Date   : Thu, 16 Sep 1999 16:28:14 +0100
From   : David Gorst <dgorst@...>
Subject: Elite

More likely 32K - 10K to 20K screen memory - OS stuff - DFS stuff = not very
much.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: FARAZ CHOUDHRY [mailto:razzledazzler2@...]
> Sent: 16 September 1999 16:15
> To: Ian Lane; BBC Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [BBC-Micro] Elite
> 
> 
> I ain't joking man, don't underestimate what you can pack into 32K ort
> 64K on a Beeb.  This computer is no PC, Acorns have always had
> different architectures to PC, anything that takes like 32K on a BBC
> would take like 150-200K on an IBM PC 8086.
> 
>                                    F. H. Choudhry
> 
> --- Ian Lane <ian.lane@...> wrote:
> > I think Faraz was joking about converting any new
> > version of Elite to the
> > Beeb and playing Elite over the net on a BBC.
> > At least, I hope he was...
> > 
> > PS It was possible for the original Elite to be
> > other than b&w - but it
> > would have been black and yellow, or black and cyan,
> > or black and green,
> > or...
> > 
> > 
> 
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