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Z88
Software
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Flashstore
There are two manuals
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- FlashStore (Z88 popdown) Home on the Wiki site
The latest version looks like this.
The
ROM version of
Flashstore allows immediate use of ten functions. These are Select
Card, Select RAM Device, Catalogue Card Files, Erase file from
Card, Save files to Card, Fetch file from Card, Backup &
Restore
files to and from RAM, Copy all files to Card, Format File Area and
Quit.
The
bulky mains eraser
to format the EPROM is a thing of the past as formatting is done
by the Z88 in only ten seconds.
Speed
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Saving
and loading
files is now over 48 times faster (thanks to Gunther at InterLogic)
than the EPROM pack. The speed is 7.7K/second compared 0.16K/second
and using the Flash Card feels just like using a floppy disk drive
on a PC. |
[Fast
operation"] |
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Compare
the speeds:-
Backup Times |
1M Flash Card |
Eazylink |
EPROM Pack(s) |
32K RAM |
4.1 secs |
1 min 26 secs |
3 mins - 20 secs |
128K RAM
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16.6 secs |
5 mins 43 secs |
13 mins - 20 secs |
512K RAM
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1 min - 6.5 secs |
22 mins 52 secs |
53 mins - 20 secs |
1M RAM
|
2 min - 13 secs |
45 mins 44 secs |
1hr - 46 mins - 40
secs |
Cost
effective
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This
card is the best way of storing your working
files on the Z88. The price /K is a lot lower than the EPROM packs and
now you do not need the EPROM eraser any more. Lost files are a thing
of the past once a copy is saved in the Flash Card.
[Cost
per Meg with
different EPROM packs"]
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Price
1M
or 512K RAM / 512K Flash Card £55.00
or £59.00 inc. VAT @ 20%
Software
Update
Is the version that you see on your copy of Flashstore? This was used with the old INTEL chip. Update NOW!
ROM
Version
The
latest ROM version of
Flashstore is v1.9.2 (Jan
2011).
Unlike ROMs that
just had applications on
them and EPROMS to store files, Flashstore allows both areas on
the same device. The dividing line is determined by the total
size of the Applications area in 64K blocks.
Look
at these features
- it
is a quick Handy 'Popdown' Application that runs on the Flash Card
itself - start it from the INDEX like PipeDream.
- it
allows Applications and files to be stored in the same device.
- A
point and select facility to quickly fetch files (including deleted
ones) from Flash and EPROM packs
- Toggle
default file view for all files (including files marked as deleted), or
just active files
- Interactively
mark files as deleted (using DEL key on selected item)
- The
RESTORE command is used after the Z88's batteries have gone flat. It
fetches all the files, creating the directories the files were in (if
used) stored on the Flash Card straight to the RAM device. All you need
to do is to make sure you have the latest version of your files on the
Flash Card.
- Graphical
display showing space used by deleted and saved files, and the free
space left.
- Formatting
only erases the file area, leaving Applications intact.
- Supports
multiple Flash Cards. Have your RAM in slot 1 and use two Flash Cards
in Slots 2 and 3.
- Copy all files or individual files,
directly from
one flash card (or EPROM) to another flash card, without using RAM.
Existing
users can
either use RomUpdate
(recommended)
to download the latest software from here or we
can do it for you. See the next section.
BBC BASIC
Version
This
BBC BASIC version
is no longer supported and only worked with the INTEL chip, but can be downloaded if required
This is what the 1st version looked like.
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