Here’s what has changed from the previous version:

• Switched to a more consistent set of icons.
• Added display of information for standard data tape blocks.
• Added Sound to options menu. Stereo/Mono, Enable AY for 48k options added.
• Added Program Finder to allow downloading of programs, scans, docs etc directly from WoS archives.
• Added Stereo ACB and ABC mode selection to Sound options.+ Added ability to play AY sound in 48k mode.
• Added support for Spectrum 128ke.
• Switched to Consolas as default font for Monitor. If font isn’t found on user machine, default font is used.
• Fixed edge loading. Now faster and better and can handle most if not all tape loaders.
• Fixed zoom level discrepancy (>50%)
• Fixed data length displayed for standard data blocks
• Fixed crash when a ROM couldn’t be located at startup and user tried to exit.
• Fixed Spectrum 128k model incorrectly trying to load 128ke rom.
• Some keyboard shortcuts have been moved around, noticeably for the window sizing functions (see ReadMe for details).
• Fixed tape insert behaviour. Now, trying to insert a tape automatically ejects previous tape
• Fixed crash when attempting to load a 128k tape in a 48k machine.
• Fixed crash when the next button on tape browser is pressed repeatedly past end of tape.
• Fixed Auto Rewind. Now tapes wrap around correctly.

As usual feedback, bug reports etc welcome!

Basically, I’m looking for feedback on the various changes I’ve made to Zero including:
1) Better use of CPU cycles.
2) Emulator can be re-sized in 50% increments and is limited by the resolution of your monitor.
3) Three levels of borders can be set via the Options menu.
4) Zipped files are supported.
5) POK files are supported.
6) Various sundry visual changes.

For other changes see the What’s New text file.

IMP. NOTES:
1) Do not unzip this version to your installation folder! Instead unzip to a new folder location.

2) Since this isn’t a true stable release I haven’t bundled the SlimDX setup with this. If you’ve already installed SlimDX you don’t need to worry. If you haven’t, you’ll need to download the SlimDX runtime.

3) Your previous Ziggy version will remain untouched. Any extensions registered will still trigger the previous Ziggy version. To launch Zero you will have to navigate to the Zero folder you just unzipped these files to.

4) Zero has preliminary support for the 128ke model. By default this is the standard 128K model and should load most files including 48k games that didn’t work on the standard 128k machine. However, if you’re looking for 128k contention and accurate emulation you should switch to the 128K model from the machine selector. Zero will use the last selected 128k model from thereon.

Download
here.

Ziggy currently sports the following features:

* 100% accurate… oh ok then, highly accurate 48k and 128k emulation. Not kidding.
* Support for both the beeper and multi-channel AY sound.
* DirectX and GDI support. Works best with DirectX though.
* Support for snapshots (sna, szx, z80) and tapes (pzx, tzx, tap, csw)
* Save screenshots from emulator in bmp, png, gif and jpeg format.
* Debugger with stepping facility.
* Tape browser with support for accelerated loading via various (read 2) means.
* Ability to run files from command line, drag and drop. If file associations are enabled,
double-clicking from explorer will launch Ziggy.
* Supports issue 2 keyboards, late timings and a host of other speccy idiosyncracies.
* Full screen mode.
* ULA Plus support.

It’s free to use and can be downloaded from any of the following links:
1. Yantragames
2. Google Sites