Date : Wed, 11 Jul 2001 11:04:51 +0100
From : "endie" <endie@...>
Subject: Re: BEEB Stuff
From: "Paras Sidapara" <Paras.Sidapara@...>
> Now - if someone comes up with a Java implementation of a Beeb emulator,
> then I'd be happy to play Elite on a decent PDA in a year's time [based on
> my expectations of the way technology is likely to evolve over the next
year
> or so]
That gets my vote! I'll happily chip in time and resource to a
collabarative open-source project to write just such a java-based emulator.
Anyone else interested? Preferably someone with experience of writing beeb
emulators before so they can play Mr Torvalds!
By the way, Paras, the excellent Need to Know ( www.ntk.net - the author has
a strong love for the old elite beeb version - search for "Elite" from their
main page and see what i mean. I even have their retro Elite t-shirt) has
already pointed to a site which will allow you to play elite on your Palm.
/* Quote on
Now that Terminus is almost out, and Elite IV is almost
certainly doomed to be a perfectly horrid travesty (although
we're happy to bet both ends at William Hill on that
eventuality), we're almost reaching the end of our endless
pining for the One True Successor to Elite. But in the mean
time, please allow us to air our obsession one more time in
the worthiest of causes. Giles ("1080") Goddard's VOID is,
as far as is inhumanly possible, Elite for the PalmOS
platform. Palm IIIc users get school-of-CGA colours: the rest of
us can revel in almost BBC Micro monochrome. Our souls are
at rest; or they will be when we fork over the $9.95
registration fee. Can we pay in narcotics?
http://members.iinet.net.au/~acidburn/void.html
- altho, actually the BBC had several lines of colour,
thanks to an incredible VBI interrupt hack
Quote off, copyleft NTK*/
If you're in an office, however, be aware that the members.iinet link there
has an annoying piece of Strauss playing, so press Stop on your browser
button bar as soon as you load the page.
Endie