Databox
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Databox is the name of the additional cassette or disk which contained the programs of one issue of the CPC Schneider International magazines, published by DMV.
Type-in programs in CPC Schneider International had a checksum on each line, which could be compared to the output of check464.bas, check664.bas, or check612.bas, respectively, as each line was typed in. This was especially useful for entering long DATA statements with hexadecimal numbers—the usual way to include machine code in type-ins.
In this article we try to collect all the databoxes of this magazine and provide a short index of their contents. If you own a databox from an issue that is not collected here, please contact us in the CPC Wiki Forum and help us to collect all databoxes.
1985
03-07
Contents Highlights #01:
- Content 1
- Content 2
- Content 3
- Content 4
Download: Highlights #01 1985
Contents Highlights #02:
- Laserbattle
- Partnertest
- Minnies Flight
- Scroller
- Laufschrift
- Bildschirmbewegung
- Profile
- Textroutinen
- Baudrate
- Zeitdifferenz
- Dezimalpunkt
- Bufferextension
- Hi-Score
- Mini Spreadsheet
- Kurvendiskussion
- Vokabeltrainer
Download: Highlights #02 1985
08
- Zehnkampf
- Master Mind
- Word processing (Textverarbeitung)
- Bonusprogramm: Präludium von J.S. Bach in C-Dur
09
- Zehnkampf II
- Line Runner (maze)
- Symbol editor (character editor)
- Wuerfelspass (version of the "Yahtzee" dice game)
10
- Superder (arcade game)
- BASIC monitor
11
- Brickbuster (Breakout clone)
- 3-D maze
12
- Sprite Creator
- Steuerzeichen
- Pingo (puzzle game)
1986
1
- Stadt (arcade game)
- Nibbler (maze game)
- BASIC- und Sound-Kurse
- Sprites
- Bonusprogramm: Pferderennen (horse racing)
- Z80 assembler
2
- RSX mon, Discmon, Supermon (utilities)
3
- Englebert (Qbert clone)
- Lissajous figures
- Fraktur typeface
4
- Context (editor/printing utility)
- Panzerschlacht (arcade game)
5
- Mr. Pac (Pac-Man clone)
- Sub Hunter (not related to Sub Hunter)
- Hadesque (Graphics adventure)
6
- X-Basic
- Vario
- Mexico
7
- Vokabeltrainer
- Knack die Nuss
8
- Ortwin's Run
- Lokomotive
- Game of Life
- Paint Master
- ROM Patch
9
- Gravitation; planetary orbits (Mars)
- Diskmat v2.0
10
- Tokio Express
- Periodensystem
- Animator
- Go Bang
1987
1
- 3–D Breakout
- Pascal Compiler
- Bonus program: Mars Depot (Lunar Lander clone)
2
- Snake (Tron clone)
- Software-Experiment 1–6 (see text at http://www.cpctech.org.uk/docs/)
- MIDI recorder
- Bonus program: Strandhotel (hotel business sim)
3
- Moretti (third world aid and economy game)
- Formula 1 strategy game
- Bonus program: Income Tax
- Disk Mon (disk utility)
4
- Flowers (jump-and-run)
- Superplan (PIM software)
- Film (3–D movie creation)
5
- Block Man
- Bonus program: Stratego
6
- Bruno Bombe (platformer)
- Liga 2 (soccer management game)
7
- Orakel (power and gas bill forecast)
- Bonus program: Forces! (chess-like board game)
8
- Smiling Ball (pick up hearts in a maze)
9
- Stock value analysis
- Bonus program (puzzle game)
10
- Porky
11
- Maze
12
- Bustout (another Breakout clone)
1988
12
- Deutsche Fehlermeldungen für CP/M
- Multitasking (nur 6128)
- Full Screen-Grafik auf dem Bildschirmrand
- Endlos-Druck
1989
3
- Fußball Manager
- Disc Repair
7
- Schwarzes Gold/Öl-Manager (Erdölfirmen-Spiel)
- Directory Pagemaker
- Grafik-Demos
- Shapes
- Bonusprogramm: IQ-Test (Humor)
8
- Gitter-Spiel (Solitär-Brettspiel auf dem Wiegleb-Brett mit 45 Feldern)
- Berechnung von Tilgungssätzen
9
- Goldrausch/Gold Rush (Plattformspiel/platformer)
- Tabellenkalkulation
10
- Formularmanager
- Singolo (Strategiespiel)
11
- Zeitschriftenverwaltung
- Boing (Breakout clone)
- Kalenderprogramm für ungewöhnliche Anfragen, z.B. 1.111 Wochen nach einem best. Ausgangsdatum
12
- Postman's Destiny (Pakete einsammeln auf Plattformen)
- Kartei
- M-Script
- Bonus-Programm: Space Collision
- 1 kB-Programme u.a.: Apfelmännchen
1990
1
- Biorhythmus
- Stein auf Stein (Tetris clone)
- Laurel II (RSX help program)
- Roboterprogramme
- Bonusprogramm: River Race
2
- Verwaltungshilfe (nur 6128)
- Sly Sprite (Strategiespiel)
5
- Transformer
- Crazywriter
- Mandalas (Fraktale)
8/9
- Side A
- Hot Plot
- Kontoverwaltung
- Side B
- Versura (Schach-Strategiespiel)
- Schalten und Walten (Zeichengenerator?)
