When does a console\computer become Retro?

[s2325]

Could you tell us something about that build-in joystick? And why 128?

[TCD]

@DH
WTF is this? Never seen this before. Does it have any method of getting data into it without using the keyboard?

[DH]

@s2325

The built in joystick, if I remember right, just used the membrane the keyboard used, it was OK but not great. It was good for whizzing the cursor around the screen though

128 cause it had 128k of memory there was another one called the 64 obviously for the same reasons

@TCD

You plugged a cassette tape into it, a bit like the ZX81, Spectrum, C64 etc.etc. And it had a Rom bay, so if you were able to get any games on rom you could use that. Frankly, I didn't really use it that much 'cause there was nothing to get for it over here as it collapsed almost as soon as it started.

Check it out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enterprise_128

RETRO or what

[TCD]

Originally Posted by DemonHellraiser

RETRO or what

Yeah, real Retro
Abandonware right from the start It looks kinda weird, but surely interesting Do you still have one of those?

[DH]

Originally Posted by TheCyberDruid

Yeah, real Retro
Abandonware right from the start It looks kinda weird, but surely interesting Do you still have one of those?

Afraid not, the first repair worked for a while but went Phffffzzzzz again and the IC that was needed was not available anymore, well, not from where I was working. I must admit, I wish I still had it though, cause it was quite good and it had an awesome display resolution in interlace, but I cannot remember the size anymore.

You could also flip the function key display thing over, to a new set of functions to use, even your own ones too, so long as you remembered to reprogramme the keys to your settings

[TCD]

The tech specs sound quite nice indeed. A resolution of 672×256 pixel with 256 colors is not that bad for 1984/85 Guess it was quite pricey for it's time and that is why it was a dead born machine.

[DH]

Just read a bit further and it looks like you can get an emu for the PC http://ep128emu.enterpriseforever.org/
It must have some kind of following other than in Hungary

[TCD]

Yeah I saw the emu, but I haven't seen any software for it yet. Have you found any? Would be nice to have a look

[DH]

Originally Posted by TheCyberDruid

Yeah I saw the emu, but I haven't seen any software for it yet. Have you found any? Would be nice to have a look

It's strange the emu site doesn't have any links to any software maybe if we look at the Hungarian Enterprise 128 forums, we may be able to decipher some links to some software or we could just try the English forums

[DH]

Found some I think http://www.enterpriseforever.org/downloads.html

And here http://www.enterpriseforever.org/dow...&.html;d=Disks

And some ZXSpectrum Games for it too http://www.enterpriseforever.org/dow...Spectrum_Games

[TCD]

Great news DH I'll download some stuff later and have a closer look on the weekend I'm looking forward to see what this machine is capable of

[DH]

Originally Posted by TheCyberDruid

Great news DH I'll download some stuff later and have a closer look on the weekend I'm looking forward to see what this machine is capable of

I can't wait to here, it'll be interesting for me too, as I never really got anything for it, not even the box that it was supposed to be in. All the leads, books 'n' stuff were there but in a carrier bag.

That logo brings back real memories for me. It was at a time where the Spectrum had ceased to work 'n' I was saving up for a C64 so this little gem filled the gap nicely

[AmigaFriend]

Did you have any software for it? ZX Spectrum emulation maybe?

EDIT - Sorry was on previous page when posted....

[DH]

Originally Posted by TheCyberDruid

Great news DH I'll download some stuff later and have a closer look on the weekend I'm looking forward to see what this machine is capable of

Did you ever have a look at this real retro computer emu (Enterprise 128) ??? 'n' if you did tell me what you thought of it 'cause I can't remember that much about it

[TCD]

Originally Posted by DemonHellraiser

Did you ever have a look at this real retro computer emu (Enterprise 128) ??? 'n' if you did tell me what you thought of it 'cause I can't remember that much about it

Well, I downloaded the emu, but it's for 'UHU' (whatever that means ). Haven't looked further into the matter I must admit. Maybe someone knows how to get that thingy working in Windows

[DH]

'UHU' I think it's for Linux (of course it could be that glue ) , still I don't know what it actually is. Maybe it's a secondary program for Linux that is needed for the Enterprise 128 emu to work on. Doesn't look like 'UHU' has anything to do with Windows, unless you need to glue some parts back together

[TCD]

Originally Posted by DemonHellraiser

'UHU' I think it's for Linux (of course it could be that glue ) , still I don't know what it actually is. Maybe it's a secondary program for Linux that is needed for the Enterprise 128 emu to work on. Doesn't look like 'UHU' has anything to do with Windows, unless you need to glue some parts back together

I thought so Well maybe someone who got that emu working can tell us if it's worth to set up a VM for it

[Retro-Nerd]

Never tried a Enterprise 128 emu, but this should be a Windows version:

http://sourceforge.net/project/showf...roup_id=128766

[TCD]

Yup, this one should do Thanks for the link Retro

[DH]

Originally Posted by Retro-Nerd

Never tried a Enterprise 128 emu, but this should be a Windows version:

http://sourceforge.net/project/showf...roup_id=128766

Cheers Retro-Nerd, I'm sure TCD will do the honours and tell us all about it tomorrow when he gets the thing running