Future of Caprice32

Thanks to those who submitted feedback about Caprice32, ZIP and multi-disk support will be added in the next release.

SNA files, on the other hand, will not be supported, and here’s why. SNA files are not proper cartridges or disk images – they’re save state files containing a “snapshot” of memory and CPU registers. The Save State tab provides the same functionality (except as an added bonus, it GZip’s the save states, making them a lot smaller).

If you want to convert an existing SNA file to Caprice32 PSP’s save state format, here’s how to do it:

  • Compress the SNA file with GZip
  • Pick some PNG image (any in-game screenshot made with Caprice32 PSP will do)
  • Concatenate the PNG image with the GZipped SNA file in the following order: PNG image, SNA file
  • Rename the resulting file so that it’s composed of the full name of the disk image (including the extension), plus ‘.sXX’ as an extension, where XX is an integer between 00 to 10. Example: 1943.dsk.s00
  • Place the file in the SAVEDATA directory, and it will be available when the DSK file is loaded.

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3 Responses to “Future of Caprice32”

  1. Dazman off DCEMU says:

    I have attempted the above and failed, I have download Gzip, it will open in dos but still auable to work with the files.

  2. zx-81 says:

    @uberjack: I’ve sent you an email at uberjack(at)gmail.com (i don’t know if you still read this mailbox) with little hints, feedback and comments :) ,

    Keep up the good work, Zx

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