Date   : Thu, 02 Dec 1999 11:05:41 -0800 (PST)
From   : Angus Duggan <angus@...>
Subject: B-Master compatibility issues

Faraz Choudhry writes:
>
>Hi there, isn't it just sad that when Acorn designed the Master they
>compromised on 100% backwards compatibility with the Model B computers?
>Anyhow, folks, I need some tips on getting graphics intensive games for the
>Model B to run on the Master.  I found that the original Elite just doesn't
>run properly on a Master.  I remember with a 1991 issue of the Micro User

If Elite had used the operating system services, this would be a valid
complaint. It doesn't; it accesses hardware and the graphics memory directly,
so you really can't complain about the OS not supporting it. If there were an
MMU and protected memory spaces, then the OS could trap these uses an emulate
them, but then it wouldn't be a nice simple 8-bit micro...

It's in the nature of these machines for programming to be very close to the
hardware. In some ways, that's what makes them fun.

a.