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|predecessor = Sinclair ZX80 | |predecessor = Sinclair ZX80 | ||
|successor = [[ZX Spectrum | |successor = [[ZX Spectrum line|ZX Spectrum]] | ||
|emulated = {{✓}} | |emulated = {{✓}} | ||
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The '''[[wikipedia:ZX81|ZX81]]''' was a Z80-based home computer produced by Sinclair Research and manufactured in Scotland by Timex Corporation released on March 5, 1981, and had a retail price of {{Inflation|USD|99.95| 1981}}. It had a Z80 at 3.25 MHz with 1KB of RAM. | The '''[[wikipedia:ZX81|ZX81]]''' was a Z80-based home computer produced by Sinclair Research and manufactured in Scotland by Timex Corporation released on March 5, 1981, and had a retail price of {{Inflation|USD|99.95| 1981}}. It had a Z80 at 3.25 MHz with 1KB of RAM. | ||
It was the successor to Sinclair's ZX80 and the predecessor of the [[ZX Spectrum | It was the successor to Sinclair's ZX80 and the predecessor of the [[ZX Spectrum line|ZX Spectrum]] and was hugely successful, and more than 1.5 million units were sold before it was discontinued. | ||
The ZX81 was designed to be small, simple, and above all cheap, using as few components as possible to keep the cost down. | The ZX81 was designed to be small, simple, and above all cheap, using as few components as possible to keep the cost down. | ||
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==Emulators== | ==Emulators== | ||
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" | {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" | ||
! scope="col"|Name | ! scope="col"|Name | ||
! scope="col"|Platform(s) | ! scope="col"|Platform(s) | ||
! scope="col"|Latest Version | ! scope="col"|Latest Version | ||
! scope="col"| [[libretro | ! scope="col"| [[libretro]] | ||
! scope="col"|Relative Speed<ref group=N name=RelativeSpeed>As calculated by Carlo Delhez's clkfreq, originally distributed with his XTender emulator. The ZX81 has relatively complicated timing mechanics, depending on signalling of WAIT during NMI; relative speed is a measurement of how closely an emulator matches a real machine in terms of clock cycles spent processing within a frame. 100.0% denotes the same execution speed as a real machine.</ref> | ! scope="col"|Relative Speed<ref group=N name=RelativeSpeed>As calculated by Carlo Delhez's clkfreq, originally distributed with his XTender emulator. The ZX81 has relatively complicated timing mechanics, depending on signalling of WAIT during NMI; relative speed is a measurement of how closely an emulator matches a real machine in terms of clock cycles spent processing within a frame. 100.0% denotes the same execution speed as a real machine.</ref> | ||
! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr> | ! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr> | ||
! scope="col"|Active | ! scope="col"|Active | ||
! scope="col"| [[Recommended | ! scope="col"| [[Recommended emulators|Recommended]] | ||
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! colspan="8"|PC / x86 | ! colspan="8"|PC / x86 | ||
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| 114.9% | | 114.9% | ||
| {{✗}} | | {{✗}} | ||
| {{ | | {{✗}} | ||
| {{~}} | | {{~}} | ||
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| [http://zx81.vb81.free.fr VB81 XuR] | | [http://zx81.vb81.free.fr VB81 XuR] | ||
| align=left|{{Icon|Windows}} | | align=left|{{Icon|Windows}} | ||
| [http://zx81.vb81.free.fr/download/VB81_XuR_EXE.zip | | [http://zx81.vb81.free.fr/download/VB81_XuR_EXE.zip 21/05/2022] | ||
| {{✗}} | | {{✗}} | ||
| 100.5% | | 100.5% | ||