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|title = Camputers Lynx
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|logo = Camputers Lynx 48k (white background).jpg
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|developer = Camputers
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|type = [[:Category:Computers|Home computer]]
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|release = 1983
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|discontinued = 1984
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|generation = Z80-based home computers
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|emulated = {{✓}}
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}}
 
The '''Lynx''' was an 8-bit British home computer that was first released in early 1983.
 
The '''Lynx''' was an 8-bit British home computer that was first released in early 1983.
  
 
==Emulators==
 
==Emulators==
 
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! scope="col"|[[Recommended emulators|Recommended]]
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|style="text-align:center;"|[[Jynx]]
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!colspan="5"|PC / x86
|style="text-align:center;"|Multi-platform
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|style="text-align:center;"|[https://jynxemulator.wordpress.com/ 1.0.9]
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|[[Jynx]]
|style="text-align:center;"|✓
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|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux}}
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|[https://jynxemulator.wordpress.com/ 1.0.9]
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|{{✗}}
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|{{✓}}
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|[http://www.russelldavis.org/CamputersLynx/PALE/ PALE]
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|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}
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|[http://www.russelldavis.org/CamputersLynx/PALE/index.htm 8.50]
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|{{✗}}
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|{{✓}}
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|[[MAME]]
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|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}
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|[http://www.mamedev.org/release.html {{MAMEVer}}]
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|{{✓}}
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|style="text-align:center;"|[[PALE]]
 
|style="text-align:center;"|Windows
 
|style="text-align:center;"|[http://www.russelldavis.org/CamputersLynx/PALE/index.htm 8.5]
 
|style="text-align:center;"|✓
 
 
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===Comparisons===
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;[[Jynx]]:Open-source Camputers Lynx emulator for Windows and Linux. Emulates the 48K/96K RAM models.
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;PALE:Probably a closed-source but powerful emulator. Get Simon Owen's [http://simonowen.com/fdrawcmd/ FDRAW driver] for W2K, XP and later (Needed for real floppy support under PALE). It also has a ZX Spectrum Emulator Mode.
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;[[MAME]]:The system started working in [http://wiki.mamedev.org/index.php/MAME_0.167 v0.167] (Oct 2015) and many software were supported in [http://wiki.mamedev.org/index.php/MAME_0.196 v0.196] (Mar 2018). Version [http://www.mamedev.org/?p=459 0.200] (Jul 2018) included better Camputers Lynx tape support (with lots of additions to the software list).
  
 
==Overview==
 
==Overview==
The Camputers Lynx was released as a 48 kB RAM model, with several reiterations adding RAM expansions up to 128 kB. This machine was unique in that it included a graphic command line and basically allowed the user possibility to read hex values when using third party software.
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The Camputers Lynx was released as a 48 kB RAM model, with several reiterations adding RAM expansions up to 192 kB. This machine was unique in that it included a graphic command line and basically allowed the user possibility to read hex values when using third party software.
  
 
==Resources==
 
==Resources==

Revision as of 19:22, 22 July 2020

Camputers Lynx
Camputers Lynx 48k (white background).jpg
Developer Camputers
Type Home computer
Generation Z80-based home computers
Release date 1983
Discontinued 1984
Emulated

The Lynx was an 8-bit British home computer that was first released in early 1983.

Emulators

Name Platform(s) Latest Version Active Recommended
PC / x86
Jynx Windows Linux 1.0.9
PALE Windows 8.50
MAME Windows Linux macOS FreeBSD 0.264

Comparisons

Jynx
Open-source Camputers Lynx emulator for Windows and Linux. Emulates the 48K/96K RAM models.
PALE
Probably a closed-source but powerful emulator. Get Simon Owen's FDRAW driver for W2K, XP and later (Needed for real floppy support under PALE). It also has a ZX Spectrum Emulator Mode.
MAME
The system started working in v0.167 (Oct 2015) and many software were supported in v0.196 (Mar 2018). Version 0.200 (Jul 2018) included better Camputers Lynx tape support (with lots of additions to the software list).

Overview

The Camputers Lynx was released as a 48 kB RAM model, with several reiterations adding RAM expansions up to 192 kB. This machine was unique in that it included a graphic command line and basically allowed the user possibility to read hex values when using third party software.

Resources