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R/+RVG3
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| Filename: | R/+RVG3 |
| Read OK: | ✔ |
| File size: | 0B2E bytes |
| Load address: | 2B204556 |
| Exec address: | 33475652 |
Duplicates
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- AEW website » eug » eug_3_5_discs_Eug-56_A-EUG56.adf » R/+RVG3
- AEW website » eug » eug_5_25_discs_Eug-56_D-EUG56.dsd » R.+RVG3
- Personal collection » Acorn ADFS disks » Electron_User_Group » EUG_56.ADF » R/+RVG3
File contents
The ACORN ELECTRON: A Feature From RETROGAMES #3
Compiled with help from 8BS, EUG and SOLINET
As the internet took its hold, the familiar (to Elk users) names of
STAIRWAY TO HELL, 8 BIT SOFTWARE, RETRO BBC and THE BBC LIVES establish-
ed themselves, taking hundreds of hits a day. Several coders began work
on an Electron emulator for the PC; some faltered but one thrived and
version Beta5 is currently available free of charge from its creator,
Thomas Harte. All the old favourites, including all of the copyrighted
SUPERIOR titles (which doesn't please them) are also offered in emulated
form from companion sites.
The EUG fanzine, a disk-based magazine which receives, reviews and
publishes new games, demos, articles and news, maintains a database of
over a hundred members and is one of the few 8 bit groups that continue
with alarming professionalism to this day. Their website at www.acorn
electron.co.uk offers a variety of the real McCoy Electron hardware at
very low prices and, currently on issue 56, they will also send out free
issues and PD disks for review. Considering all ex-ELECTRON USER disks
have now become PD, not to mention the thousands of fresh disks sub-
mitted by those unsung geniuses behind epic PD arcade games such as
SHIPWRECKED and SUNDAY, the Scott Adams' adventures and some disturbing
slideshows from a group calling itself THE HORNY ELK, the full collect-
ion adds up to many hundreds of demos and utilities on disk alone. Ven-
turning into its readers' world of tape and disk collections reveals the
surprising vastness of the PD scene, while the magazine itself offers
all a "forum for debate and exchange of ideas".
It's possible to sense a fondness associated with the Electron
because it was a machine that, from its release, really had its work cut
out for it to measure up to its Big Brother Beeb. The reality is that it
didn't, and the way in which ACORN handled its promotion, meant that all
its potential qualities were sidelined by the heaping onto it of expen-
sive and bug-ridden addon failures. But its strength now is that the
original machine is very collectable, most of the games produced for it
are very good and it's actively supported via emulation (which happily,
didn't see fit to emulate the loss of 13K for disk drive compatibility).
For ease of use, its keys, which produce reserved words if tapped in
conjunction with the FUNC key was never beaten. It boasts, if you can
find them, a way of learning about many early 'different' computer lang-
uages. And, the sales figures from SUPERIOR say it all - more games were
sold for the Electron than the BBC itself!
The Electron didn't ever measure up...but the fact it's still around
testifies to the fact it succeeded on its own. Buy one!
