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It has been a long journey from making the first Flash card and updating the OZ software. One could not have happened without the other, so in this section we will cover the historical aspect of the hardware developments as well as what are the advantages of using the latest software.
Initially, the Flash card was just going to replace the EPROM card. A BBC BASIC program was used to FORMAT, Save and Fetch the files. Just having these functions without listing files that were stored on the Flash card quickly required the software to be written as an application.
In parallel with this, users were updating their Z88 with OZ v4.0. It was available via Z88 Users Club. To use it, the motherboard needed to be removedmodified.
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Hardware wiring modifications were then needed to replace the existing ROM on the left and expand the internal memory (32K) on the right.
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