This episode features dataBASE released in 1987 by Antic Publishing. It was programmed by Carl M Evans and Richard M Leonard.

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ImageryArticleAntic August 1987 magazine article about the subscriber disk inclusion of dataBASE:\

dataBASE in ActionBooting and Main Menu

• Boot splash from Antic version (released 1987).
• Boot splash from Indus (Vervan) GT version (released 1984).
• Main menu from Antic version.

• Main menu from Indus (Vervan) GT version. A. File Directory

• B. Change Drive

• C. Create File

• Defining the name and number of fields.

• Defining the fields.
• Summary, with save confirmation. D. Modify File

F. Format Disk

• G. Add New Record

• Error when invoking option with no database open.

• Entering data for a record.
• Confirmation of saving the record.

• Record is saved, continue to add another or press E to go back to the main menu, H. Modify Old Record

• First you have to find the record to edit. Which field do you want to search on?

• Deciding on the criteria for the search.
• Entering the criteria data.
• Found the first matching record. Option actions listed.
• Editing the record. Select the field to edit first, then enter the new value.
• The record is updated, make sure you save the changes.

• I. Print Records

• Print menu.

• Selecting the record output type.

• Selecting which fields to print when printing partial records. J. Display Records

• Entering a database file to open (if none already open).

• Display records menu.
• Record output.
• Selecting search criteria when printing a single record.

• K. Display Fields

• Display fields for all file or just a single file?

• When displaying all, press SPACE to continue to next database file or E to return to the main menu.
• Entering the file name when selecting a single file to display fields for.

• L. Sort File

• Specifying the field to sort on.

• Selecting the sort order.
• Confirmation.

• Status while sorting. Files

• From the extracted subscriber disk at AtariMagazines.com.

• ATR as found on AtariMania – setup as instructed by documentation.
• The files as they appear on the original 1984 release of GT DataManager as supplied with Indus GT disk drives.
• Type view of the Inverse ATASCII episode database.
• Hex dump of the Inverse ATASCII episode database.
• Type view of the INDEX file (database catalog). ManualS7E03-prt-docsDownloadPrint OutputSingle record, all fields:

S7E03-prt-Recs-OneDownloadAll records, all fields:

S7E03-prt-Recs-AllDownloadSingle record, partial fields:

S7E03-prt-Recs-All-partDownloadShow Links* AtariMagazines.com: https://www.atarimagazines.com/v6n4/anticdatabase.html * Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/a8b_Antic_Database_1987_Antic_Magazine * RetroIst: https://retroist.com/ * USTE: https://www.ultimatescaletruckexpo.com/

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.