Date   : Fri, 17 Sep 1999 05:55:41 -0700 (PDT)
From   : FARAZ CHOUDHRY <razzledazzler2@...>
Subject: Re: Elite 

Must have been trying to make the Master Compact version I guess?

                                       F. H. Choudhry

P.S. I think it's all a matter of good code and memory management.

--- James Gibbon <jg@...> wrote:
> David Gorst wrote:
> > 
> > Fine - give it a whack ... ;-)
> > 
> 
> Somebody already did give it a whack, sometime in
> the mid '80s, 
> and it certainly didn't run in 32K!  OK, you got
> colour and a 
> couple more missions (I think) but ISTR they had
> trouble 
> squeezing it into 512K
> 
> James
> 
> 
> > > -----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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> a tip: why
> not add a slice of lemon to each jar, for
> freshness."
> - Jack Handey
> 
> 
> 

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