Emulate the Sinclair ZX81 (or ZX80 and ZX Spectrum) home computer with Linux, MacOS, Windows or Raspberry Pi

Emulation is the practice of using a program (called an emulator) on a PC to mimic the behaviour of a home computer or a video game console, in order to play (usually retro) games on a computer.

The ZX81 was a hugely successful Z80-based home computer produced by Sinclair Research and manufactured in Scotland. It was launched in 1981 and sold for £49.95 in kit form and £69.95 for an assembled computer.

For many of us our introduction to programming came with one of these home computers which helped launch us in our careers. I tested out the ZEsarUX emulator, and it was easy to get running in a GUI environment. Just note it uses ZX81 key mappings, so you may need to open help to remember for example that " is actually SHIFT-P on today's keyboards.

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The ZX81 is a home computer that was produced by Sinclair Research. It sold over 1.5 million units from 1981.

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