Date   : Thu, 16 Sep 1999 16:49:06 +0100
From   : David Gorst <dgorst@...>
Subject: Elite

Fine - give it a whack ... ;-)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: FARAZ CHOUDHRY [mailto:razzledazzler2@...]
> Sent: 16 September 1999 16:39
> To: dgorst@...
> Cc: bbc-micro@...
> Subject: RE: [BBC-Micro] Elite
> 
> 
> Don't forget SWR's.  They give extra memory!! :-)
> 
>                                       F. H. Choudhry
> 
> --- David Gorst <dgorst@...> wrote:
> > 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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> > 
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