Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!uunet!comp.vuw.ac.nz!isor.vuw.ac.nz!banksie From: banksie@whitu.isor.vuw.ac.nz (Philip Banks) Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn Subject: Re: 6502 emulator running *Elite*! Message-ID: <1990Dec23.014036.22933@comp.vuw.ac.nz> Date: 23 Dec 90 01:40:36 GMT References: <1513@tharr.UUCP> Sender: news@comp.vuw.ac.nz (News Admin) Reply-To: banksie@whitu.isor.vuw.ac.nz (Philip Banks) Organization: Dept. of Comp. Sci., Victoria Uni. of Wellington, New Zealand. Lines: 26 Nntp-Posting-Host: whitu.isor.vuw.ac.nz In article <1513@tharr.UUCP>, gtoal@tharr.UUCP (Graham Toal) writes: |> |>I saw a sneak preview of a *new* 6502 emulator last week, -- not by |>Acorn, but I've been asked not to say by whom yet -- which is really |>superb: runs much faster than the Acorn one -- and *faster* than the |>BBC itself by a large chunk! |> |>The great thing is though that it has a command to configure the screen |>so that some part of it emulates one mode and the rest downwards emulates |>another. Why would you want this strange behaviour? ... you got it -- |>*Elite* :-) Only problem is its a little fast :-) |> |>Here's a vote from a Beeb fan to the author of the new emulator to get |>it out as soon as possible. I'm dying to play elite again... |> |>G Yes do hurry up! I am also missing elite *very* badly. Especially when UIM is *no* susbtitue.... *-----------------------------------------------------------------* @@@@@@/| | BANKSie! (aka Philip Banks) banksie@isor.vuw.ac.nz | @@@@@/#| | An Arc owner stuck in a non Arc spot. | @@@@/##| | Well you try drawing the Arc Symbol in Ascii 'Graphics'! | @@@/---| *-----------------------------------------------------------------* @@/ |