Databox

Typical loading screen of the "CPCDATAB" program launcher

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.

1 1985
- 1.1 03-07
- 1.2 08
- 1.3 09
- 1.4 10
- 1.5 11
- 1.6 12
2 1986
- 2.1 1
- 2.2 2
- 2.3 3
- 2.4 4
- 2.5 5
- 2.6 6
- 2.7 7
- 2.8 8
- 2.9 9
- 2.10 10
- 2.11 11
- 2.12 12
3 1987
- 3.1 1
- 3.2 2
- 3.3 3
- 3.4 4
- 3.5 5
- 3.6 6
- 3.7 7
- 3.8 8
- 3.9 9
- 3.10 10
- 3.11 11
- 3.12 12
4 1988
- 4.1 1
- 4.2 2
- 4.3 3
- 4.4 4
- 4.5 5
- 4.6 6
- 4.7 7
- 4.8 8
- 4.9 9
- 4.10 10
- 4.11 11
- 4.12 12
5 1989
- 5.1 1
- 5.2 2
- 5.3 3
- 5.4 4
- 5.5 5
- 5.6 6
- 5.7 7
- 5.8 8
- 5.9 9
- 5.10 10
- 5.11 11
- 5.12 12
6 1990
- 6.1 1
- 6.2 2
- 6.3 5
- 6.4 6/7
- 6.5 8/9
- 6.6 10/11
- 6.7 12/1
7 1991
- 7.1 2/3
- 7.2 4/5
- 7.3 6/7
- 7.4 8/9
- 7.5 10/11
- 7.6 12/1
8 1992
- 8.1 2/3
- 8.2 4/5
- 8.3 6/7
- 8.4 8/9
- 8.5 10/11
- 8.6 12/1
9 Sonderhefte
10 Download
11 Links

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

Prelude by Bach

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

Pferderennen

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

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

11

Kalaha

Reversi

Kalaha (African Kalah/Mancala game)
Reversi

12

Prokyon

Habil Haushaltsbilanzen
Prokyon
Bonus program: Der Chefredakteur

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

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

Porky

11

Maze

Maze

12

Bustout

Bustout (another Breakout clone)

1988

1

Pharao

Bonus program: Pharao (jump-and-run)
60 Hz mode
Kalender (universal calendar for 1683-9999)

2

Desk Manager

Software Freezer
Desk Manager (GUI tool for disk administration)

3

Dr. Dustbin
Bonus program: Copy Tool and Setdrive (both for CP/M)

4

Bonus program: Ball Cracker 2 (the zilionth Breakout clone)

5

Minigolf

Bonus program: Minigolf

6

Z80 assembler
Mad Maze
Bonus program: Wizardry

7

Cave Flight
Bonus program: Commerce (become a trader in opium and silk)

8

Peg solitaire

Bonus program: Peg solitaire
Backgammon
File 30 (filing software)

9

Die Berlinerin

Die Berlinerin (patience/solitaire variant)

10

Kermit client (for CP/M)
Bonus program: Meine Klasse 1988

11

Bonus program: Bowling

12

Deutsche Fehlermeldungen für CP/M
Multitasking (nur 6128)
Full Screen-Grafik auf dem Bildschirmrand
Endlos-Druck

1989

1

Bonus program: maze creator

2

Diskmon
Vorspann (title generator)

3

Fußball Manager
Disc Repair
Funktionsplotter

4

Sound Manager (sound tracker)
Mensch ärgere Dich nicht

5

Skiller

Video tape database
Bonus program: Skiller (top-down car racing game)

6

Australien

Australien

7

Öl-Manager

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

Gold Rush

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

"Apfelmännchen" (Mandelbrotmenge)

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)

6/7

X-Force Warrior

Bonus program: X-Force Warrior

8/9

Side A
- Hot Plot
- Kontoverwaltung
Side B
- Versura (Schach-Strategiespiel)
- Schalten und Walten (Zeichengenerator?)

10/11

Deuteron

Side A
- Grid Rider
- Deuteron
- Rana
Side B
- Newspaper (Zeitungsseiten erstellen)
- Alien

12/1

Digital Drummer
Memory
Bonus program: Börsenkurse

1991

2/3

CPC Tools

Side A
- Poker
- Crilion
Side B
- Sonde
- Bonus program: CPC Tools (disk utility for CP/M Plus)

4/5

Digital Globe

Side A
- Digital Globe (mapping software)
- Datenverwaltung (database)
- Pipeline
- Crash
Side B
- Ultradisc (disk utility; format and copy disks)
- Bonus program: Power Tetris

6/7

Side A
- Landgraf (medieval economy sim)
Side B
- Glücksrad (Wheel of Fortune)

8/9

Billy Bubble

Contents:

Billy Bubble (two-player, vaguely Breakout-like 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

10/11

3D-Mersi

Turris

Side A
- 3D-Mersi (3-D Tetris variant)
Side B
- Turris (two-player board game)

12/1

RSX Professional
Bonus programs: Super-Edit and Disk Copy
Elektronikers Freund (decode color bands on resistors)

1992

2/3

Disk sector editor

Strego

Winglobe (calling itself DIGI-GLOBE for some reason)

Side A
- Musik-Tutor
- Disk sector editor
- Strego (strategy game for at least two-players)
Side B
- Winglobe
- Digoglobe

4/5

6/7

8/9

10/11

12/1

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

Guazuela

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

La Cuisine

Hanseat

Ham radio app

Kanonen-Duell

Offiziersskat

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

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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

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