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Updating Flash cards came next with ROMupdate. Fetching the new image from the internet and downloading to the Z88, allows allowed users to update the applications and eventually the external OZ versions themselves.
From OZ 4.7 6 this facility was added into OZ, allowing the Z88 Operating System to update itself . with the <>UPD command.
After OZ 4.7.1 the developers moved on to OZ v5.0 beta allowing the user to update to the latest version. This is a more complex operation as it relies on the user generating additional files beforehand, but this will be described in this section for those who wish to do so in the OZ section. It is important that the Prerequisites are read and understood before preceding otherwise you may get stuck.
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Slot 1 needs to have at least 128K and at least enough RAM to store the image. 128K is may be enough space to store Eazylink and Flashstore, but not enough to store an OZ update of 256K or above. 512K or 1M is highly recommended. | |
If you are running OZ 4.5 or above in slot 1, with 512K of RAM, that may enough RAM to store most images. OZ 4.5 also has Eazylink installed on it so the additional Computer link pop-down may not be required. | |
| Slot 2 may have another EPROM or Flash card with the Computer Link in it | |
| A blank EPROM or Flash Card to store the applications or files. | |
| (Optional) EPROM Eraser to erase the EPROM card (if required). | |
Connecting the Z88 to the Desktop to transfer the programs to the Z88. See Computer Links for more details |
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