10/11
- Side A
- Grid Rider
- Deuteron
- Rana
- Side B
- Newspaper (Zeitungsseiten erstellen)
- Alien
1991
08 / 09
Contents:
- Billy Bubble (game)
- Mona -> Maxam converter
- Worm Slickers (game)
- Demo für SCRIPT
- Lader for SCRIPT
- CPC Assembler
- Checksummer 464
- Checksummer 664
- Checksummer 6128
- CPC 464-Emulator
- Datagenerator (Binär -> Basic Lader)
- 60 Hz Bildfrequenzumschaltung
- Energiekostenabrechnung
- CPC Digiblaster demos
- Lotto (1 kb)
- S-Check (1 kb)
- Spells (1 kb)
- Labermaschine (1 kb)
- Clock (1 kb)
- Snake (1 kb)
- Mini-Cat (1 kb)
- Sensor (1 kb)
- Variablo (1 kb)
- Bonus: Herberts Little Helper (game)
Download: Databox 08/09'1991
1992
Sonderhefte
Sonderheft 1/1986
- 3 Haufen
- Castle Grayscall
- Super Saturn
- Utopia
- Zastermann
- Heizungsoptimierung
- Mathematikkurs
- Kegelkasse
- Lagerverwaltung
- Backup
- DIN Tastatur
- Kraefte zerlegen
- Sprite Machine
- Tempel der Bahli
- Etat planen
Download: Sonderheft 1/1986 (tape image)
Sonderheft 5/1987
- Side A
- Sound-Demos
- Schlumpis Horror-Trip (Plattformspiel/platformer)
- Crazy Stamps (Spiel bei dem es darum geht Briefe schnell und richtig zu frankieren)
- Bundesliga-Statistik
- Side B
- Guazuela (satirisches Politik-Spiel)
- Tilgung
Sonderheft 8/1989
- Side A
- Neues vom Bankmanager. RSX-Befehle für die Datenverwaltung.
- La Cuisine (Küchenspiel)
- TRON (Spiel nach dem Disney-Film)
- Fitness Center (etwas wie Dance Dance Revolution, für selbstgebaute Joystickmatte)
- Lineare Gleichungen
- Weltzeituhr
- Side B
- Apfelmännchen
- Let's Work/Ran an die Kisten (Verschiebe-Denkspiel wie Sokoban unter MS-DOS)
- Side C
- Hanseat (mittelalterliches Handelsspiel)
- Rubik's Clock
- Eimerkette (Denkspiel)
- Satellitenpositionsberechnung für Ham Radio
- Side D
- Bonusprogramme:
- Offiziersskat
- Crown-Convoy (Ball durch einen Tunnel manövrieren)
- 1 kB-Programme
- Bonusprogramme:
Download
- Scans of CPCSI magazine isssues
- All availabe DSK images (as of July 5, 2010) in one 6.1 MB ZIP file
- The file menu application is usually started on disks with: run"cpcdatab
