.
yes, I have a board and want to develop on it
Current Setup -
For my main environment I emulate using FUSE Spectrum +3e SM8 - using 8bit HDF files that I copied from a real Spectrum +3e ( 128MB CF Card ) - I also have 16bit HDF Files and an environment for that too ( both MMC and IDE )
Now for the most part FUSE can achieve 90% compatibility in terms of functions ( even has Covox support!), however there is no ULA+, well not that I have been able to patch and work, perhaps ( I am sure ) missing something.
Trying to find a solutions
I have tried a couple of others emulators including EightyOne, SPIN, Spectactulator, ZEsarUX to name a few, the latter being great for Spectrum NEXT btw, but its given me nothing but fruitless hours and a headache and I still cannot get a +3e environment running with ULA+.
Need External Help and Ideas
So what am I asking?
Well thoughts on how I can get the following emulated environment ( on Windows or Linux )
Spectrum +3e ( 8bit or 16 bit IDE/SD ) that can work with 8bit/16bit HDF images
Z80 frequency changer from 3.5 - 7 - 14 Mhz
ULA+
COVOX / AY Sound
As you can see from the above FUSE is closest but doesn't natively support ULA+, the others mentioned either don't support the +3e and or Hard Disk Images ( HDF ) files of 8bit / 16bit or ULA+
In Closing
Now I am not too worried about the 512k memory pool as 128k is plenty for my purpose as its a disk based system - so loading what would be pages of 8/16 or 32k is quick enough for my coding need ( and mostly lack of banking prowess )
If anyone has any ideas or has successfully patched FUSE to allow for ULA+ under a +3e environment, as all my debugging and testing is done on FUSE, however if there an emulator that you know can support those required features and can work with 8bit / 16bit IDE and SD mmc Images ( and give ULA+ ) within a Spectrum +3e environment - I would be your eternal friend
.Thanks for reading
Z.