This is one of the best unique features of the Enterprise!
It is need some hw support: the reset button not simply connect the Reset line to GND as other machines. Reset circuit use a capacitor for the Dave which are generate the Reset impulse.

The TVC Reset works same way. Is exist any other computer which have this feature?

I agree - one of the best features, and no I have never seen this on another computer! I cannot recall the hardware - is the capacitor just to debounce (stop glitches from) the switch? If there were any bounces, it would be the same as two resets in quick succession!

At this page the Reset circuit, the switch only control the Dave RSTI input pin, the capacitor connected to the Dave CAP pin. Unfortunatelly no Dave inside schematics  

It says here, "A Z80 is reset provided on RSTO, either on switch­on by an external RC network on CAP, or a low going signal onRSTI. The latter generates a 1mS reset pulse synchronised to the falling edge of M1 to prevent loss of data stored in dynamic RAM".


So the capacitor (and resistor)  is to provide a power-on reset pulse (which I have seen in other designs), but there is also special support inside Dave (to make sure RAM contents survive a reset).

Why removed?
Because this the EP128 production cost will be higher because address decoding chips needed to RAM expansion board.

Well spotted...I don't know the answer, but possibly bug/problem in the Dave chip?

Another interesting question about the Dave&memory: why added the wait state generation?

Probably it is for the wired prototypes? And forgot remove on the final machine?

Again I don't know the answer, but you may well be right. Or because of initial batch of "problem" Nicks!

In other topic we talking about the Function key labels.

Bruce! Can you remember where come from the idea of the programable functions keys? And the label holder?
Another system have same function keys at that time?

Today high end keyboards have same function! (Called as macro keys)

I think this is one of the little but great ideas of the Enterprise!

When I started work on the Enterprise the shape, keyboard and joystick had already been decided - the plastics were  way ahead of the software and electronics! Maybe it was driven by requirements of the financial backers - I don't know. Other keyboards on bigger systems at the time had function keys (most notably the original IBM PC of course). I don't know of any other computer that has the labels though, but I don't know where the idea came from.

I always thought a little LCD display built into the function key tops would be nice!

Other keyboards on bigger systems at the time had function keys (most notably the original IBM PC of course).

Yes, but on another system the fkeys have a fixed control code, which can be detected by user softwares.
On the Enterprise the fkeys (in normal and Shifted mode) can be defined by the user, for simulating pressing any other keys.
For example type START and pressing the Enter.

Nowadays this function is called Keyboard Macros.
I think this is unique at the Enterprise time.

I wrote a utility for Function Keys, it can record key pressing for the definition, and is able to save and load Function Key settings. It can be used in any software which uses EXOS Keyboard device and can run EXOS commands.
For example I used it in Assembler, the most used subroutine calls definition to Function keys.

Dunno about the order in time, but eg Commodore+4 has similar things, you can define something with the KEY basic command for the function keys.

The BBC micro had programmable function keys too I've just realised.