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Brane2 wrote:I remember reading somewhere something about Elite Demo for QL.

But AFAIk nothing has materialized out fo that.
Still "Elite" could be one of the few games where QL could efectively shine, even today.

So I wonder if there is source available, either of original or of that demo...

Charvel.zip (136K) - holds the Charvel Soft demo disk, containing:
3D and Elite Demos (5) by Dave Halls Barker, Robert James Nash and Mark Handley
http://www.dilwyn.me.uk/demos/Charvel.zip

Never used it, I don't know anything about it.

It doesn't work with Minerva ROM - and it needs more than 128k of RAM
It works in QEmulator - with JS Rom and 640k memory, the zip file mapped as win1_
And IT'S IMPRESSIVE !!!

I only gave half an answer on the Elite demo (I was away when I wrote the message) - I should also have mentioned that Derek's txtElite is available on the Games page on my site:

http://www.dilwyn.me.uk/games/index.html

Or download the zip file directly: http://www.dilwyn.me.uk/games/txtElite1-6.zip

Brane2 wrote:

Andrew wrote:It doesn't work with Minerva ROM - and it needs more than 128k of RAM
It works in QEmulator - with JS Rom and 640k memory, the zip file mapped as win1_
And IT'S IMPRESSIVE !!!

Can you map zip file directly as WIN1 ?
Or do you mean this as "unpacked zip file" ?

Yes, in QEmualator you can map a zip file directly as Win1_ . Of course, it will be a read-only drive.

Hi,

A zip file can only be mapped as a drive in the registered version of Q-Emulator. I can not fine a way to map a zip file as a QDOS drive in uqlx or sQLux. However, if a floppy image is attached to uqlx or sQLux in the configuration with:

DEVICE = FLP1,~/Charvel.img,qdos-fs

then when the emulator starts, device FLP1 will point to the floppy image

I made a 720Kb Floppy Image of the Charvel zip archive:
Note the ~/ means the home directory.

I found sQLux with JS ROM, 640Mb ram, ran the software, but too fast to be useable.