Date   : Fri, 18 Aug 2000 10:56:43 +0100
From   : "B.E.Newsam" <ben@...>
Subject: Re: Second Processors

In message <002601c00829$29a8e5f0$576d640a@...>, kevin <kevin@...
of-a-hat.co.uk> writes
>What was the point of getting a second processor for a BBC, I guess it made the 
>computer run faster - but would this make games run too fast. Was any software 
>specifically written for it (Elite for example).

It is certainly faster. The second processor becomes the "main"
computer, and the one in the original box is left to do graphics and
system stuff, rather like a graphics card on a PC. It gives you more
memory too. Dunno about games, I never play games. Heh heh.
-- 
Ben