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		forinti on Sept 28, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Fully documented source code for Elite on the BBC ... Wow, that's an excellent port; the Oric only has a 1MHz 6502.

Tepix on Sept 28, 2020 [–]

According to Wikipedia its 6502 runs at 1.75 MHz. The BBC Micro runs at 2Mhz.

Elite was also available on the C64 running at 1Mhz on a 6510.

forinti on Sept 28, 2020 | [–]

I've played also the MSX version (3.58MHz Z80), but no version I've seen runs as fast as the Beeb version.

Still, they are all quite impressive.

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