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RP2040 Speccy Emu

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And for the third time, we remain in the same stadium, but we're playing a slightly different sport this time.

unrealspeccyp may already be familiar to the initiated. Graham Sanderson aka @kilograham5 has been building and maintaining the Spectrum emulator for a few years now.

What's new is that Graham now also has a port for the Raspberry Pi Pico aka 2040.

Game changer?

Meh. But being able to run the 48k or 128k version with VGA and Beeper output on the small RasPi is quite a thing.

Unfortunately, we couldn't test the setup due to a lack of hardware, but given the maturity of the project itself, usability can probably be assumed with good conscience.

I'd rather not add another joke about the Z80 on top (there are already enough lying around), but if you want to unnecessarily complicate your life... here's a great project that simplifies at least THAT for you.

(Still love you Speccy fans! ❤️)

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