There has been much enquiry as to why games are available on some
machines and not others (though more or less constructively phrased.

As this seems to be a common enquiry, I shall reply to ukcnet.
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The reasons why there are games on some machines and not others are not
technical, they are political.

Different bodies have paid, and continue to pay, for the different machines
which are kept in the computing laboratory.  It is up to each of the groups
who hold the purse strings to decide what they want on their machines.

Computing cost real money.  Lots and lots of it.

It is a widely held myth that everybody has the right to the widest
conceivable range of the very best computing services, and that those
services must be free.

It is a good reflection on the generosity of those bodies, and the amount of
freedom which the Lab gives users, that many people hold this false impression,
but can cause pointless aggravation when people act upon it.

	Martin