I think that the distribution of the Rom is for free, it can be downloaded from this web even if not being a member.(And at the end it is based on the stock Enterprise Rom...)

Other thing is to benefit from others work, and I think that in this case Wolfgang is not profiting from the software, only from the installation of the software. The EP64 he sells is a complete product, I think it is correct that he announces those enhancements the computer has inside.

And if he doesn't sell for a fair price one of the three Enterprises he has then he can't buy one with the fixed nick....

He on the other hand, is a contributor to the EP scene, he has released completely free his Ram expansion design.

Csak a szál angol nyelvű változatát tudom írni .....


SF3Boot.Rom

Allf means that he needs some way to load files to the EP....

It is a pity we still don't have a SF3 driver. SD cartridges are out of stock, and TAPE: is possible, but slow.

Allf has a floppy controller but he has selected the wrong SF3 adapter or I have advised him badly....

I will think on a provisional solution. But first some tests.

I don't only want to throw words as true: on the emulator or on the real machine, if you have a SD cartridge or a floppy controller you can try this:

-Write a one program line, for example 10 REM.
-Execute LIST to see you program list....
-Execute :EXDOS . This will open you an EXDOS screen where you can for example do a DIR.
-Press the ESC key. The EP will freeze, but if you press once the reset key you are again on Basic.
-Execute LIST.

You can also do the same with the included word processor:
-Execute :WP on the Basic editor. This will open the word processor.
-Write some random text
-Press F8 and execute EXDOS+Enter
-Again the EXDOS screen will open. Make a DIR.
-Press the ESC key. This time the EP has not freezed, and you have returned safely to the text edition.

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Basic itself is multisession, you can edit several programs at the same time, even jump between them while on execution.

-Write this program:
10 TEXT
20 CHAIN 1
-Execute this command: CHAIN 1
-Insert these lines:
10 print "HELLO"
20 CHAIN 0
-Execute this command: CHAIN 0

-You now see a flashing HELLO.

The CHAIN command not only swaps programs, also executes them.

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Another proof that the EP is multisession: almost all programs and some games have a clean exit to EXOS:

-Basic has the ":"
-WP has the F8 key
-EXDOS has its prompt.
-Try to search the exit on other languages or utilities, like Hisoft-Pascal, Lisp, Forth, Epdos, EGI, PaintBox, IS-Chess, etc

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The main tool to make this possible is an efficient management of memory. Every program will ask EXOS the necessary amount of memory, and at exit they have to free it, returning the memory to EXOS.

Wolfgang knows what he says when he mentions the two Nicks.

The differences on the defective Nick are: strange pixel glows on multicolour screens, and bad external colour input. Also there are some EPs more affected than others. The cooper heat-sink over Nick seems to slightly attenuate the issue.

None of the two errors happen on a normal use. Nick Toop, the creator, said it was a production defect, his high end design was too much advanced for the manufacturing techniques on these days.

Somebody has cut that strip.

Just the point gets crackled on time, and a way to recover the membrane is to cut some millimetres.

You must grip a strip with the two hands, two fingers each(thumb and index), very near of the tip. Then position the strip on its place and press down firmly on the connector.

The clue is to take a very short portion of the strip, so it not bends while inserting it.