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When the flash card and OZ 4.2 were produced, RomCombiner was modified so that applications could be added on these devices as well.

Prerequisites, Planning and Using

As you are reading this on the internet, you already have one item, a computer that you can download the applications from. To demonstrate how to use this program, Ozvm the Z88 emulator is being used so that screen shots may be used. Using the emulator has other advantages, these are:-

  • Use the larger 1M RAM and 1M Flash cards to store and build applications (even though you may not have one for your Z88)
  • Importing and exporting files from the main computer to Ozvm directly.
  • Saving the state of the emulator at key points which can be returned to if a mistake is made.

Finally you need a link like Eazylink and a cable, so that your compilation can be used on a real Z88.

This description is assuming that a Flash card is used for the compilation. Unless you just want to add an additional application, making a compilation needs a number of points to be considered. This requires planning and then execution. We will be using the Pareto principal (80% planning, 20% doing), so don't expect to be even looking at RomCombiner just yet.

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The first items on the list are the existing Z88 applications. They have Application names and Key letters which need to be taken into consideration. An additional line is added at the top []I Index which although is not displayed on the Z88, the Key letter is used. The first column is a 'master order' column. You will see that we will need this to return our list back to where we started after the different checks we will be doing.

 

OrderKeyApplication
10IIndex
11DDiary
12PPipeDream
13BBASIC
14RCalculator
15CCalendar
16TClock
17AAlarm
18FFiler
19EPrinterEd
20SPanel
21XImpExp

 

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