Updated 20 October 2007
Z88 Now and Then
Introduction
The following paragraphs lists some Z88 related information
sources like books, newsletters and bulletin board systems,
and some chronology.
Having bought my Z88 in June 1988, I was very impressed by
its usability and soon became a great Z88 fan wanting to
know everything about it.
Enclosed with the Z88 from the Swedish importer TMA
Industrials AB, was the first and only issue of Z88 User,
the to be glossy official Z88 magazine. In the magazine was
an advertisement from TK Computerware in UK from which I got
a catalogue. In the catalogue the Z88 Users' Club was
mentioned and obviously I joined.
The club had already been running for a year and served me
and many a fellow Z88 user well for another five years
before giving up. The club newsletter, Z88 EPROM, was also
an entry point for contacts with other sources of Z88
information.
Books
- Z88 User Guide, First edition, Cambridge Computer Ltd, 1987.
- Z88 User Guide, Second edition, Cambridge Computer Ltd, 1987.
- Z88 Service Manual, Cambridge Computer Ltd, January 1988?
- Z88 User Guide, Third edition, Cambridge Computer Ltd, 1988.
- Z88 Benützerhandbuch, Erste deutche Ausgabe, Sémaphore-Tasman S.A. Switzerland, 1988.
- Z88 Manuel d'instructions, Premiere edition francais, ABAR Drion Electronics SA, France, 1988? New 20 October
- Cambridge Z88 Käyttäjän Opas, Oy PCI-Data Ab, Finland, 1988?
- Cambridge Z88 Guida dell'utente, Italy, 1988
- Z88 Computing, Ian Sinclair, May 1988.
- Using Your Z88, Patrick Hall, September 1988.
- Z88 Real Power Computing, Frank R. Flaig, January 1989.
- Z88 Developers' Notes, release v.093, Cambridge Computer Ltd, 10 September 1988, publically released January 1989.
- Z88 Developers' Notes, release v2.00, Cambridge Computer Ltd, 1989.
- BBC BASIC (Z80) Reference Manual, M-TEC Computer Services, 1 February 1989.
- Z88 Magic, Gill Gerhardi, Vic Gerhardi and Andy Berry, 1989.
- Z88: A Dabhand Guide, Trinity Concepts, October 1989.
- Z88: A Dabhand Guide Errata, Trinity Concepts, June 1990.
- Z88 PipeDream: A Dabhand Guide, John Allen, April 1990.
- Z88 Portable Computing, Dave J. Oborne, October 1990.
- Z88 Manual A,B,other, Domino Cubes, USA, 1990.
- En Svensk Snabb Guide för Z88 - MacLite, Ralph Dahlin, Per-Olov Graveleij, Sweden, 1990.
- Notes on Printing, David Stewart, 1991.
- Z88 User Guide, Fourth edition, Cambridge Computer Ltd, 1991.
- Notes on Printing, David Stewart, 1993.
- See the Z88 Source Book for some reviews.
Magazines
- Z88 User, Focus magazines, June 1988
Newsletters
- Z88 EPROM, Z88 Users' Club newsletter, Roy Woodward.
- ZEUS,
ZEighty-eightUSer usergroup/newsletter, Paul Greenhalgh.
- Cambridge Z88 NewsNotes, Cambridge North America, Al Baker, USA.
- PIPELINE, Club Z88 / Time Designs, Paul Bingham, USA.
- Z88 Fax News, Curtis Claar, USA.
- UPDATE Magazine!, Frank Davis, Z88 section, USA.
- The Z-88 Briefcase, TS Bulletins Amateur Publications, Bill Harmer, Canada.
Online Services
- CIX, Compulink Information eXchange conferencing service, new area: z88, moderator dave, dj sphipps, 28 October 1987.
- http://www.cix.co.uk/cix/conflist.html
- Tel: (+44) 0181 390-1255
- GEnie, USA
- Archived messages from December 1987 to December 1988.
- Archived messages from December 1988 to April 1989.
- Double 8, Tony Cox, Clubspot area, Prestel's Micronet, January 1988.
- Screen shot.
- 88 Corner, within ZX Microbase on Prestel's Micronet, May 1988.
- Wordmongers BBS, May 1988
- Log file from online session 30 December 1988.
- Z88 Support BBS, Phil Wheeler, The Z88 promoter, California, USA, 15 December 1988.
