THE COMPLETE WORKBENCH
Native editors for code, pixels and sound. A connected build, runtime and debugger. AI assistance you can review. Choose a tool below to see what it does and how to use it.
RECENT ADDITIONS
New authoring tools and a more connected 48K / 128K workflow.
Keep the project assistant in the right sidebar. Expand the proposed resource, inspect local validation and apply the reviewed change explicitly.
MUSIC / 1.6Drag notes, resize durations and follow the playhead in the new piano roll. Keep the Events view for exact timing.
Z80 / 1.6Inspect simulated time, instruction count and PC. Continue an isolated test without resetting CPU or RAM.
MUSIC / WORKFLOWLink generated BASIC, export supported AY effects or player-free ASM data, and review 48K/128K conversion losses.
128K / DEBUGUse integrated Debug and project tests with physical-bank assertions and saved failure evidence.
GRAPHICS / AUTHORINGMove text and change ink/paper before rasterizing it into the SCREEN$. Preserve the native edit with Undo.
01 / macOS
A native, document-based workspace that keeps code, assets, build settings and evidence together.
Choose a 48K or 128K target, a blank project or an editable example.
02 / 48K + 128K
Write authentic line-numbered BASIC with the navigation, analysis and refactoring expected from a modern IDE.
The 48K workbench: project navigator, syntax-aware source and the running program.
03 / 48K + 128K
Author, assemble, review and test real Z80 modules without giving up visibility into memory or calling contracts.
The isolated counter test paused at PC $800B after 10,926,080 instructions. Continue resumes the test; accepting the assembled binary remains a separate decision.
A screen-clearing Z80 routine, its assembled listing and a passed routine test. Acceptance remains a separate action.
Inspect the assembled preview against the machine memory map before accepting it.
04 / 48K + 128K
A deterministic artifact graph turns sources and assets into reviewable, reproducible Spectrum media.
A 6912-byte loading SCREEN$ followed by the BASIC program in the Tape Layout Editor.
05 / 48K + 128K
Work directly with the Spectrum display model, from loading screens to reusable generated drawing routines.
A bright-cyan DZX STUDIO text layer at X 40, Y 64. Its selection, colour palette and 8 × 8 attribute grid remain available before rasterizing.
The original ZX Spectrum photograph converted to a 256 × 192 SCREEN$ in the Graphic Editor.
Photograph: Bill Bertram · CC BY-SA 2.5 · Converted to SCREEN$.
An 8 × 8 UDG, its row bytes, Spectrum preview and generated Sinclair BASIC.
06 / 48K + 128K
Build and run against the intended machine from inside the project—not in a disconnected emulator workflow.
The approved title change running on the 128K target, with the original rectangle and circle preserved.
The 48K workbench: project navigator, syntax-aware source and the running program.
07 / 48K + 128K
Move between BASIC, Z80 and machine state with a shared source identity and reproducible runtime evidence.
The 128K project stopped at BASIC line 110, after GO SUB 8000 returned. The line profile maps the linked music routine back to music_1.bas.
08 / 48K + 128K
Compose in project-native patterns, play live, record a take and generate reviewable BASIC or assembly.
C4, E4, G4 and C5 entered with Step input: four quarter notes at 120 BPM, with exact timing alongside the grid.
Keep only Beeper preserves all four notes in this 48K conversion preview. Review losses and audition the copy before creating it.
09 / 48K + 128K
Ask for help without handing control of the document to a model. Every code change remains explicit and reversible.
The project assistant proposes one BASIC line for a bright-cyan title. Local validation has passed; Apply Reviewed Changes is still a separate action.
The approved title change running on the 128K target, with the original rectangle and circle preserved.
10 / 48K + 128K
A guarded project-level proposal workflow under active development.
The experimental Game Project Agent: a 128K brief ready to submit, with the separate project validation area alongside it.
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