EUG #56
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As the| 00000080 20 69 6e 74 65 72 6e 65 74 20 74 6f 6f 6b 20 69 | internet took i| 00000090 74 73 20 68 6f 6c 64 2c 20 74 68 65 20 66 61 6d |ts hold, the fam| 000000a0 69 6c 69 61 72 20 28 74 6f 20 45 6c 6b 20 75 73 |iliar (to Elk us| 000000b0 65 72 73 29 20 6e 61 6d 65 73 20 6f 66 0d 53 54 |ers) names of.ST| 000000c0 41 49 52 57 41 59 20 54 4f 20 48 45 4c 4c 2c 20 |AIRWAY TO HELL, | 000000d0 38 20 42 49 54 20 53 4f 46 54 57 41 52 45 2c 20 |8 BIT SOFTWARE, | 000000e0 52 45 54 52 4f 20 42 42 43 20 61 6e 64 20 54 48 |RETRO BBC and TH| 000000f0 45 20 42 42 43 20 4c 49 56 45 53 20 65 73 74 61 |E BBC LIVES esta| 00000100 62 6c 69 73 68 2d 0d 65 64 20 74 68 65 6d 73 65 |blish-.ed themse| 00000110 6c 76 65 73 2c 20 74 61 6b 69 6e 67 20 68 75 6e |lves, taking hun| 00000120 64 72 65 64 73 20 6f 66 20 68 69 74 73 20 61 20 |dreds of hits a | 00000130 64 61 79 2e 20 53 65 76 65 72 61 6c 20 63 6f 64 |day. Several cod| 00000140 65 72 73 20 62 65 67 61 6e 20 77 6f 72 6b 0d 6f |ers began work.o| 00000150 6e 20 61 6e 20 45 6c 65 63 74 72 6f 6e 20 65 6d |n an Electron em| 00000160 75 6c 61 74 6f 72 20 66 6f 72 20 74 68 65 20 50 |ulator for the P| 00000170 43 3b 20 73 6f 6d 65 20 66 61 6c 74 65 72 65 64 |C; some faltered| 00000180 20 62 75 74 20 6f 6e 65 20 74 68 72 69 76 65 64 | but one thrived| 00000190 20 61 6e 64 0d 76 65 72 73 69 6f 6e 20 42 65 74 | and.version Bet| 000001a0 61 35 20 69 73 20 63 75 72 72 65 6e 74 6c 79 20 |a5 is currently | 000001b0 61 76 61 69 6c 61 62 6c 65 20 66 72 65 65 20 6f |available free o| 000001c0 66 20 63 68 61 72 67 65 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 69 74 |f charge from it| 000001d0 73 20 63 72 65 61 74 6f 72 2c 0d 54 68 6f 6d 61 |s creator,.Thoma| 000001e0 73 20 48 61 72 74 65 2e 20 41 6c 6c 20 74 68 65 |s Harte. 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Ven-.turning| 000005e0 20 69 6e 74 6f 20 69 74 73 20 72 65 61 64 65 72 | into its reader| 000005f0 73 27 20 77 6f 72 6c 64 20 6f 66 20 74 61 70 65 |s' world of tape| 00000600 20 61 6e 64 20 64 69 73 6b 20 63 6f 6c 6c 65 63 | and disk collec| 00000610 74 69 6f 6e 73 20 72 65 76 65 61 6c 73 20 74 68 |tions reveals th| 00000620 65 0d 73 75 72 70 72 69 73 69 6e 67 20 76 61 73 |e.surprising vas| 00000630 74 6e 65 73 73 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 50 44 20 |tness of the PD | 00000640 73 63 65 6e 65 2c 20 77 68 69 6c 65 20 74 68 65 |scene, while the| 00000650 20 6d 61 67 61 7a 69 6e 65 20 69 74 73 65 6c 66 | magazine itself| 00000660 20 6f 66 66 65 72 73 0d 61 6c 6c 20 61 20 22 66 | offers.all a "f| 00000670 6f 72 75 6d 20 66 6f 72 20 64 65 62 61 74 65 20 |orum for debate | 00000680 61 6e 64 20 65 78 63 68 61 6e 67 65 20 6f 66 20 |and exchange of | 