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Mike Dailly ™

@mdf200.bsky.social

#MercenaryNext!

This is an enhanced version of the ZX Spectrum game Mercenary, disassembled, patched, and updated to the next. Play the game the way we always wanted to!

FREE to download and play - enjoy!

mdf200.itch.io/mercenarynext

MercenaryNext by Mike Dailly

An enhanced version of Mercenary for the ZX Spectrum Next

mdf200.itch.io

January 3, 2026 at 12:05 PM

RCL

@rcl1024.bsky.social

I ported my fork of #z80ai to #ZXSpectrum. Now it indeed ran at 3.5MHz ( #ZXSpectrumNext CP/M ver must have ran @28Mhz). This simple convo took takes 4.5 minutes :)

(I didn't optimize it, even pessimized a bit by adding border colors)

Grab the source and .tap file here: github.com/RCL/z80ai/tr...

January 2, 2026 at 7:32 AM

RCL

@rcl1024.bsky.social

Inference at 3.5Mhz on the #ZxSpectrumNext

December 31, 2025 at 6:57 AM

RCL

@rcl1024.bsky.social

Ok, so here is a working 40KB language model for Z80. It might be a good occasion to put the tech under the microscope and understand it through and through.

github.com/HarryR/z80ai

GitHub - HarryR/z80ai: Z80-μLM is a 2-bit quantized language model small enough to run on an 8-bit Z80 processor. Train conversational models in Python, export them as CP/M .COM binaries, and chat wit...

Z80-μLM is a 2-bit quantized language model small enough to run on an 8-bit Z80 processor. Train conversational models in Python, export them as CP/M .COM binaries, and chat with your vintage compu...

github.com

December 31, 2025 at 1:17 AM

RCL

@rcl1024.bsky.social

A bunch of sceners hanging out on #zxgfx telegram, yours truly included, decided to animate works of Grongy, a profilic (and young) #ZXSpectrum artist, for his 25th birthday
youtu.be/1uw_yvexgnc?...

Ofc this is a demo, not a pure anim, most scenes are code. Follow the links in desc to get the .tap