Z80Explorer
Visual Zilog Z80 netlist-level simulator
Z80 Explorer is a Zilog Z80 netlist-level simulator capable of running Z80 machine code and an educational tool with features that help reverse engineer and understand this chip better.
Application's User's Guide: Users Guide
It is also described in a blog: https://baltazarstudios.com/z80explorer
A brief overview is on YouTube: https://youtu.be/_dyngzTEnvw
The annotated overview is on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/439468449
Before you run it
Read the User's Guide.
Getting a pre-built binary (Windows)
A pre-built binary for Windows can be found in the release section of github here:
https://github.com/gdevic/Z80Explorer/releases
Compiling from sources
The application is built on the Qt framework.
- On Windows, install MS Visual Studio 2019. On Linux, use gcc
- Install Qt 6.7.2 framework (with support for x64 MS Visual Studio 2019 on Windows)
- Compile with QtCreator selecting the “Release” build
On Linux, follow the guide here: https://doc.qt.io/qt-6/linux.html
- sudo apt-get install build-essential libgl1-mesa-dev
- sudo apt-get install libxcb-xinerama0
- Download for Open Source users
- Check to include "Desktop gcc 64-bit"
- Compile with QtCreator selecting the “Release” build
Compiling zmac assember on Linux
If you are going to compile and run Z80 test programs, you need zmac assembler. Download it from here: http://48k.ca/zmac.html
I am not aware of a prebuilt binary for Linux, but it is fairly easy to build since the source is available at that site. You may also need:
- sudo apt-get install bison