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In the News (Wed 23 Dec 09)

  
  Z88: Forerunner of modern notebook PCs
The Z88, which lists for $549 but is likely to be discounted to around $499, comes from Great Britain and not, as you might have expected, Japan.
Because the Z88 is like a boxer in a cage, both powerful and penned in at the same time.
The Z88 is supposed to run about 20 hours on its four alkaline AA cells, but I never got close to that.
aroundcny.com /technofile/texts/z88pc88.html   (1145 words)

  
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There does not seem to be to many of us z88 users out there,I have been looking around the net for some info on the z and have come up with a little bit I will attach a file at the end of this msg I got from a gentleman in the states.
Z88 Internals If you were to open up your Z88 (don't do this lightly), here is what you would see: There are four chips in the Z88.
The Z88 has been known to crash when having a constant pressure on it's keyboard for a long time, while it is turned off.
fms.komkon.org /comp/misc/Z88Book.txt   (5489 words)

  
 Z88 Developers' Notes
The difficulty with this technique on the Z88 is the inconstancy of the unused memory.
The Z88 supports a fairly uniform device-independent i/o system, so although calls do exist which will explicitly send data to, say, the screen or the serial port (and these calls will be covered later), it is usually simplest to regard such devices as files and use a standard file i/o interface.
The Z88 has a single serial port which has to be shared by all applications, so it is important that applications use the system to access the port to avoid interfering with the correct operation of other applications running in the machine.
www.cix.co.uk /~ponda/Z88dev093.htm   (14537 words)

  
 Z88 Homepage   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Z88 is a fast, powerful and compact Finite Elements Analysis Program especially designed for PCs running the great LINUX, workstations and large computers with UNIX and PCs with WindowsXP/95.
Z88 features 20 finite element types covering plane stress, plate bending, axial symmetric structures and spacial structures up to 20-node Serendipity hexahedrons.
Z88 comes with a user-friendly interface, a powerful mesh generator, a DXF-converter, two plot programs and, of course, two powerful solvers.
z88.uni-bayreuth.de   (98 words)

  
 Z88 :: Sinclair
The Cambridge Z88 was an A4-size, lightweight, portable Z80-based computer with a built-in combined word processing/spreadsheet/database application called Pipedream, along with several other apps/utilities, such as a Z80-version of BBC BASIC.
The Z88 is a portable computer based on a low-power CMOS version of the popular Z80 microprocessor.
The Z88 Development Kit - A C cross compiler for the Z80 CPU with libraries for mainly Z88 but also ZX Spectrum VZ200/300, NC100/200 and other Z80 based computers.
computers.gourt.com /Systems/Sinclair/Z88.html   (464 words)

  
 Hardware and Software for the Cambridge Z88 Portable Home Computer).   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The Z88 is the most portable full-function computer ever devised, with a full sized silent keyboard, integrated display (8 lines x 80 characters) and yet being able to run for approximately 20 hours on 4xAA Alkaline batteries.
Another popular method of permanent storage for the Z88 is simply to use one of the computer link kits, which enable you to copy files across to a disk drive on another computer and retrieve them at a later date.
In combination with WN Richardson and Co and Rakewell Limited, we are pleased to be able to supply a wide range of items to support the Z88 and its users (thanks to Rakewell for their photos on this website).
www.rwapsoftware.co.uk /z88.html   (1329 words)

  
 Hardware: Cambridge Z88 Laptop Computer
The Z88 (the loaner long since returned) faded from my memory 'til a stray reference in Shop Talk reminded me of my uberGeek status I'd enjoyed at that SALT conference so long ago.
I also remembered that the Z88 keyboard was the closest thing to silent I'd ever experienced, and silence is something I definitely prefer as I document corporate shindigs.
The Z88 is about the size of a piece of paper, less than an inch thick, under two pounds, basic fl, powered for 20 hours with 4 AA's.
www.streettech.com /archives_hardware/z88.html   (847 words)

  
 TheWisp.com museum : Cambridge Z88   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The Z88 had a built-in software application, Pipe Dream, which provided an integrated word processing, spreadsheet and database solution.
The Z88 ran for several hours from a set of four standard AA battery cells.
Z88 forever - has much information on the Z88.
homepage.ntlworld.com /rp_gamble/museum/cz88.html   (101 words)

  
 Upgrading or Repairing a Z88 Computer   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Your Z88 may be sent to John for the modifications to be done, or for any needed repairs.
The Z88 will now behave as an expanded machine (giving a full map in PipeDream, and 40K workspace in BASIC) if there is 128k RAM anywhere in the system, and not just in slot 1 as it did with V3 ROM.
I got started with the Z88 a bit late in it's life, so a lot of the products I read about were no longer available.
members.tripod.com /~FWDcomputing/index-3.html   (1254 words)

  
 Z88   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
It was invented by Sir Clive Sinclair who founded his new firm Cambridge Computers after Amstrad bought his old firm Sinclair.
Like the Spectrum, the Z88 had a rubber-keyboard which has been extended to enable serious work with it.
Because of that you could work up to 20 hours on the Z88 with alkaline-batteries.
www.geocities.com /SiliconValley/Bay/9369/Z88.html   (63 words)

