BBC Micro - Revision history

Cholmondely: Tagged as version of Classic Elite

2021-04-11T09:21:55Z

Tagged as version of Classic Elite

2020-12-18T00:57:44Z

Links!

2020-12-18T00:53:38Z

‎Links

2020-12-18T00:52:48Z

Added link

2013-03-10T23:41:01Z

acorn linked to wikipedia

2010-03-01T09:42:49Z

added screenshot of BBC Elite, and moved & resized the photo of the BBC Micro

2008-09-30T03:59:53Z

2008-09-30T03:47:01Z

2007-12-11T14:49:43Z

Why the Beeb is so important to Elite!

2007-12-01T16:19:30Z

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	*The Manual is [http://www.elitehomepage.org/manual.htm here].		*The Manual is [http://www.elitehomepage.org/manual.htm here].

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 == Links ==
 *Try it for yourself [https://bbc.godbolt.org/?disc=elite.ssd&autoboot=true here]!
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 == Links ==
-*Try it [https://bbc.godbolt.org/?disc=elite.ssd&autoboot=true here]!
+*Try it for yourself [https://bbc.godbolt.org/?disc=elite.ssd&autoboot=true here]!
 [[Category:Factual]][[Category:Classic]]

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	A BBC Model B could be enhanced by a second parallel external processor, trade-marked as the '''TUBE'''. A TUBE-enhanced version of Elite was also released by Acornsoft. A comparable flyby runs approximately 20% faster, and more screen colours were available. [http://www.box.net/shared/cq6mqf1tdy Lave_tube.mov] (warning 19 Mbytes)		A BBC Model B could be enhanced by a second parallel external processor, trade-marked as the '''TUBE'''. A TUBE-enhanced version of Elite was also released by Acornsoft. A comparable flyby runs approximately 20% faster, and more screen colours were available. [http://www.box.net/shared/cq6mqf1tdy Lave_tube.mov] (warning 19 Mbytes)

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		+	== Links ==
		+	*Try it [https://bbc.godbolt.org/?disc=elite.ssd&autoboot=true here]!

	[[Category:Factual]][[Category:Classic]]		[[Category:Factual]][[Category:Classic]]

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 [[Image:BBC_Micro.jpeg|left|200px|The  '''BBC Micro'''.]]
-The '''BBC Micro''', affectionately known as the ''Beeb'', was an early 8-bit home computer. It was designed and built by [[Acorn Computers Ltd]] for the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC).
+The '''BBC Micro''', affectionately known as the ''Beeb'', was an early 8-bit home computer. It was designed and built by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acorn_Computers Acorn Computers Ltd] for the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC).
 Its place in Elite history is assured by the fact that it was, along with the [[Acorn_Electron|Acorn Electron]], the machine for which Elite was first released, in 1984.

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 The '''BBC Micro''', affectionately known as the ''Beeb'', was an early 8-bit home computer. It was designed and built by [[Acorn Computers Ltd]] for the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC).
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-[[Image:BBC_Micro.jpeg|right|300px|The '''BBC Micro'''.]]
+[[Image:Bbc_elite.gif|right|BBC Elite]]
 A special split-screen mode was used by Elite on the BBC Model B to save memory but allow some colours for the low resolution cockpit front panel.

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 A special split-screen mode was used by Elite on the BBC Model B to save memory but allow some colours for the low resolution cockpit front panel.
-Examples of the Cobra Mk. III spaceship performing a flyby of a Space Station at the planet Lave are available here:
+Examples of the [[Cobra_Mk.3_(Classic)|Cobra Mk. III]] spaceship performing a flyby of a Space Station at the planet [[Lave]] are available here:
 . Towards the Space Station with Lave out of view behind the ship.   [http://www.box.net/shared/hs3lqbdd1z Lave_away.mov] (warning 6 Mbytes)

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	[[Image:BBC_Micro.jpeg\|right\|300px\|The '''BBC Micro'''.]]		[[Image:BBC_Micro.jpeg\|right\|300px\|The '''BBC Micro'''.]]
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		+	A special split-screen mode was used by Elite on the BBC Model B to save memory but allow some colours for the low resolution cockpit front panel.
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		+	Examples of the Cobra Mk. III spaceship performing a flyby of a Space Station at the planet Lave are available here:
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		+	1. Towards the Space Station with Lave out of view behind the ship. [http://www.box.net/shared/hs3lqbdd1z Lave_away.mov] (warning 6 Mbytes)
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		+	2. Towards the Space Station with Lave visible beyond the Space Station. [http://www.box.net/shared/7i8e7q41hm Lave_towards.mov] (warning 15 Mbytes)
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		+	(BBC disk version of Elite run by the BeebEm3 emulator on a Mac)
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		+	Note how the ship's apparent speed is dependent on the rendering demands placed on the 8-bit 6502 processor.
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		+	A BBC Model B could be enhanced by a second parallel external processor, trade-marked as the '''TUBE'''. A TUBE-enhanced version of Elite was also released by Acornsoft. A comparable flyby runs approximately 20% faster, and more screen colours were available. [http://www.box.net/shared/cq6mqf1tdy Lave_tube.mov] (warning 19 Mbytes)


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	The '''BBC Micro''', affectionately known as the ''Beeb'', was an early 8-bit home computer. It was designed and built by [[Acorn Computers Ltd]] for the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC).		The '''BBC Micro''', affectionately known as the ''Beeb'', was an early 8-bit home computer. It was designed and built by [[Acorn Computers Ltd]] for the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC).
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		+	Its place in Elite history is assured by the fact that it was, along with the [[Acorn_Electron\|Acorn Electron]], the machine for which Elite was first released, in 1984.

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