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Now that all the companies that wrote software for the Z88 are no longer marketing their products it is now possible to download the ROM image and blow your own.

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prerequisites
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Prerequisites

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otherwise before doing a procedure like this it is prudent to do some preliminary checks.

Check List

Check RAM

To do these tests, please select the INDEX screen with either the  key or  I.

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There are different ways of obtaining the image of an application.

  • DownloadingCopying
  • Writing your own

Download the Application

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  • Download the zip file from the internet
  • Unzip the file either on the
    • Desktop or
    • Z88
  • Transfer either the zip or un-ziped files to the Z88
  • Run ROMcombiner or ROMupdate on the Z88 to blow the image into the Flash or EPROM.

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Application / Pop-down  Notes
Creating Eazylink/Flashstore  

If you have

Use your 32K EPROM (this can be a MAC LINK or PC LINK card)

and EPROM ERASER

consider building a copy of this so that you can use Eazylink to transfer the OZ image to build Eazylink fot transfer, rather than the slower Imp/Export route. Alternatively, they can be stored on use the Flash card temporarily, until the OZ image replaces it.

Creating OZ  Update your existing copy or build one from scratch.
Creating SpellMaster  An example of building a 3rd party software.

 

Writing your Own Application

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