This episode features APX Bowler’s Database, released in 1982 by APX. It was programmed by Jerry White

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AdvertisingAPX Catalog advertisement from Fall 1982. Note that it received a full page and a blue ribbon award:

APX Catalog advertisement from Fall 1983. Note the price increase of $2.00, and the nice bowler cartoon at the bottom of the page:

Bowler’s Database in ActionBooting (from disk):

• Main Menu:

• Load Score Data

• Load source selection.

• For cassette loads, ready the cassette and press return.

• Progress status. Enter Score Data

• Enter each games scores. No need to press return for 3 digit scores. Breakout the Atari CX-85 keypad!

• Confirmation. Fix Score Data

• Enter week number. (1-1) represent available start and end weeks.

• Fixing is the same as entering. Save Score Data

• Save target location question. Note he forgot to change the title to pink.

• Progress status.

• Confirm deletion after save. Score Reports

• Output will always go to the screen. Send to printer as well?

• Summary report.
• Asking if you also want the detailed report, which is also followed by the Use Printer question.
• Detailed report. End This Program

Nothing to see here, just a BASIC READY prompt.

FilesSupplied DOS is Atari DOS 2.0s:

• There are 5 files on the program disk:

• Contents of DISKNAME.DAT file (APX disk ID). Note that database is mispelled as DATEBASE with an E:

• Dump of the SCORE.DAT file containing 5 weeks of data:

• The first bye is the number of weeks.

Bytes 2 and 3 are unknown, but 0.

Bytes 4+ are the score data in ASCII form with each score being followed by a RETURN (character 155).

ManualAPX_Bowlers DatabaseDownloadPrint OutputSummary report:

S7E6-prn-1-Rpt-SummDownloadDetailed report:

S7E6-prn-2-Rpt-DetDownloadShow Links* AtariMania: http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-bowler-s-database_30052.html * Atari Archives: http://www.atariarchives.org/APX/showinfo.php?cat=20091 * Inverse ATASCII’s C-Library on GitHub: https://github.com/Ripjetski6502/A8CLibrary

Intro music is an excerpt from a chip tune by Wizwars named 8 Bit Raceway. It is used under Creative Common license Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States.