PC Link II to Eazylink upgrade
If you already have PC Link II consisting of the following items you can purchase the Eazylink upgrade to save duplicating the hardware required.
- Serial cable from the PC to the Z88 (make sure you have correct connector on the cable for your computer. It is either a 9 or 25 way male on the computer.)
- PC Link ROM/EPROM (Please retun for upgrade)
- and PC Link II software. (Supplied in PC Link II but not really needed for Eazylink)
Other Features
COM Ports
Use any free serial COM port that Windows can see, unlike PC Link which can only use COM.1.
Clock
Eazylink sets the time and date on the Z88 to the same as the PC.
Battery LOW
Eazylink will stop sending files to and from the Z88 when the battery on the Z88 is low.
File Transfer Log
EazyLink also contains a file transfer log facility which remembers every file transferred.
Report of Files
A report can be requested that lists all the files in the Backup Device. The report may be sorted in ascending/descending order choosing one of the sorting criteria;
filename,
file size,
date transferred
and the Z88 file date stamp.
This report can then be printed and used as a hardcopy record of what files have been backed up for future reference.
An added bonus is that you also get the:-
PC Link II Software
with its own file translation programs.
These are
- WordStar to PipeDream and
- Lotus 1-2-3 to PipeDream,
so you can keep your page layouts. Even if you want to use Desk-Top Publishing programs, layouts can still be retained by importing a WordStar file into the program you use.
EazyLink ROM
The EazyLink ROM emulates 100% and performs 25% faster than the original PC Link ROM. Further, with the PC-LINK II emulation, you get transparent linefeed conversion and ISO LATIN I/DOS codepage translation during transfer!
In other words, you're still able to run the old PC-LINK II DOS program and PC PipeDream when using the EazyLink ROM in the Z88.
Existing users of PC Link II can upgrade to EazyLink cost effectively.
FAQ
MSJet35.dll
Recently I had to reinstall Windows (and of course everything else) ... and now EazyLink will install but won't run, complaining that it has an "incorrect" version of MSJet35.dll.
I have however now solved my problem, by downloading Microsoft's Jet Service Pack 3 from their website, which upgraded my copy of MSJet35 to version 3.51.3328.0 - and for some reason EazyLink is now happy.
EasyLink Server Documentation
This can be read here (applies for all releases of the popdown): File Transfer Protocol