00000690 69 64 65 61 73 22 2e 0d 20 20 20 49 74 27 73 20 |ideas".. It's | 000006a0 70 6f 73 73 69 62 6c 65 20 74 6f 20 73 65 6e 73 |possible to sens| 000006b0 65 20 61 20 66 6f 6e 64 6e 65 73 73 20 61 73 73 |e a fondness ass| 000006c0 6f 63 69 61 74 65 64 20 77 69 74 68 20 74 68 65 |ociated with the| 000006d0 20 45 6c 65 63 74 72 6f 6e 20 0d 62 65 63 61 75 | Electron .becau| 000006e0 73 65 20 69 74 20 77 61 73 20 61 20 6d 61 63 68 |se it was a mach| 000006f0 69 6e 65 20 74 68 61 74 2c 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 69 |ine that, from i| 00000700 74 73 20 72 65 6c 65 61 73 65 2c 20 72 65 61 6c |ts release, real| 00000710 6c 79 20 68 61 64 20 69 74 73 20 77 6f 72 6b 20 |ly had its work | 00000720 63 75 74 0d 6f 75 74 20 66 6f 72 20 69 74 20 74 |cut.out for it t| 00000730 6f 20 6d 65 61 73 75 72 65 20 75 70 20 74 6f 20 |o measure up to | 00000740 69 74 73 20 42 69 67 20 42 72 6f 74 68 65 72 20 |its Big Brother | 00000750 42 65 65 62 2e 20 54 68 65 20 72 65 61 6c 69 74 |Beeb. The realit| 00000760 79 20 69 73 20 74 68 61 74 20 69 74 0d 64 69 64 |y is that it.did| 00000770 6e 27 74 2c 20 61 6e 64 20 74 68 65 20 77 61 79 |n't, and the way| 00000780 20 69 6e 20 77 68 69 63 68 20 41 43 4f 52 4e 20 | in which ACORN | 00000790 68 61 6e 64 6c 65 64 20 69 74 73 20 70 72 6f 6d |handled its prom| 000007a0 6f 74 69 6f 6e 2c 20 6d 65 61 6e 74 20 74 68 61 |otion, meant tha| 000007b0 74 20 61 6c 6c 0d 69 74 73 20 70 6f 74 65 6e 74 |t all.its potent| 000007c0 69 61 6c 20 71 75 61 6c 69 74 69 65 73 20 77 65 |ial qualities we| 000007d0 72 65 20 73 69 64 65 6c 69 6e 65 64 20 62 79 20 |re sidelined by | 000007e0 74 68 65 20 68 65 61 70 69 6e 67 20 6f 6e 74 6f |the heaping onto| 000007f0 20 69 74 20 6f 66 20 65 78 70 65 6e 2d 0d 73 69 | it of expen-.si| 00000800 76 65 20 61 6e 64 20 62 75 67 2d 72 69 64 64 65 |ve and bug-ridde| 00000810 6e 20 61 64 64 6f 6e 20 66 61 69 6c 75 72 65 73 |n addon failures| 00000820 2e 20 42 75 74 20 69 74 73 20 73 74 72 65 6e 67 |. But its streng| 00000830 74 68 20 6e 6f 77 20 69 73 20 74 68 61 74 20 74 |th now is that t| 00000840 68 65 0d 6f 72 69 67 69 6e 61 6c 20 6d 61 63 68 |he.original mach| 00000850 69 6e 65 20 69 73 20 76 65 72 79 20 63 6f 6c 6c |ine is very coll| 00000860 65 63 74 61 62 6c 65 2c 20 6d 6f 73 74 20 6f 66 |ectable, most of| 00000870 20 74 68 65 20 67 61 6d 65 73 20 70 72 6f 64 75 | the games produ| 00000880 63 65 64 20 66 6f 72 20 69 74 0d 61 72 65 20 76 |ced for it.are v| 00000890 65 72 79 20 67 6f 6f 64 20 61 6e 64 20 69 74 27 |ery good and it'| 000008a0 73 20 61 63 74 69 76 65 6c 79 20 73 75 70 70 6f |s actively suppo| 000008b0 72 74 65 64 20 76 69 61 20 65 6d 75 6c 61 74 69 |rted via emulati| 000008c0 6f 6e 20 28 77 68 69 63 68 20 68 61 70 70 69 6c |on (which happil| 000008d0 