Sinclair Spectrum emulator

The latest release adds emulation for Russian Pentagon and Czech Didaktik Spectrum clones, full emulation of the extended screen modes found in Russian clones, 7MHz "turbo" mode emulation for Pentagon and Scorpion, and selectable color palettes. A lot of hardware emulation bugs have also been fixed.

 

As of January 30 2008, Speccy is available for Unix and Linux operating systems, in binary form. You can currently download it for Ubuntu Linux.

 

New in This Version

 

* Created Speccy-Unix port, currently available in binary form for Ubuntu Linux.

* Extended Speccy-Symbian port to support UIQ3 phones from Sony Ericsson and Motorola. As I only have a key-operated Motorola Z8, testers with pen-based SE phones are badly needed.

* Added support for Russian Pentagon 256 computer, including RAM mapper, TURBO mode, HiColor, HiRes, and 16Color graphics modes.

* Added support for Czech Didaktik Gama computer.

* Added support for Scorpion TURBO mode.

* Added RealSpectrum and monochrome color palettes.

* Added palette selection to built-in menu.

* Fixed exit from Scorpion MONITOR menu.

* Fixed Spectrum +2 support (was loading the wrong ROM file).

* Changed Scorpion port mappings to .

* Fixed a bug that made all hardware other than ULA ignore accesses to ports.

* Added emulation for the 128kB/+2 Spectrum bug where reading from port 0x7FFD made hardware write the floating bus value into this port.

* Made 0x8000..0xFFFF address space return 0xFFs in 16kB Spectrum mode.

* Moved NMI and REWIND button handling inside the core Speccy code.

* Improved Symbian sound code, although sound problems still persist on some UIQ3 phones.

* Split Speccy-Symbian/S60 configuration menu into four tabs, making "Video" and "Audio" settings separate.

* Added "Audio Latency", "Skip Frames", and "Sync Updates" settings to Speccy-Symbian.

* Added to Speccy-Symbian ability to use Nokia E61/E62 [FUNC] key in the built-in menu.

* Fixed a Speccy-Symbian bug where pieces of virtual keyboard remained on screen after closing it.

* Pressing [8] key on Speccy-Symbian now invokes virtual keyboard, if enabled, for the phones which do not have the [EDIT] key.

>> Get it HERE.

BT client for the Mac

1.03 (2008/01/29)

 

All Platforms:

+ Fix bug setting maximum peer limits

+ Fix overflow issue with very large torrents

+ Fix LTEP handshake bug

+ Fix handshake bug with mainline BitTorrent

+ Fix bug when talking to lighttpd-based trackers

 

GTK+

+ Various packaging, HiG, and interface improvements

>> Get it HERE.

Rom Manager

clrmamepro 3.110a

 

* fixed: crash when fixing size of a not compressed rom

* misc: some minor internal changes on the window-fits-on-screen test

>> Get it HERE.

Sony PlayStation Portable owners looking to get more out of their PSPs, rejoice! The highly-anticipated official firmware from Sony, PSP Firmware 3.90, is now out, and with it comes the feature to use Skype. Yes, that Skype, the one that lets you talk over the internet free. Awesome!

 

So, just what sort of services from Skype are we talking about? Communication over the internet, as well as on mobile phones, baby! Of course, while talking to your Skype buddies is completely free, other types of calls need some moolah to happen. Below is a list of services that you can use upon installing PSP Firmware 3.90 on your Slim & Lite:

 

* Outgoing calls between Skype ID (Skype ID) (free)

* General and the outgoing phone calls (dialer, SkypeOut ™) (paid)

* General mobile phones in the phone (Phone receiving, SkypeIn ™) (paid)

* Voice mail exchanges (some paid)

 

Besides some online dough, you'll also have to abide by certain conditions to use Skype. The list of requirements, again verbatim:

 

* PSP ® console (PSP-2000 series)

* Memory Stick Duo ™ (capacity needs at least 1MB)

* Wireless Internet access environment

* PSP ® Skype to respond to the voice input and output devices

* Earphones attached remote control (PSP S140 G-G-270) + headset (PSP).

* 1 headset connected to the remote system to connect to the PSP.

 

Tough luck for PSP-1000 model owners, then - but definitely a huge bonus for those of us who upgraded to the Slim & Lite. So go on ahead and fire up those Network Updates!

Source: PSPUpdates.