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PyZX Python ZX Spectrum Emulator
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Based on Vadim Kataev's PyZX Python Spectrum Emulator
License: GPL-2 (free)

PyZX is ZX Spectrum emulator.

It is written fully in Python programming language. 

Requirements:
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* Python 3.x (python.org)
* PyGame 1.7+ (pygame.org)

Run:
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python3 spectrum.py

Optionally you can try to use -OO optimization flags:
python3 -OO spectrum.py

Keys:
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Ctrl + Alt => switch into special mode
Alt + AnyKey => symbol shift
Ctrl(being in normal mode) + AnyKey => big/small chars
Ctrl(being in special mode) + AnyKey => symbol shift 2





Thanks to Jasper(http://www.spectrum.lovely.net/) for real great Java emulator of
ZX Spectrum. Big amount of code was just automatically translated from Java into
Python, so we need more optimization/rewriting to reach good speed of emulation.

TODO: 
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* Another, real Python approach for the core (Z80 CPU)
* Threads in parallel (video and maybe keyboard)
* TAP/TZX files reading


Author: 
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Vadim Kataev (initial version)
Stanislav Yudin (initial conversion to py3)
Vladimir Berezenko