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Offline Zozosoft

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Re: Allsorts of interesting finds
« Reply #210 on: 2022.April.18. 14:12:33 »
Original and bugfixed 2.0&2.1, ep128emu use bugfixed versions.
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Re: Allsorts of interesting finds
« Reply #211 on: 2022.April.18. 15:32:28 »
So what is 2.2 and who did it?
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Re: Allsorts of interesting finds
« Reply #212 on: 2022.April.18. 16:06:45 »
I don't understand, I have taken 2.1 from the emulator.
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Re: Allsorts of interesting finds
« Reply #213 on: 2022.April.18. 17:09:36 »
Quote from: gflorez on 2022.April.18. 16:06:45
I don't understand, I have taken 2.1 from the emulator.
Emulator using my bugfixed BASIC ROMs, not the original. I think if you compare the original 2.1 (uploaded previously) with that 2.2 then not find the mentioned differences. Probably just the version number will be different.
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Re: Allsorts of interesting finds
« Reply #214 on: 2022.April.18. 17:13:25 »
Quote from: BruceTanner on 2022.April.18. 15:32:28
So what is 2.2 and who did it?
I think just a loadable version of 2.1
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Re: Allsorts of interesting finds
« Reply #215 on: 2022.April.18. 19:54:50 »
You are right.... it is the modified version, and the .XR tag for relocatable files is not real, so I would affirm that it is an Hungarian repacking of the modified Rom.
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Re: Allsorts of interesting finds
« Reply #216 on: 2022.May.15. 18:01:43 »
« Last Edit: 2022.May.15. 18:46:22 by Rasputnik »
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Re: Allsorts of interesting finds
« Reply #217 on: 2022.May.15. 18:59:21 »
It can be.

I always though that the British car-maker Lotus had the rights of the name on these times.



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Re: Allsorts of interesting finds
« Reply #218 on: 2022.May.15. 19:17:00 »
There was also a company called Elan in the 1980s that made eprom programmers. It was a popular name! :mrgreen:
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Re: Allsorts of interesting finds
« Reply #219 on: 2022.May.15. 19:31:04 »
Hmm... I decided to get nerdy (sorry):

Meaning of Elan
- English word meaning ardor or zeal inspired by passion or enthusiasm.
- Originally, a Native American name meaning "Powerful Spirit", "Friendly".
- Means "I live" in Estonian (first-person singular present form of elama).
- Elon (אֵילוֹן in Hebrew), is a Hebrew surname or masculine given name, which means "tree" or "oak tree". Variants include Alon, Eilan, Eilon, Elan, Ilan and Ilon.

When I'm 64 I'll change my name to ELAN and when I'm 128 I'll change it to ENTERPRISE.
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Re: Allsorts of interesting finds
« Reply #220 on: 2022.May.15. 19:33:37 »
Quote from: Rasputnik on 2022.May.15. 19:31:04
When I'm 64 I'll change my name to ELAN and when I'm 128 I'll change it to ENTERPRISE.

Is your name Oscar or Samurai now? :)
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Re: Allsorts of interesting finds
« Reply #221 on: 2022.May.15. 19:43:03 »
Ok, but.... what really is the word "Elan"?

I have found that it could also come from the French word "Élan"(impulse) or from the expression "Élan vital" a term introduced by the French philosopher Henri Bergson.

So it can be translated to English as "creative impulse", that could perfectly describe the machine they where designing.

But, why a French name for a so British computer? The plan was to sell the computer on all Europe, so it could be the reason.




Ok, sorry, I have been even more nerd....
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Re: Allsorts of interesting finds
« Reply #222 on: 2022.May.15. 20:48:20 »
There is also a Welsh river and valley named Elan.
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Re: Allsorts of interesting finds
« Reply #223 on: 2022.May.16. 22:08:03 »
Quote from: SlashNet on 2022.May.15. 19:33:37
Is your name Oscar or Samurai now? :)

:ds_icon_cheesygrin: If my name was Samurai, I would never change it :smt065

Quote from: gflorez on 2022.May.15. 20:48:20
There is also a Welsh river and valley named Elan.

Maybe the founder of ELAN/Enterprise floated down the ELAN river, abandoned in a basket as a baby, and was found by a benevolent tech geek who raised him. :smt051
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Re: Allsorts of interesting finds
« Reply #224 on: 2022.May.17. 18:13:47 »
Quote from: gflorez on 2022.May.15. 19:43:03
Ok, but.... what really is the word "Elan"?

I have found that it could also come from the French word "Élan"(impulse) or from the expression "Élan vital" a term introduced by the French philosopher Henri Bergson.

So it can be translated to English as "creative impulse", that could perfectly describe the machine they where designing.

But, why a French name for a so British computer? The plan was to sell the computer on all Europe, so it could be the reason.

Makes sense to me, I vote for that explanation, @gflorez.

And in regard to France: Maybe they wanted a very palletable name in french, since France hadn't a clear favorite 8-bit computer, like in Spain, Netherlands, Germany etc. France seemed more split between Amstrad, MSX, Atari, Sega SC-3000H, own clones of Sinclair machines and making their own attempts with for instance: Thomson MO5, TO7, Marta Alice 32 and 90 (https://www.reddit.com/r/cassettefuturism/comments/py1bz2/marta_alice_90_a_french_8bit_computer_from_1984/).

I suppose it was a market for the taking for a forward thinking machine, if Enterprise hadn't been delayed so much for various reasons.
And btw, "Enterprise" means the same in french, in fact a french word absorbed into english.


Quote from: gflorez on 2022.May.15. 19:43:03
Ok, sorry, I have been even more nerd....
:ds_icon_cheesygrin: I guess we just have to accept that we ARE nerds. :smt032
« Last Edit: 2022.May.17. 18:56:12 by Rasputnik »
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