Updated 27 August 2004

Z88 File Transfers

There are two reasons for transfering files between a Z88 and another system. One is to backup Z88 files because permanent file storage on Z88 EPROMs is expensive. The other is to use the transfered data on the other system. These two reasons have been the driving force for the design of over 70 file transfer programs. Closely related are file conversion programs between various file formats. These programs will be added later.


Table of Contents
Protocols Platforms
Imp-Export, PCLink II, EazyLink, RangerLink, SpecLink, Ascii Text, Xmodem, Ymodem, MacBinary, Kermit, CET, TFTP, HTTP, FTP Acorn Archimedes, Acorn RISC OS, Amiga, Amstrad PCW, Apple MacIntosh, Atari ST, BBC, Nimbus, PC DOS, PC Windows 3.1, PC Windows 95, PC Linux, Sinclair QL, Sinclair Spectrum, Unix, Z88
File Formats Character Sets
Wordstar, Lotus 123, WordPerfect, MacWrite, Lotus, 6502 BBC BASIC, BASIC V, QL Archive, Tasword, RTF, HTML, Excel, View, Interword, Mini Office, Wordwise, Wordwise+, First Word Plus, Digita Organiser, MacWrite, WKS, BBC BASIC,
To be completed..
ISO-8859-1 (Latin1), ISO-8859-3 (Latin3), IBM PC8 code page 437, Mac
To be completed..


Protocols

A number of protocols are used for file transfers between Z88s and other computers. The first five in the table below, Imp-Export, PCLink II, EasyLink, RangerLink and SpecLink protocols were invented just for the Z88 and are hardly used elsewhere and none of them does any error check on file contents transfered. Of the following five protocols, Ascii Text, Xmodem, Ymodem, MacBinary and Kermit on the other hand, at least some can be expected to be found on remote dialup computer systems or the average office or home computer. The last two, TFTP and HTTP builds on for the Z88 new Internet TCP/IP technique which is in the test state for SLIP connections only.

Platforms

http://www.faime.demon.co.uk/download/index.html Z88 File Transfer z88link v0.9.1 http://www.faime.demon.co.uk/download/sw/z88link-091.tar.bz2 091015 http://www.retrothing.com/2007/10/help-any-cambri.html
 

Acorn BBC

ProtocolNameVersionDateAuthor
Imp-ExportBBC Link 1987Cambridge Computer
Imp-ExportBEEBLINK 1.01988Jeff Moon
Imp-ExportBBC/Z88 File Transfer1988John Allen
PCLink IIBBC-Link II for Z881988John Allen
BBC BASICBBC/Z88 Basic program transfer1988John Allen
Mini Office, WordwisePipedream to Mini Office / Wordwise Conversion1988John Allen
 

 

Acorn Archimedes

ProtocolNameVersionDateAuthor
Imp-Export ZAP-Z88, a153.txt1.021992K.S & S.S Pardesi
Imp-Export Archimedes Link 1995Lindis International
Imp-Export Z88-Arc1989Henri Derksen
Imp-Export !Z88Link 1.01989Lingenuity
Imp-Export, ArcBasicZ88 Utility3.711997David Holden
PCLink II PipeDream 1988Colton Software
? Z88 Link1991S&S Computer Advice
BASIC V BConvArcMatthew Astley
Interword, First Word PlusPipIn0.941992David Holden
 

 

Acorn RISC OS

ProtocolNameVersionDateAuthor
Imp-Export Z88Link 1.021996John Allen
Imp-Export Z88Link2.00John Allen
Imp-Export?Z-Link II 20-20 Software/Tony Howat
PCLink II ZLink John Allen
 

 

Amiga

ProtocolNameVersionDateAuthor
Imp-ExportLinkUP, readme 1.01998Mathew Key
Imp-ExportFileZ88, readme 1998Owen Birnie
Imp-ExportAZ 1997Sector Software
Imp-ExportAtoZ, readme2.02000Joe Mackay
Imp-ExportZ88-Amiga Link 1989The Music Suite
? Z88-LINK II 1991The Music Suite
PCLink II LinkZ88, readme 1.0.01995Andy Dean
EazyLink Link 0.971998Gunther Strube,
Garry Lancaster,
Dominic Morris
Digita OrganiserDiaryConv1998Owen Birnie
 

 

Amstrad PCW

ProtocolNameVersionDateAuthor
Imp-Export IMPEXP80 1988C Port (Martyn Wilkinson)
 

 

Apple MacIntosh

ProtocolNameVersionDateAuthor
Imp-Export
MacWrite, Lotus, 6502 BBC BASIC
Z88 Import-Export 1.0i1989C Port
Imp-Export ZX 1990Richard Haw
PCLink II
MacWrite, WKS, BBC BASIC
Z88-to-Mac 1.11988Cambridge Computer
(Human-Computer Interface)
? Z88 LinkS&S Computer Advice
 

 

