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Z88 - 2 Speed Operation
Speed
The speed of the transfer depends on the following:-
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The desktop end of Eazylink2 (v1.0 B6 and later) has been changed allowing faster communication to be achieved using OZ 4.5 or above.
Eazylink Popdown
Existing Mac & PC Link II Users
If you have an existing copy of
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Display (bottom left-hand corner) showing 9600 Baud rate and PC Link II mode.
OZ 4.5
Eazylink is included in the suite of applications so no additional cards are required.
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PCI2S550 |  FT232R |
FT232R CHIPI-X10 |
FT232R
| CH340 |  PL2303 | PL2303RA
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| Driver comments | Mac OSX: VCP 2.2.18 | Linux / rPi: Built-in | |||||||
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| not avail. | | GS | |||||||
 x386 / x86_64 | GS | ||||||||
 Arm 32bit | | | GS | ||||||
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| Price | £8.32 | £2.21 | £11.59 | £26.02 | VG | ||||
Price | £26.25 | £6.95 +£9.95 | £12.36 | £10.99 | £1.37 | £12.95 | £7.49 | £25.86 | VG |
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PCI2S550 | FT232R |
FT232R CHIPI-X10 |
FT232R
| CH340 | PL2303 | PL2303RA
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Update Drivers
Example Device Manager without |  |
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Manufacturers update their drivers during the life of the product. These updates may need to be obtained manually. It is a good idea to periodically check these sites to see if a later and improved driver is available.
Windows Update can update the drivers if they are manually selected. They do not get updated when automatic updated are used.
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The serial port should automatically be found. If this does not happen the following information may be useful. |
 | Before running the program, it can be useful to know the device name that the operating system has allocated to the serial port you are using to connect to the Z88. This is either a physical number that is on the computer e,g, COM.1 COM.2 (device names on Windows), or a virtual one (see below). If you are using a Serial to USB converter the driver will automatically allocate a new serial port device name. Please refer to the manufacturer's instructions for details how to find out that name (COM port number on Windows). This COM port may also be examined or changed in the Device Manager. Original software for the Z88 could only select COM.1 or COM.2, so if they are required, here is how to change it from COM3 (the automatic choice that was selected in this case) to COM.1. Select the
Note: The parameters shown in the 'Advanced Settings' are ignored by this program. |
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