- Archived messages, December 1988 to February 1989.
- Archived messages, March 1989.
- Archived messages, April 1989.
- Archived messages, May 1989.
- Archived messages, June 1989.
- Archived messages, July 1989.
- File list from July 1989.
- Archived messages, August to September 1989.
- Archived messages, October 1989.
- Archived messages, November 1989.
- Archived messages, December 1989.
- Archived messages, January to April 1990.
- The Electronic Office BBS, Jack Krueger, USA east coast, February 1989.
- Jamten-TCL, Michael Cronsten, Sweden, Z88 area, March 1989
- Messages.
- Tel: (+46) 63-133330.
- Lightfingers Place, new Z88 section, editor Clive Salvidge of Wordmongers. Replaces Wordmongers BBS. July 1989.
- Log file from online session 27 March 1991.
- Zed-88 BBS, Gerald Lindsay, Virginia, USA, 1 August 1989.
- File list from 22 March 1991.
- Log file from online session 22 September 1991.
- CIX, Compulink Information eXchange conferencing service, new area: cambridge.z88 by CCL, moderator Matthew Soar, 23 August 1989.
- http://www.cix.co.uk/cix/conflist.html
- Tel: (+44) 0181 390-1255
- BIX, Byte Information eXchange, (new Z88 area by CCL?) else portables conf, September 1989.
- Kybernesis, Z88 area, February 1990.
- QuaLsoft BBS, Tony Firsman, Z88 area, March 1990.
- Edited log file from online session 9 December 1991.
- Edited log file from online session 20 March 1998.
- Tel: (+44) 1442-828255.
- Spooky Ghost, March 1990.
- Direct Line, Z88 area, March 1990.
- File list from 16 December 1990.
- CompuServe, Z88 forums, June 1990 ?
- Computer Club Forum, from online session 29 January 1994.
- UK Computing Forum, from online session 29 January 1994.
- Liverpool Mailbox, Peter Tootil, Z88 area, October 1990.
- Log file from online session 13 January 1998.
- Tel: (+44) (01886)884 075.
- Technosoft, Roberto Piola, Italy, January 1991 ?
- Log file from online session 6 April 1991.
- BIX, Byte Information eXchange, portables conf. Feb 1991.
- Qbox-USA BBS, John Impellizzeri, Z88 area, October 1993. Tel. (+1) 810-254-9878
- Anyone got more log files, file lists, messages or files
for publishing here?
Internet
- Usenet, News Groups
- Z88 Hackers Mailing List
1,
2,
Mark W. Eichin, August 1990.
- comp.sys.sinclair, Arnt Gulbrandsen, December 1993.
- RFD, Call for Votes.
- Archived Z88 related comp.sys.sinclair postings in 1995, znews95.zip, 195K.
- Z88 Faq, Robert Klein, August 1994.
- Log file from a Gopher Z88 search.
- DejaNews, list of 1640 Z88 related news group postings archived from March 1995 to May 1998.
- Tim Swenson's Z88 Page, Z88 Sourcebook, Z88 E-Mail List,
October 1995.
- Garry Lancaster's Z88 Forever! December 1995.
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| | || || | | | | | ||| | | | | | Z88 Forever!.........................
| | || || | | | | | ||| | | | | Tim Swenson............................
| | || || | | | | | ||| | | | comp.sys.sinclair............................................
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| | || || | | | | | ||| | Liverpool Mailbox_______________________________________________________________________
| | || || | | | | | ||| Compuserve..................................
| | || || | | | | | ||QuaLsoft BBS_____________________________________________________________________________________
| | || || | | | | | ||Direct-Line
| | || || | | | | | |Kybernesis
| | || || | | | | | Z88 Fax News..+
| | || || | | | | Zed-88 BBS...................+
| | || || | | | | CIX cambridge.z88................................................................................................
| | || || | | | Jamten........................__________________________________________________________________________________
| | || || | | Z88 Support BBS...........+
| | || || | 88 Corner
| | || || | Wordmongers BBS..............+
| | || |Double 8
| | || GEnie
| | ||ZEUS.+
| | |Z88 Users' Club and newsletter Z88 EPROM..............................+
| | CIX z88..................................................................................................................................
| | Final OZ 2.2(3.0)
| First Z88 out, OZ 1.2
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