Re: Newton, James Cook and the Archi.

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          Graham Thurlwell <nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On the 30 Oct 2007, "Alex' A. Interrants" <ausserstorfer@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> wrote:
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>> I've never heard anything of it. Is it the game called U.I.M. on the
>> Racing Games Collection, on stock by APDL:
>> http://www.apdl.co.uk/games.htm
? I cannot find a review or - much
>> better - a demo version from it in the www. Anything available? I don't
>> like to buy a pig in a poke!
> 
> It was one of the first games released for RISC OS, and pre-dated Arc
> Elite by a few years. As such it was a vision of the future, and
> probably one of the very first games on any platform to feature filled
> 3D graphics.

Great to know. Many thanks. I miss webpages about this history in the 
web.

> The APDL collections are excellent value, so even if you decide that
> UIM isn't your sort of game there are still lots of other games on the
> disc that you will like.
> 
> AFAIR, it runs a little fast on StrongARM and above, but IIRC you're
> running an A7000+ so you should be OK.

Can you not make your computer slower? I always thought this is 
possible. On my machine I can type

*cache off

for example.

I see. It's always good to keep old things and not to throw it to the 
dump.

Alex'

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