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#### Enterprise 128

Usage:
This computer has a built in word processor, from BASIC enter "type" to enter it.

To load programs:
You can type ":EXDOS" to enter a CLI interface where you can type EXDOS commands.
If typing from BASIC you must enter ":" in front of EXDOS commands.

The following EXDOS commands are allowed:
CHDIR [dir name]

- Change Dir.[dir name] does not need to be enclosed in quotes.

DIR

- show directory listing

To run a program, enter from BASIC:
RUN"filename" or
LOAD"filename"

Known Issues:
Requires full keyboard emulation. At startup, full keyboard emulation mode is enabled by
default. Whilst in full keyboard emulation mode, some key associated functionality may be
disabled (like the ESC key for EXIT). The keyboard emulation mode is toggled using the
scroll_lock key.
Some programs do not work well.
Not all graphic modes are emulated.
Interrupts are not emulated correctly.
Samples and simple tone is supported, complex effects using ring modulation and filtering are not supported.
Tapes are not supported.

History and Trivia:
The Enterprise 64 was a very long-awaited computer, two years between its announce and
its marketing ! It changed its name a lot of times : its first name was Elan 64, then
Flan, lastly Enterprise. It has great features, which wasn't found on all other home
computers like its interfaces and its great graphics and sounds capacities provided by
two special custom chips called "Nick" and "Dave". The Basic is supplied on a ROM
cartridge and can be easily replaced with an other language. This basic is a very
powerful structured basic with great graphic commands and can store several programs
simultaneously in RAM. It has a small word processing in ROM and up to 32 computers can
be linked together. Despite its great characteristics and all its interfaces, the
Enterprise 64 had few success. Several months later, a new model was launched : the
Enterprise 128 which is an Enterprise 64 with 128 KB RAM.

created on Thu Aug 16 22:55:01 2001