With the INDEX on display on the Z88, open the clear perspex cover labelled '1 2 3', and insert the zBASE Application ROM in slot 2. Close the perspex cover. (See the Fitting & Using the ROM.)

The menu bar should be moved on the APPLICATIONS INDEX until it is highlighting the zBASE application.

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This quick start guide has been designed to provide new users with an opportunity to get something out of zBASE quickly. It does not reveal the flexibility available in zBASE nor does it demonstrates the wide potential for this database management program. The rest of the manual does go much further into the commands and functions contained in zBASE. Please take some time to review the rest of the manual and so enjoy the further capabilities of your Z88/zBASE combination.

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Introduction	Copyright & Trademark notices	Disclaimer	Handling, ROM's & installing the software
Manual conventions	Important basic concepts	Database areas	Variables
Interactive versus Command file

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Section C - 'Sample Programs and Glossary', contains some sample programs that can be written in the zBASE language with a brief Glossary that explains some of the terms used in the manual. Also shown is a series of zBASE programs that together form a Stock Check system,

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The Wordmongers zBASE suite is designed to provide general database management opportunities for the expanded Z88. The Z88 must have at least a 128K RAM expansion cartridge in slot 1.

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Alternately, regularly used sets of commands may be put together into a command file to save repeated entering of the same commands. Those familiar with the dBASE family of programs from Ashton-Tate will find that there are some marked similarities between zBASE and dBASE II. (See trademark notice)