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EBTKS Possibilities
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These are services that we believe the hardware is capable of providing, but
require programming effort to implement. There is **no commitment** to do
this work, but we are open to volunteers who would like to contribute
to this project.

|set green| Items shown in green have been implemented |clear color|

|set orange| Items shown in orange have had some proof of concept work done |clear color|

*  |set green| FAT32 file system including directory paths, and sub-directories |clear color|
*  |set orange| Support for a USB keyboard to replace the normal keyboard, many of
   which now have keys that stick, or have broken contacts that are
   difficult to replace |clear color|
*  Support up to 1 MB of Extended Memory
*  WiFi access via the ESP32 optional module. Could provide a web page
   interface for changing the ROM configuration and other options.
   Could also provide a way to import/export files over WiFi in a host
   independent way. Just need a computer with a browser
*  Emulation of other contemporary computers of the HP-85

   *  |set orange| PDP-8/E with OS/8 - This could provide the following languages

      *  OS/8  BASIC
      *  OS/8  FORTRAN II
      *  OS/8  FORTRAN IV
      *  OS/8  FOCAL 1969 with UW extensions
      *  OS/8  TECO
      *  Plus get to play with the operating system that was the basis for CP/M, MSDOS, and even the command box on current MS Windows |clear color|
   *  |set orange| CP/M with Z80 emulation - This could provide all of the vast software available for CP/M
      including compilers for BASIC, C, FORTRAN, PASCAL. |clear color|
*  |set orange| Lisp support as a scripting system for the background operations of EBTKS |clear color|
*  Support ADC/DAC via the QWIIC connector or the 40 pin header.
*  Provide accelerated Floating Point, Matrix operations, Vector Floating point
*  Implement the System Monitor board that supports breakpoints and co-operates with the Assembler ROM.
*  |set orange| Custom Logic Analyzer for tracing all 1MB5 traffic. |clear color|
*  |set green| Realtime, non-invasive code traces at the machine-code level. |clear color|
*  Improvements to the Logic Analyzer using the system Symbol table
*  Improved diagnostics vs Service ROM for some functions. No reliance on any specific hardware functioning.
*  HP-85 ODT  (ODT is a low level debugger for PDP-15, PDP-8 and PDP-11 minicomputers. It is an acronym for Octal Debugging Technique)
*  MicroPython/CircuitPython
*  |set orange| Graphics Acceleration |clear color|
*  Configuration menu system
*  |set orange| Screen capture to external printer or to PDF file |clear color|
*  |set orange| External screen support, or mirrored on a host computer |clear color|
*  |set orange| Support a wider screen buffer, adding horizontal scroll to existing vertical scroll |clear color|

**MORE Hardware and Software info needed here**