This episode features Data Base Report System, originally released in 1982 by APX. It was developed by James W Burley.

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AdvertisementsAd from APX catalog Summer 1982:

Ad from APX catalog Fall 1982:

ArtScan image of the diskette:

Data Base Report System in ActionBoot and Main Menu

• Main Menu Usage

• Loading Update (Option 1).

• Cant Save until Sort is completed.
• Sorting.
• Saving.
• Delete a record.
• Changing a record.
• File Statistics.
• Printing.
• Entered wrong season number.
• Need to see more, press M.
• Print to printer.
• Error 137
• Error 5
• Error 16
• Lines reporting errors.
• Loading Initialize (Option 2).
• Initialize new file.
• Doh! Disk Error.
• Loading Print Customized Report (Option 3).
• Preparing the customized report.
• Chance to enter a custom key.
• Utilities Menu
• Loading Disk Maintenance (Option 4).
• DIsk Maintenance Menu
• Loading Reorg (Option 2).
• Reorg execution in progress.
• Loading Change A File Definition (Option 3).
• Redefining the databse.
• Print OutputOutput by Publisher (horizontal):

S8E15-prt-1-Print-HDownloadOutput by Publisher (vertical):

S8E15-prt-1-Print-VDownloadDatabase File Statistics:

S8E15-prt-1-StatsDownloadCustom Output by Publisher:

S8E15-prt-3-Custom-PubTitleDownloadFilesShips with Atari DOS 2.0S:

• Sample data file: ADDRESS.DAT
• Sample Index: ADDRESS.KEY
• Inverse ATASCII Episode Index with 0 records.
• Inverse ATASCII Episode Index with 1 records.
• Inverse ATASCII Episode Index with 2 records.
• Inverse ATASCII Episodes data file.
• Inverse ATASCII Episodes data file with deleted record. Key Analysis

.KEYa,b,c, [lp a+1: d,e,f], h$IAEP.KEY (55 max width)3,-1,55, 2,0,1, 2,-1,2, 20,-1,0, 30,-1,0, SN[53 spaces]EP[53 spaces]PUBLISHER[...]TITLE[50 spaces]EPISODES BY SEASONIAEP.KEY (20 max width)3,-1,20, 2,0,1, 2,-1,2, 20,-1,0, 30,-1,0, SN[18 spaces]EP[18 spaces]PUBLISHER[11 spaces]TITLE[15 spaces]EPISODES BY SEASONADDRESS.KEY4,19,10, 25,-1,1, 25,-1,0, 20,-1,0, 5,-1,0, 3,-1,0, NAME STREET CITY,STATEZIP PHONE ADDRESS/PHONE DIRECTORY[6 spaces]... Show Links* AtariMania: http://www.atarimania.com/utility-atari-400-800-xl-xe-data-base-report-system_28115.html * Atari Archives: https://www.atariarchives.org/APX/showinfo.php?cat=20134 * Atari Magazines Antic June 1983 Database Article Scan: https://www.atarimagazines.com/v2n3/smallscaledbms.html * Atari Magazines Antic February 1983 Ten Best Article Scan: https://www.atarimagazines.com/v1n6/tenbestfromapx.html * APX Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_Program_Exchange

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.