Answering my own question we have found infomation on flag 74 (not covered in the prosper et-7626 / 7626f manual we downloaded from epos wizard shop) .
main flag 74 is a LAYAWAY on cashier keys function
this allows multiple cashiers to use the register at the same time
(eg, in a bar cashier A enters carling and double whiskey then pours drinks while cashier B enters coke and crisps then pours drinks, cashier A returns (presses cashier key A) and completes their transaction.
to set up >>
turn key to P2
using overlay 2 press START SELECT (main flag)
press 74 DSGN
then enter the binary codes
10000110 to use layaway function
10000100 for normal operation
then press INPUT to finish and turn key to R
so we do not need to use clerk interupt
we still don't know why one till has 160 main flags and the other only has 100

may be down to different eproms/
hopefully this may be usefull