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Archimedes Elite
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This copy of Elite for the Archimedes was released on Ian Bell's
website. It is free, and has the password protection present in the
commercial version removed.
More information, versions of Elite for other computer systems, and
a HTML version of the manual complete with pictures, can be found on
Ian Bell's website at:
http://people.netcom.co.uk/i.bell/elite/
The original version was not StrongARM compatible and had problems running
on other machines; in this version I have added a new loader which
automatically detects what type of computer it's running on and makes any
necessary adjustments. This means that this version of Elite should run on
any Acorn RiscOS computer from a RiscOS 2 A310 to a StrongARM Risc PC!
Those adjustments are:
- On a StrongARM machine (well, a RiscOS 3.7 or above machine) it'll turn
the cache off, run the main program, and then switch the cache back on.
It does mean it take about ten seconds to load, but that's a small price
to pay for getting rid of "undefined instruction" errors.
- On any Risc PC (including StrongARM) it'll load the rjw_Sync module to
make sure the game doesn't play too fast. !rjw_Synch is stored
unmodified in !élite.Mods.
- If you're using a pre-RiscPC machine it will ask if you have a high-
resolution monitor and if you answer "Y" it'll load the same rjw_Sync
module.
- Note that you can still double-click on commander files to load !élite
with that commander installed; the loader program passes the information
on to the main program.
Richard Goodwin
(richard@goodwin.uk.com)
AKA Commander Alex