The program should run on EP with any software or hardware (tape/floppy/HDD/SD Card) addon, which fit to the basic requirements of the program, for example if a program minimum requirement is 64KB the program should run on EP128/any EP with memory expansion, if the minimum requirement is 128KB RAM then it do not have to run on EP64 of course, the RAM used by the program can be chosen freely, but they have to be requested through the operating system this grants the compatibility with any EP configuration.
128 KB RAM can be chosen for minimum requirement when the program do not need it for running, but there are other requirement which needs it, example:
- speed, EP64 is slower, because accessing of video memory (EP64 has only 64KB of Video RAM) is much slower then non Video RAM.
Feel free to contact us on
www.enterpriseforever.com for any help
(Memory management, EXOS comapibility, using/creting LPT to display screen, etc. )
Here are some example for EP specific addons in conversions:
- Choose other colors from EP palette instad of original ZX/CPC/etc
- Additional graphics beside/around the game screen, or bigger game screen
- Using stereo and/or digi sound
- Using Mouse
- Save High score/play state
- Proper exit from the program by soft reset (after pressing reset button, ENTERPRISE flashing text appears immeadiately)
- more/better graphics and/or sound
- using extra memory if it is available on a machine for extra contents (graphics, sound, game level, etc) for example if the program is EP128 compatible but the program recognize that more memory is available on a machine it activates the extras.
- Using file manager (ex FILE expansion) if the program recognize thar EXDOS is available.
- design tape/disk cover by using the concept of original EP programs (
http://ep128.hu/Album/Ep_Kazetta/Ep_Kazetta.htm )
- Creating ROM version of the program
- Use extra CPU time for additional graphics/sound effects on turbo machines (6/7.12/10MHz)
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