BeebEm

BeebEm is a BBC Micro emulator, first developed by David Gilbert in 1994 and since improved by a number of people, most notably Mike Wyatt who currently maintains the emulator and its website. Although BeebEm's first incarnations were for UNIX-based systems, the version for Windows (98 or later) is now much the most popular. BeebEm is also available for Mac OS X, Agenda Vr3 and Pocket PC.

BeebEm is copyrighted freeware, and its source code is distributed with the emulator, although this code is not freely reusable.

As of version 3.11 (February 2006), BeebEm for Windows emulates the following hardware:

*BBC Micro Models B, B+ and Master 128
*Integra B expansion board
*Speech Generator
*Cassette, DFS and ADFS filing systems
*Econet networking
*65C02 and Z80 second processors
*AMX Mouse

BeebEm can read images from files representing tape (in UEF format), DFS or ADFS discs , ROM cartridges and SCSI or SASI hard disks. It is capable of running the vast majority of BBC Micro software, including classics such as "Elite", "Exile" and "Firetrack".

Jon Welch, who maintains the Mac port of BeebEm, has shown a preview of BeebEm (the Windows version) emulating the Master 512 computer, including the GEM windowing system.

External links

* [http://www.mikebuk.dsl.pipex.com/beebem/index.html BeebEm website]
* [http://www.g7jjf.com/master_512.htm Master 512 preview]
* [http://wiki.gp2x.org/wiki/BeebEm GP2X Version]