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From: indi (all posts)
Date: 1998-09-16
Subject: Re: Snapshot files for emulators
>About a week ago an idea formed in my mind: let's give the feature of
>snapshot saving/loading to my emulator.
>What that means? Easy: if you know Spectrum emulators, there is an
>exact snapshot format for saving of just running program. (That was
>because of Spectrum is not able to save programs in a usable format.)
>But there also a nice "side-effect": you are able to save games on
>play, which can not be saved in other way!
>
>Ok, why I wrote this letter: I would like introduce a snapshot
>format for the Plus/4 emulators, but I think it is better to dicuss
>about the format because of portability.
>I would like publish this format too, of course. (An other way to
>exchange programs between emulators, and platforms.)
>
>So, what I planned:

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Minus4 has a snapshot that works fairly well... have a look at that and see what else is needed...

Mike
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