  
 Cambridge Z88
Powered by 4 AA cells, the Z88 is built around the Zilog Z80 CPU, clocked at 3.28 MHz; it's outfitted with 32 K of RAM (expandable) and 128 K of ROM.
Since the Z88 does not use disk drives or the like, mass storage is provided by an EPROM slot: data are written on EPROM cartridges, from where they can only be erased by a dedicated device which fires UV light on a circular "window" on the backside of the cartridge.
The Z88 is also programmable in Z80 Assembler language, and dedicated enthusiasts have written applications for it, many of which are available on the Internet.
www.obsoletecomputermuseum.org /z88   (1234 words)

  
 CRASH 39 - Z88
The Z88 was first revealed at a lunch for journalists at Sir Clive's house in London.
A design recognisably similar to that of the Z88 was born early in 1984, partly in an attempt to salvage ideas left over from the development of the QL and the LC-3.
The Z88 is a step in that direction, and will doubtless appeal to some people, but the product hardly lives up to the slogan, 'full-facility, no-compromise computing' at the moment.
www.crashonline.org.uk /39/z88.htm   (1999 words)

  
 Z88 Links
Some of the first Z88 files available on the Internet was this collection of files downloaded from Z88 Support BBS and/or Zed 88 BBS by Rob Logan and made available for ftp download at sun.soe.clarkson.edu in January 1990.
Most of the Z88 related files on the below disks are by John Allen and available in newer versions at John Allen's Z88 Bits.
Z88 Transfer Utilities: ARCIVE, TMU March 88, BASIC, TMU July 88, LINK, to PC Link II Rom, SERVER, TMU April 88, TRANSF, serial connections illustrated in TAU Jan 88 and TMU Feb 88, WORDWSE, Pipedream to Wordwise converter, described in TMU Jun 88.
www.algonet.se /~dennisgr/z88links.htm   (634 words)

  
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It is slow but if you send files from the Z88 using wildcards, You just start up and then change cartridges.
If you store one Z88 file in each Spectrum file, it is wise to use the Z88 name, be cause the files are stored complete with their Z88 name with which they will be sent back to the Z88.
If you send all files back, you might have updated files in the Z88 with the same names, which will be overwritten.
sinclairql.emuunlim.com /QBFZ88/Z110A   (925 words)

  
 Planet Sinclair: Computers: Z88
The Z88 was a laptop-style machine with a Zilog Z80 processor, LCD screen screen and a silent keyboard (rubber, naturally).
In comparison to the huge sales of the earlier Sinclair computers, the Z88 was only modestly successful.
It possibly suffered from being ahead of its time - it was in many respects a forerunner of the personal digital assistants (PDAs) which were to become so popular in the late 1990s.
www.nvg.ntnu.no /sinclair/computers/z88/z88.htm   (168 words)

  
 Shopping Resources - Z88   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
A utility to transfer files between the Amiga and the Cambridge Z88 portable computer via an RS232 serial link.
A C cross compiler for the Z80 CPU with libraries for mainly Z88 but also ZX Spectrum VZ200/300, NC100/200 and other Z80 based computers.
A sprite editor for use with z88dk (the Z88 Developer Kit).
ukuk.dyndns.org /directory/662/6621.htm   (293 words)

  
 Rakewell | Z88 | New Products
The bulky mains eraser to format the EPROM is a thing of the past as formatting is done by the Z88 in only ten seconds.
The package comes with a serial cable to link the Z88 to the computer, the Eazylink ROM to plug into the Z88 and program disks for the PC.
Eazylink stores all the Z88 files on the PC in a simple database which is transparent to the user.
homepages.nildram.co.uk /~rakewell/z88/nprod.htm   (1316 words)

  
 Open Channel Foundation: Request Z88
The Z88 Windows executable comes in four versions: self-extracting English version, self-extracting German version, regular zip English version, and regular zip German version.
If you want to be notified when new files for this application are released, click here (users must be logged in).
Source code for Z88 for the LINUX platform, written in ANSI C. Requires C compiler, e.g.
www.openchannelsoftware.org /orders/index.php?group_id=303   (430 words)

  
 Neuigkeiten   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
With this new version z88 has the capability to calculate surface and pressure loads.
Stavroulakis and G. Markomanolis from the Institute of Mechanics, University of Ioannina, Greece translated Z88 and the handbook in Greek language.
Of course, you may download the Greek version of Z88 and the handbook from Z88.de or directly from the University of Ioannina.
www.z88.uni-bayreuth.de /news.html   (107 words)

  
 The Z88 Ring
Everything to do with the Cambridge Z88, including all the best new software and archives of the Z88 User Group library.
If you need something for the Cambridge Z88, we are bound to be able to provide it, or find someone who can.
Z88 and Windows software and information to make the Z88 more useful.
s.webring.com /hub?ring=z88ring   (221 words)