Atari ST

ProtocolNameVersionDateAuthor
Imp-Export Z88 Utility 1.21988J. Hollis
Imp-Export Z88-ST Link 31989The Music Suite
? Z88-LINK II 1991The Music Suite
Imp-Export?ST-Z88 LINK (Z099) 1990Martin Dolphin
PCLink II Z88LINK 1.31990Ian Johnston
PCLink II ZLink 1.21989Andy R. Barrow
 

 

Nimbus

ProtocolNameVersionDateAuthor
?Nimbus Link ?Lindis International, Richard Bignell
 

 

PC DOS

ProtocolNameVersionDateAuthorBytes / Second
Imp-Export, Wordstar, Lotus 123PC-LINK 1.01987Cambridge ComputerUp to 355
Imp-Export, WordPerfectZ88 WordPerfect Link 1.081991Tinus van de Wouw
Imp-ExportZ88ToPC 1.11990Anton Bialecki
Imp-ExportZ88 File Transfer 1.01988Andrew Pepper
Imp-ExportZ88TRAN 1989Richard Haw
Imp-ExportZ88UP/Z88DOWN 1.031991Roberto Piola
Imp-ExportZ88TOPC 1991Paul Doherty
? Z88-LINK II 1991The Music Suite
PCLink II, Wordstar, Lotus 123PC-LINK 2.11988Cambridge ComputerUp to 200
PCLink II PipeDream 2.201988Colton Software
PCLink II Z88link 1.51990Steve Marsh
PCLink II zBack 1.051990Simon Phipps
PCLink II Zback Ranger Computers
EazyLink Link 0.971998Gunther Strube
RangerLinkRangerLink 4.001990Ranger Computers
 

 

PC Windows 3.1

ProtocolNameVersionDateAuthorBytes / Second
Imp-Export WinSrv88 1999Paul Robson
Imp-Export Z88-Xport 0.101998Dennis GröningUp to 340
PCLink II Z88Link1997Kevin Millican
RTF, HTML, ExcelPipeView 0.181999Dennis Gröning
 

 

PC Windows 95

ProtocolNameVersionDateAuthorBytes / Second
Imp-Export Z88serve 1.31999Richard Eby
Imp-Export Z88-Xport 0.111998Dennis GröningUp to 340
EazyLink EazyLink 1.6.11998Gunther Strube
RangerLinkRangerLink 4.052001Ranger Computers, Dennis Gröning
 

 

PC Linux

ProtocolNameVersionDateAuthor
EazyLink Link 0.971998Gunther Strube,
Garry Lancaster
EazyLink Link 0.971998Gunther Strube,
Garry Lancaster
 

 

Sinclair QL

ProtocolNameVersionDateAuthor
Imp-ExportQZ 1987Sector Software
Imp-ExportQL ImpExp 2.1 1990Phil A. Borman
Imp-ExportQLtoZ88 1993Timothy Swenson
Imp-ExportZ88 Transfer 1.0 Mike Edwards
Imp-ExportImpex95 2.01a1995Phil A. Borman, Ivan Hall
EazyLink Link 0.97 1998Gunther Strube
QL ArchivePipeDream/QL Archive File Conversion 1994Dilwyn Jones
 

 

Sinclair Spectrum

ProtocolNameVersionDateAuthorBytes / Second
Imp-ExportBackupZ 1988Patman
Imp-ExportZ88-ImpExp (Z110) 101990Dennis GröningUp to 185
Imp-ExportZX-Tasword to PipeDream, z80 1991Austin L. Fox
SpecLink Z88-Link 21991Dennis GröningUp to 205
 

 

Unix

ProtocolNameVersionDateAuthor
Imp-Export z88link (Z144) 1.111991Richard Hesketh
 

 

Z88

ProtocolNameVersionDateAuthorBytes / Second
Imp-Export, Ascii Text Imp-Export 1987Cambridge ComputerUp to 355
PCLink II PCLink 21987Cambridge Computer (S. Kelly)Up to 200
EazyLink, PCLink IIEazyLink 5.0.31998Gunther Strube (InterLogic)Up to 530
RangerLink RangerLink 5.021991Ranger ComputersUp to 605
SpecLink Spectrum-Link 1.11991Dennis GröningUp to 205
? TX 1987Wordmongers
Xmodem COMM88 21988Wordmongers
Xmodem, CET Z-Term 2.51989WordmongersUp to 220
Xmodem Z88COM 2.31989Phil WheelerUp to 460
Xmodem SSX (Z185) 1992Phil Wheeler, Tom Hawkins
Xmodem XMODEM (Z202) 1992Phil Wheeler, Christian Pearson
Xmodem Remote Z88 Link 1.01990Phil Wheeler, DR Armstrong
Xmodem, MacBinaryZCP 1.021990Richard HawUp to 515
Xmodem, YmodemXY-Modem 1.11999Dennis GröningUp to 3300
Kermit Kermit-88, more docs1.041990Wally WrightUp to 310
Kermit ? Vision-100 1990Ranger Computers (Dave Hampson)
TFTP, HTTP, FTPZsock 2.312002Dominic Morris


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