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When the Z88 came out, there was no facility to 'Blow your own ROM,' This was because the Z88 Application software was supplied on an EPROM card. As larger EPROM cards became available, it was possible to make compilations but there were only a few people around who had the skills to link the applications together, writing addresses on the back of envelopes and using Hex calculators. This all changed when Garry Lancaster wrote ROMcombiner was written. This allowed users to combine applications themselves. When the Flash cards become available, blowing those were added, so at last, all the applications that were written could be written onto one 1M card.

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Downloading
Copying
Writing your own

Download the Application

Z88 Applications are stored in 16K size files called banks. To keep these files together, they are stored in a zip file, which also compresses the collection. There are a number of steps that need to take place. These are:-

Download the zip file from the internet
Unzip the file either on the
- Desktop or
- Z88
Transfer either the zip or un-ziped files to the Z88
Run ROMcombiner on the Z88 to blow the image into the Flash or EPROM.

To demonstrate how this is done we are using the SpellMaster ROM which needs 128K or space.

Using Rakewell Flash Card with OZ v4.5

The main advantage of using this combination is that it has

ROMcombiner
Unzip
Eazylink

already on the Z88. The procedure is as follows;-

On the Desktop Download the spell.zip file.
Using Eazylink, transfer the file to the Z88.

Using Unzip

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Select Unzip either from the INDEX or Image AddedU.

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Select the file required to be unzip, either by typing the name here, or by selecting it using the Filer. Image AddedF

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Move the cursor with the Image Addedand mark the file with Image Added key. Pressing Image Added returns to the previous screen but with the correct file name entered.

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