  
 RWAP Software - Support and Products for the Sinclair QL, Z88, ZX Spectrum and ZX81 Home Computers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
We often also have a range of second hand items for other computers, such as the Commodore 64 as well as the standard PC, however, our heart remains with the Sinclair computers which formed our introduction to the world of computers and have provided a means to developing some spectacular software over time.
As part of a joint project with WN Richardson and Co. and Rakewell Limited, we are happy to supply a wide range of items aimed at supporting the users of various other Sinclair based computers, including the Cambridge Z88 and Sinclair ZX Spectrum.
A list of the products we currently offer for the Cambridge Z88 and ZX Spectrum are contained on their own dedicated pages.
www.rwapsoftware.co.uk   (376 words)

  
 ZONADEPRUEBAS - wfsection-Cambridge Computer Z88 (portátil)
Incorporadas en la ROM hay varias utilidades que convierten al Z88 en un claro precursor de las actuales PDA's: agenda, calendario, calculadora, alarma que puede disparar diversos eventos, y el PipeDream (una sofisticada combinación de hoja de cálculo y procesador de textos, que ofrece también algunas funciones de base de datos).
Curiosamente en la mayoría de las versiones del Z88 este conector no se puede utilizar, pues el hueco de la carcasa que permitiría acceder a él se encuentra sellado.
Actualmente es posible conseguir un Z88 en tiendas on-line especializadas, aunque a un precio bastante elevado.
www.zonadepruebas.com /modules/wfsection/article.php?articleid=581   (2116 words)

  
 Find.hm   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Z88 the free FEA programm - Z88 is a open source finite elements program for Windows and LINUX.
Z88 CamelForth - Forth version based on the minimal Z80 CamelForth v1.2 implementation of Bradford J. Rodriguez, with many enhancements, now fully ANS-compliant; for the Cambridge Computers Z88; documentation, downloads.
Z88 - Open Source FEA Programm - Ein leistungsstarkes und kostenloses Finite-Elemente-Programm für Computer mit Linux, Workstations und große Computer mit Unix und Windows XP/95.
find.hm /search.php?search=Z88   (320 words)

  
 Rakewell | Z88 | Hardware
Gives your Z88 a bit of padding and can be used with the Topper.
Switch between up to four Z88 peripherals easily by using existing cables which plug into sockets at the rear of the box.
Make sure that your Z88 has a 28 pin (not a 24 pin) socket fitted, to allow an easy replacement, otherwise you may have to fit or replace the socket yourself.
homepages.nildram.co.uk /~rakewell/z88/hardware/hardware.htm   (666 words)

  
 Comments for the Cambridge Z88   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The Z88 Cambridge was definitely a computer with which the late Sir Clive Sinclair was at least a decade ahead of his time.
In fact the Z88 was so quiet and descrete that I could take it into the library and write my essays without disturbing anyone.
As a journalist I used my Z88 not only to write down my texts but also to transfer files to my office by a small serial modem with an acoustic coupler (Discovery 2100U).
www.obsoletecomputermuseum.org /cgi-bin/showmodel.pl?id=27   (707 words)

  
 Open Channel Foundation: Z88
Z88 comes with a user-friendly interface (the Z88 Commander), a powerful net generator, a DXF converter, a plot program and, of course, the FEA solver featuring an in-situ Cholesky solver along with the Jennings storage method.
The new version Z88 10.0 for UNIX, LINUX and Windows is GNU GPL Freeware.
Z88 is handcoded using pure ANSI-C and the true Windows API or UNIX-, X-, Xt- and Xm- calls.
www.openchannelsoftware.org /projects/Z88   (294 words)

  
 ZSock - The z88 TCP/IP Stack
ZSock is a work-in-progress TCP/IP stack for the Cambridge z88 portable.
The stack itself is written almost entirely in C and was developed using z88dk - the z88 Development Kit.
Zsock is supplied in the form of an application which is also a package (A package is the z88 equivalent of shared libraries or dlls) which permits you to be able to write network aware applications with the minimum of hassle.
www.rst38.org.uk /zsock   (512 words)

  
 WE DO REPAIRS
In the event of a replacement being agreed, but the item being out of stock at the time, a refund will be made provided the item is received in good condition.
QL, PC and MAC computer users will find the Cambridge Z88 especially useful for work away from the desk top, with transfer programs data can be safely exchanged with their desktop system.
The Z88 is an ideal upgrade from the Sinclair Spectrum.
website.lineone.net /~alchemistresearch/wnr/z88.htm   (174 words)

  
 Rakewell's Z88 Main Page |
If you already have a Z88, there are RAM expansion cards and more software now than in 1987 when the Z88 was launched.
There is a PC - Z88 link section so that you can try some free programs before you buy Eazylink (which is the best one that I use).
Although technology has moved on, the Z88 addressed the need that creative users want to do ordinary tasks, like writing, keeping a diary and using a simple spreadsheet without worrying about different operating systems.
www.rakewell.com /z88/z88.shtml   (425 words)

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