Date   : Fri, 19 Aug 1994 16:47:56 WET DST
From   : Bonfield James <jkb@...>
Subject: Re: Hath Acorn Not a Tongue?

Jon writes:

>>The name Dave Bell seems very familiar, especially in association with
>>Eddie Braben.  Can anyone place the two, or am I talking rubbish again ?
>
>David Braben and Ian Bell wrote Elite together while in Cambridge. Braben
>went on to write Lander, Zarch and Frontier. Eddie Edwards is the guy who's
>doing the official (ie Id-approved) port of Wolfenstein 3D to the Archimedes
>(to be released at the Acorn Show in late October - come and see us there!)

It was most definitely Dave Bell whom I emailed (the address being dbell@...).
Maybe he's related to Ian. I've no idea if there's an Eddie Braben in addition
to David Braben. As far as Eddie Edwards goes, is he the same person who wrote
quite a few decent Dragon 32K games quite some time ago? Was he the one who
wrote Backtrack? Or am I just imagining this.

Also, is Eddie Edwards connected at all with Kevin Edwards? Kevin Edwards is
author of Galaforce and all the nastiest disk/tape protection schemes ever
employed on the BBC. I always looked upon his code as a real challenge ;-)

       James