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Offline Z80System

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Re: Quick note to say hi!
« Reply #30 on: 2014.September.17. 16:44:19 »
Ahhh ... you probably think of this (I never heard it before):


WIMP1
wɪmp/
nounCOMPUTING
noun: WIMP; plural noun: WIMPs
a set of software features and hardware devices (such as windows, icons, mice, and pull-down menus) designed to simplify or demystify computing operations for the user.
"WIMP user interfaces"
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Re: Quick note to say hi!
« Reply #31 on: 2014.September.17. 18:04:00 »
WIMP stands for "Windows, Icons, Menu and  Pointer".

The GUI system appears to be complete, not our equipment...

It works if you are in an old EXDOS Rom, but it needs mouse.xr, that then  needs the real mouse interface.

":var 6 1
:var 10 8
:var 11 20
:echo EGI-I-101-wmstrt-Warm starting
:load \egi.sys\fman.egi
:cls
:echo Creating Ramdisk E:
:ramdisk 2 /d
:vol e: EGI Ramdisk
:echo EGI-I-102-cdstrt-Cold starting
:load \egi.sys\mouse.xr
:load \egi.sys\egi.rel
:load \egi.sys\fman.egi"

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Re: Quick note to say hi!
« Reply #32 on: 2014.September.17. 18:11:44 »
I guess: the EGI are originaly independent developement, and later planned by Mr. Kopacsy to make "official Enterprise" release. (Mr. Kopacsy are the director of Hungarian Enterprise company).

See the story of Andrew Richards IS-Basic extensions: original released by BOXSOFT, later build from these the Enterprise Plus Cartridge...

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Re: Quick note to say hi!
« Reply #33 on: 2014.September.17. 18:18:05 »
Yes, call me old fashioned, but WIMP was the term used back in the day and it stuck. :)  I really can't see there being more than one GUI developed for the EP so I suspect this is the same EGI that EXOS 3 was going to use.

I'll have a look to see if I have any more Private Enterprise mags but I think you have all the ones I have.

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Re: Quick note to say hi!
« Reply #34 on: 2014.September.17. 18:26:11 »
Nick! You bought the mouse with the EGI in one pack?

I have two pack of Boxsoft mouse (both bought in the last few years), both come with Paintbox drawing software (on a tape).

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Re: Quick note to say hi!
« Reply #35 on: 2014.September.17. 18:54:49 »
I don't know but there is another mouse driver called OLDMS.XR, may be there are different versions of the mouse interface...

None of them working on the emulator...

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Re: Quick note to say hi!
« Reply #36 on: 2014.September.17. 19:07:07 »
Nick do you have any other treasure in your bag ? :)
We have found 2 original EP programs which we have never see before.

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Re: Quick note to say hi!
« Reply #37 on: 2014.September.17. 19:27:08 »
There are three mouse.xr versions(observed by an hex  editor)

Mouse.bak seems to be the oldest, it is shorter and has version 1.0.
Oldms.xr is as long as mouse.xr but has version 1.0.
Mouse.xr is the version selected and has version 1.1

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Re: Quick note to say hi!
« Reply #38 on: 2014.September.17. 19:56:24 »
More hex edition.

There are three EGI programs included in the PROG directory of disk1, Prime, to calculate prime numbers, Wordcount, to count the number of words of a text file, and Icon Designer, to design.... icons!

All written by Rhodri Cusack on 1987.

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Re: Quick note to say hi!
« Reply #39 on: 2014.September.17. 20:06:11 »
I received a copy of EGI from a contact (whose name is long lost in the mists of time) in London when I was living there as a student.  It didn't come with the mouse, only Paintbox did.  I also received a pre-release cartridge but can't for the life of me remember what's on it - it's unlabelled (you can see it next to my IS-BASIC cartridge).  I really need to get a replacement power supply and check it out.

BTW, you said you found two new programs, what was the second?

P.S.  Here's a photo of the Paintbox release notes that came with the software.  You probably have this somewhere but better safe than sorry...

/edit - oh wait, there's also an IEUG compilation tape (you can see it on the right).  Can't remember what's on it.

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Re: Quick note to say hi!
« Reply #40 on: 2014.September.17. 20:14:30 »
The 2nd was Insane, and as I saw the author was the same as Out of this world (Andrew Richards) which game we knew as Magic Ball in Hungary, there are only some small differences between the 2 versions, Magic Ball was released here as BOXSOFT & A-Studio cooproduction.
And I found a small demo: ROT
It plays with LPT, and I think it was one of the 1st demo which used more colour in a 2 colour mode screen.

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Re: Quick note to say hi!
« Reply #41 on: 2014.September.17. 20:35:14 »
Is my little device driver on there that hooks into the raster tick and swaps one colour in the palette?  It gives a pulsing colour effect on text much like the classic Eugene Jarvis/Jeff Minter look (remember the colour effect on the "Defender" arcade game?)  Should be there somewhere in with all the other junk. ;)

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Re: Quick note to say hi!
« Reply #42 on: 2014.September.17. 20:56:26 »
I meant this:
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We can play with keys 1-6 with the screen.
It seems I missed your device driver :oops: Could you please tell me it's name, I would check it ( I hope you remember ) :)

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Re: Quick note to say hi!
« Reply #43 on: 2014.September.17. 21:07:59 »
Can't remember.  It doesn't matter though. ;)

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Re: Quick note to say hi!
« Reply #44 on: 2014.September.20. 22:20:49 »
The PaintBox version on second disk is v2.0R(current was v1.0R). I've put the HSOFT Mouse.xr driver on it and works. I don't know what are the differences.