Card Software Information

NEW for 2010 The 1M Flash card has been redesigned to use the physically smaller size chip size allowing  1M Flash, 1M RAM - (low power) and 512K RAM/512K Flash cards to be offered from the same Printed Circuit Board.
Have everything in just one Card (if you wish)
In the past you would have put your RAM in Slot 1, any extra applications in ROM in Slot 2 leaving Slot 3 for the EPROM to save files. Flashstore & Software Supplied Flashstore (which is required to read and write files to the flash card) is a 16K Application. The minimum amount of space for applications on the flash card is 64K. Other useful Applications have been added to use up the spare space. Planning to use 2 or more Flash cards click here for more information. See Application 2006 for even MORE applications! When upgrading to OZ 4.2 (or 4.3), you leave the original OZ and RAM in the Z88. Plug in the 512K Flash/RAM or 1M Flash in Slot 1, do a HARD RESET and your Z88 will run OZ from Slot 1. Using the 512K Flash/RAM Card allows you to run OZ, Additional Applications, Save files to the file area and have extra RAM all in the one card. This leaves 2 free slots for other cards.
FREE SPACE FOR FILES The amount of space you have left for saving files is shown in the table below. It is dependant on the size of the card and whether OZ 4.2 is supplied. FLASH CARD OZ 3.00 OZ 4.2 With additional Applications 1M 960K 768K 512K 448K 256K There are four versions of software available for either the 1M and 512K Flash cards. These are OZ 3.00 - uses the OZ version you have on your Z88 OZ 3.00 with Eazylink 5.1 - Save directly to the Flash card OZ 4.2 - runs a newer and faster version of OZ without modifying the Z88 OZ 4.3 Upgrade - the very latest version The software supplied with OZ 3.0 includes Garry Lancaster's Forever compilation and the ZIP Utilities ROM. Some applications do not work correctly with OZ 4.2 as they were specifically designed to work with v3.00 and below. This is why there are two versions. Please read this complete section and then specify which version you want when ordering:-
After a period of around seven years the Z88 development team bring you a long awaited new version of OZ, the Z88's operating system. Click here for the list of enhancements. (NOTE:: I have still got that to write up one day!) Using the 1M or 512K flash card, no modifications need to be made to your existing Z88 Computer, just plug the flash card in slot 1, your memory card in slot 2, do a HARD RESET and you are off with the new version. Two additional applications are included. These are Flashstore and Eazylink (just the Z88 application. The PC program still needs to be purchased if required).		For further details about this on-going development just give us a call for a chat! We will supply either version for no extra charge. Providing you have a Z88 with at least 256K of memory and a flash card you can download and instal it yourself. Click here to go to RomUpdate. There are a number of applications that will not run under OZ 4.2. These are all of RANGER applications and those that patch directly into OZ 3.0. These applications are marked with

[Original 1M INTEL Flash Card]

Works like a charm! I am very impressed - I love the Z88 and with 1 MB to play with as well as easy erasing, I am very happy. I now have a problem though - what to do with my old EPROM!

Sean Kelly 28-08-2000

Just one of the comments from our users about the 1M Flash Card pack when it just came out in 1997 (For more comments - see the Reviews section).

This is a high-capacity low priced storage card that fits either into any slot on the Z88. Just like the old EPROM packs it does not lose its data when it is removed or if power is lost from the Z88.

There are four version of the flash card available. 

1. OZ 3.00 Version - which is used with the standard Z88
2. OZ 4.2 Version - which has the same applications as above and OZ 4.2.

3. OZ 3.00 Version - which is used with the standard Z88 with Eazylink 5.1
4. OZ 4.3 Version - which has the same applications as above and OZ 4.3.

The highlighted applications mark the range supplied on the Z88 with each version of OZ.

OZ 4.3 and Eazylink 5.1 Upgrade
These updates attract an extra cost. Users may return their Flash cards with their remittance and postage (currently £36 inc VAT). NOTE: Files on an INTEL Flash Card can only be written to when the card is in slot 3. OZ 4.2 or 3 only runs in Slot 1. If the card is used in slot 1 or 2, the files will be 'read-only.'		Save or Fetch files directly to the Flash card with this Eazylink upgrade. Avoid using RAM space just as a bridge between the two. The file areas look like RAM and are labeled :EPR.1, :EPR.2 and :EPR.3 depending which slot is used. The software on the PC remains unaltered.
View in Eazylink
PC		The PC display will just show the Flash File Area as :EPR.x
When using these updates the view in Eazylink will display any formatted file areas and their contents on the Flash card.		By marking the files, they can be transferred to the PC just as if they were in  RAM.
Z88		If Eazylink displays its version number in the left-hand bottom corner, it can read / write to the flash file area directly.
PipeDream Help added		Click here to see a small movie of the HELP added.

The applications are:-

	OZ 3.00 Version		OZ 4.2 Version

Flashstore Unzip Zipup XY-Modem Z-Help Z-Macro EP-Fetch2 ZetriZ Z80Dis

ZMonitor FileView FreeRam AlarmSafe Lockup Installer Bootstrap

Z88 Computer Links & OZ 4.3 upgrade *

Description	Price	VAT	Total
Amiga Link (Sector Software)	£25.00	£5.00	£30.00
Archimedes Link (Lindis)	£25.00	£5.00	£30.00
Arc Link inc. Z88, WP2/3 & NC100 (S & S)	£40.83	£8.17	£49.00
Archimedes Link PipeDream (Colton)	£34.00	£6.80	£40.80
Atari ST Link -Use Z-TERM, PC AT Cable and Terminal software on Atari
BBC-Link (Cambridge)	£8.95	£1.79	£10.74
Mac-Link (Cambridge)	£25.00	£5.00	£30.00
USB Serial Adapter for MAC with Mac-Link (Cambridge) FREE	£69.00	£13.80	£82.80
Mac Link inc.. Z88, WP2/3 & NC100 (S&S)	£39.00	£7.80	£46.80
PC AT 9/25 way Serial Cable	£12.50	£2.50	£15.00
PC AT 9 way extension Serial Cable	£9.00	£1.80	£10.80
PC-Link 2 (Cambridge)	£29.17	£5.83	£35.00
RangerLink 2 (Ranger)	£29.17	£5.83	£35.00
PC L 2 /EazyLink	£50.00	£10.00	£60.00
PC Link 2 to EazyLink upgrade	£29.17	£5.83	£35.00
* EazyLink or OZ 4.3 upgrade	£25.00	£5.00	£30.00
PC Link 2 to EazyLink upgrade (ROM only for MAC users)	£8.33	£1.67	£10.00
MAC Link or PC-Link 2 ROM only (Cambridge)	£20.00	£4.00	£24.00
QL Link (Sector Software)	£25.00	£5.00	£30.00
Z88 to Z88 Link Cable	£12.50	£2.50	£15.00
zTape Cassette Tape Backup & lead	£50.00	£10.00	£60.00
z-TERM Software (Wordmongers)	£41.67	£8.33	£50.00

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