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Filename: V/+CONNEC
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File size: 0D64 bytes
Load address: 2B204556
Exec address: 4E4E4F43
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File contents
                NOTES ON CONNECTING A Z88 TO AN ELECTRON
                   USING AN ELECTRON DISK FOR SAVING
                           By Alan Richardson

THE Z88 becomes a more useful machine when its files can be saved to
disk via an Electron (or other machine). The benefits are twofold: the
disk save is more reliable (also freeing space in the Z88), and it re-
duces the risk of loss when changing batteries.
   I have had a Cambridge Z88 for a while but because my Electron has
served me so well, and I am more familiar with it, I have not put as 
much effort into understanding the Z88 as I might have. One reason for
being disillusioned was having lost data in it more than once. Now, with
disk saving a reality, I am more interested in using it in that it 
becomes a more reliable tool. (Hopelessly out of date, some will say, it
can't access the Internet!)
   PC Link II works well but for some reason is slow. I haven't found
out why this is.
   Our local Acorn User Group noted in a recent newsletter that there
was a web site operated by John Allen that specifically mentioned the 
Z88.
   I asked a friend to download what was available for the Z88 and it
included a program called ARCHIVE which runs on the Electron and, when
connected to the Z88 by an RS423/RS232C connecting lead, will work with
the Z88's Import Export feature. This allows files to be saved to disk
as one large archive file which can then be loaded back in its entirety
or file by file. A nice feature, and it's fairly quick compared with PC
Link.
   ARCHIVE works well when connected to a Electron or a BBC except for
a problem with option 3 on the menu. When using option 3, the program
checks for two characters at the beginning of the archived file. These
two characters are &1B and &4E. If there are not found in order it gives
a "File type mismatch" error. Unfortunately, the Z88 uses an X-on, X-off
protocol that is not quite standard. It uses &11. &11 is hence found at
the beginning of the archived file in addition to the required char-
acters and ARCHIVE, as it was, did not check the incoming characters. As
a result, nine times out of ten, one could not selectively restore files
even though the whole file could be restored without problems.
   Once the problem was identified it was a matter of finding the 
solution. My friend who did the downloading also has a Z88. He was able
to provide a few additional lines of machine code that ensured the 
archived file started with &1B. It now works well.
   I had e-mailed John Allen who wrote the program, and who still has a
Z88 web site that appears to be operational. However, he replied that
the programs were written a long time ago and didn't give me any 
additional magazine references. I had requested them because none of the
references I could find related to the second part of the ARCHIVE 
program.
   He also wrote an excellent book for the Z88 - Z88 PIPEDREAM: A 
DABHAND GUIDE. His web site is http://www.bramber.org.uk/z88
   The Z88 is a Z80-based 8-bit machine that uses a version of BBC
BASIC.
   Perhaps there is room for including the Z88 in the 8-bit family 
covered by EUG. I believe it was Sir Clive Sinclair's last computer 
effort.
   If anyone in the group is using a Z88 I'd like to compare notes. My
email is alanr@amiga.gen.nz
   I'd be happy to pass on the "fix" for ARCHIVE.
                                                Alan Richardson, EUG #54

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00000ce0  61 2e 67 65 6e 2e 6e 7a  0d 20 20 20 49 27 64 20  |a.gen.nz.   I'd |
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00000d40  20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20  20 20 20 41 6c 61 6e 20  |           Alan |
00000d50  52 69 63 68 61 72 64 73  6f 6e 2c 20 45 55 47 20  |Richardson, EUG |
00000d60  23 35 34 0d                                       |#54.|
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