79 2c 0d 64 69 64 6e 27 74 20 73 65 65 20 66 69 |y,.didn't see fi| 000008e0 74 20 74 6f 20 65 6d 75 6c 61 74 65 20 74 68 65 |t to emulate the| 000008f0 20 6c 6f 73 73 20 6f 66 20 31 33 4b 20 66 6f 72 | loss of 13K for| 00000900 20 64 69 73 6b 20 64 72 69 76 65 20 63 6f 6d 70 | disk drive comp| 00000910 61 74 69 62 69 6c 69 74 79 29 2e 0d 46 6f 72 20 |atibility)..For | 00000920 65 61 73 65 20 6f 66 20 75 73 65 2c 20 69 74 73 |ease of use, its| 00000930 20 6b 65 79 73 2c 20 77 68 69 63 68 20 70 72 6f | keys, which pro| 00000940 64 75 63 65 20 72 65 73 65 72 76 65 64 20 77 6f |duce reserved wo| 00000950 72 64 73 20 69 66 20 74 61 70 70 65 64 20 69 6e |rds if tapped in| 00000960 20 0d 63 6f 6e 6a 75 6e 63 74 69 6f 6e 20 77 69 | .conjunction wi| 00000970 74 68 20 74 68 65 20 46 55 4e 43 20 6b 65 79 20 |th the FUNC key | 00000980 77 61 73 20 6e 65 76 65 72 20 62 65 61 74 65 6e |was never beaten| 00000990 2e 20 49 74 20 62 6f 61 73 74 73 2c 20 69 66 20 |. It boasts, if | 000009a0 79 6f 75 20 63 61 6e 0d 66 69 6e 64 20 74 68 65 |you can.find the| 000009b0 6d 2c 20 61 20 77 61 79 20 6f 66 20 6c 65 61 72 |m, a way of lear| 000009c0 6e 69 6e 67 20 61 62 6f 75 74 20 6d 61 6e 79 20 |ning about many | 000009d0 65 61 72 6c 79 20 27 64 69 66 66 65 72 65 6e 74 |early 'different| 000009e0 27 20 63 6f 6d 70 75 74 65 72 20 6c 61 6e 67 2d |' computer lang-| 000009f0 0d 75 61 67 65 73 2e 20 41 6e 64 2c 20 74 68 65 |.uages. And, the| 00000a00 20 73 61 6c 65 73 20 66 69 67 75 72 65 73 20 66 | sales figures f| 00000a10 72 6f 6d 20 53 55 50 45 52 49 4f 52 20 73 61 79 |rom SUPERIOR say| 00000a20 20 69 74 20 61 6c 6c 20 2d 20 6d 6f 72 65 20 67 | it all - more g| 00000a30 61 6d 65 73 20 77 65 72 65 0d 73 6f 6c 64 20 66 |ames were.sold f| 00000a40 6f 72 20 74 68 65 20 45 6c 65 63 74 72 6f 6e 20 |or the Electron | 00000a50 74 68 61 6e 20 74 68 65 20 42 42 43 20 69 74 73 |than the BBC its| 00000a60 65 6c 66 21 0d 20 20 20 54 68 65 20 45 6c 65 63 |elf!. The Elec| 00000a70 74 72 6f 6e 20 64 69 64 6e 27 74 20 65 76 65 72 |tron didn't ever| 00000a80 20 6d 65 61 73 75 72 65 20 75 70 2e 2e 2e 62 75 | measure up...bu| 00000a90 74 20 74 68 65 20 66 61 63 74 20 69 74 27 73 20 |t the fact it's | 00000aa0 73 74 69 6c 6c 20 61 72 6f 75 6e 64 0d 74 65 73 |still around.tes| 00000ab0 74 69 66 69 65 73 20 74 6f 20 74 68 65 20 66 61 |tifies to the fa| 00000ac0 63 74 20 69 74 20 73 75 63 63 65 65 64 65 64 20 |ct it succeeded | 00000ad0 6f 6e 20 69 74 73 20 6f 77 6e 2e 20 42 75 79 20 |on its own. Buy | 00000ae0 6f 6e 65 21 0d 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |one!. | 00000af0 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | | * 00000b20 20 20 20 20 20 20 45 55 47 20 23 35 36 0d | EUG #56.| 00000b2e
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