Date   : Thu, 17 Aug 2000 09:20:21 -0700 (PDT)
From   : Angus Duggan <angus@...>
Subject: Second Processor Elite

Julian Stenning writes:
>Hi all,
>
>I've just got my beeb up & running again and have quite a few questions. 
>I'll spread them out a bit so you don't all get fed up looking at my name!
>
>I was try to get the second processor version of elite to run on my beeb 
>last night with no success.
>
>My setup is a bbc b, 6502 2nd proc, solidisk 2meg128 and solidisk 1770/8271 
>dual fdc. Roms are Acron DFS 1.2, STL 1770 DFS (2.2n) and Acorn ADFS 1.3.
>
>I downloaded 2nd proc elite from Ian Bells website and transerred it to the 
>beeb. but *RUNning SPELITE does nothing.

Elite-A has a second processor variant too; find it at
http://www.tardis.ed.ac.uk/!ajcd/beeb/elite.html

Its second processor code still uses the split-mode screen, but is faster,
and allows a wider mix of ship types simultaneously. There is a single disc
which detects the second processor and boots the appropriate code
automatically.

a.