Description
A demo for the ZX Spectrum by Fractal Crew, first shown at the Longhaven Bay Gathering in 1982.
Provenance
Donated with the machine it was used on. The disks had been stored beside a loudspeaker, and one track on each was weak. A handful of files survive, from a much larger whole.
Preservation
- Fixity (SHA-256)
a1e44d9efa2f87a2face0820c95b9a0d458de0ebd83aafdd2d03b754a7a88d93- Last verified
- Oct 15, 2026, by Vigil
- Emulation profile
- LZE-ZXS-6 · lz-z80 core
- Copies
- Three, on two kinds of storage, in two cities
- Original carriers
- Kept in cold storage in Vancouver
Access
Free, in the Lazarus reading room in Vancouver and in partner reading rooms. Copies may be taken away under the work’s license.
In the reading room it runs in emulation under profile LZE-ZXS-6, from a read-only copy of the recovered image, as it would have on the ZX Spectrum.
Cite as: Fractal Crew, Starfield Postcard (1982). Lazarus Archive, LZ-26333.