Date   : Thu, 28 Sep 2006 14:32:08 +0100
From   : Francis Devereux <francis@...>
Subject: Re: Elite - What was in the box?

On Thu, Sep 28, 2006 at 02:08:37PM +0000, Jules Richardson wrote:
> Andrew Hancock wrote:
> >i've got an elite poster in mine.
> 
> [de-top-posted for readability]
> 
> Wasn't there also some weird anti-piracy widget that came with Elite too?
> 
> <fx:googles>
> 
> Hmm, Lenslok, although I'm getting the impression that it wasn't used for 
> the BBC version? (Which is odd as I'm sure I remember getting one of those 
> widgets amongst a pile of Acorn stuff!)

The Superior Software BBC disc version that I had didn't have one of those.
The disc was copy protected.

I'm still plugging away at Elite on my Master and RiscPC; I haven't quite
made Elite on either...

Whilst we're on the topic of Elite, is the Tube version better than the
Master version?  If so why?

Francis