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Rakewell will be selling their Flash/RAM PCB. This may be used instead of modifying the original 32K PCB board (see below). This would upgrade the card to 1M | |
 | Amplia un cartucho de Z88 hasta 512Kbytes - Convert 32K RAM card to 512K RAM The memory chip described in the article above is no longer available. Suitable replacements are listed below.. |
 | CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR - CY62158ELL-45ZSXI - SRAM, 8MBIT, PARALLEL, 45NS, 44TSOP This memory chip is being used in the Rakewell's Flash/RAM card successfully. TESTED OK |
| ALLIANCE MEMORY - AS6C8008-55ZIN - SRAM, 8MB, 2.7-5.5V, 1024KX8, TSOP44 TESTED FAILS |
| LYONTEK - LY62W10248ML-55LLI - SRAM, 8M, 1MX8, 2.7-5.5V, 44TSOPII This memory chip is a 'drop-in' replacement for the BSI chip (see below). TESTED FAILS when loading a file in PipeDream. |
| BSI (BRILLIANCE SEMICONDUCTOR) - BS62LV8001EIP55 - IC, SRAM 8M, 1024KX8, 2.4-5.5V, SMD This memory chip has been used in the Rakewell's Flash/RAM card successfully. TESTED OK This part is no longer manufactured.BSI (BRILLIANCE SEMICONDUCTOR) - BS62LV8001EIP55 - IC, SRAM 8M, 1024KX8, 2.4-5.5V, SMD |
512K RAM
| Amplia un cartucho de Z88 hasta 512Kbytes - Convert 32K RAM card to 512K RAM The memory chip described in the article above is no longer available. Suitable replacements are listed below. |
 | ALLIANCE MEMORY - AS6C4008-55SIN - SRAM, 4MB, 2.7V-5.5V, 512KX8, SOP32 Note: This has not been tested. |
Internal RAM
The internal 32K of RAM is not large enough. Upgrading this to 128K or 512K internally is possible, but the original 'built-in' OZ operating system did not use this correctly.
Cambridge Computer commissioned OZ 4.0 ROM and were planning to use this with the new User Guide v3 but only the User Guide was changed. The new ROM was made available to users through the Z88 User Group.
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