Databox

Typical loading screen of the "CPCDATAB" program launcher

The program launcher in action—"L" to load or "S" to load and run

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.

03-07

Contents Highlights #01:

• Smiley
• Buecherwurm
• Solitaire
• Reaktionstest
• Rel. Restore
• Head Reader
• Window
• An Die Freude (music)
• Orgelstimmer
• Mergefix
• Notizblatt
• Data Wandler
• Circle
• CPC-Plot
• Adressverwaltung
• Screen Dump

Download: Highlights #01 1985 (CDT)

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 (CDT)

08

Prelude by Bach

• Zehnkampf
• BW-TEXT Textverarbeitung (Word processing)
• Präludium von J.S. Bach in C-Dur
• Bonusprogramm: Master Mind

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

Pingo

• Sprite Creator
• Steuerzeichen
• Pingo (puzzle game)

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

Panzerschlacht

• Context (editor/printing utility)
• 3D-Mühle
• Bonus program: 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

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)

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

Artworx

• Artworx (DTP application)
• Bonus program: Bowling

12

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

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

Black Gold/Öl-Manager

• Black Gold/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 / Meteor (Asteroids clone)
• 1 kB-Programme u.a.: Apfelmännchen

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

• Breakthru, a Breakout clone
• 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

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

Landgraf

Crash

• Side A
  • Landgraf (medieval economy sim)
  • Crash
• 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)

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

• Side A
  • Demo of Zap't'Balls
  • Chess for three
• Side B
  • The Drumming CPC (drum computer)

6/7

• CRTC programming course

8/9

Text-Assistent

• Side A
  • Puzznix
  • Text-Assistent
• Side B
  • A/D converter software
  • Gratop & Kintop

10/11

• Side A
  • PLGRAF (plotter graphics program)
• Side B
  • Bonus program: Adam Riese (spreadsheet)

12/1

Jumper

Solitaire

• Side A
  • CPC terminal program
  • Jumper
  • Solitaire
• Side B
  • Shootout

Sonderheft 1/1986

• 3 Haufen
• Castle Grayscall
• Super Saturn
• Utopia (CPC version of Hamurabi)
• Zastermann
• Heizungsoptimierung
• Mathematikkurs
• Kegelkasse
• Lagerverwaltung (inventory management)
• Backup
• DIN Tastatur
• Kraefte zerlegen
• Sprite Machine
• Tempel der Bahli
• Etat planen

Download: Sonderheft 1/1986 (tape image)

Zieh Oder Spring

This databox came on two cassettes. The second tape contained:

• Drei Mal Eins (board game)
• Points (African Kalah/Mancala game)
• Time Machine (text adventure)
• Wall Street (stock trading game)
• Zieh Oder Spring (board game)
• Liga (store league game results, e.g. Bundesliga)
• Lohnsteuer
• Vokabel Pauker
• Kfz-Kosten
• Biorythmus
• Kalender Druck (print a calendar)
• Configurator
• Duo-Mode
• Mastercontroll
• Sound Editor
• Var-Dump

Sonderheft 2/1986

Superchance

• MC-Tracer
• Turbo Sorter
• Disc-Init
• Disc Info Reader
• Disc Manager
• Turbo Dos
• Relative Datei
• Disc Basic V3.0
• Sektor Map
• Universal Datei
• Disc Monitor
• Backlist
• Terminkalender
• Disc Tape RSX
• Fastcopy (CP/M)
• Bonusprogramm (Superchance)

Sonderheft 3/1986

Monstergarten

• Side A
  • The Designer (paint program)
  • Dis-K-Patcher
  • CPC Monitor
  • Monstergarten
  • Program to create a custom Elite commander
• Side B
  • Mühle
  • Entengeschichten (puzzle game)
  • WIPO (business sim)
  • Gangster
  • Hubschrauber
  • Galactic Conflict (strategy game)

Sonderheft 4/1987

Der Fluch des Pharao

Hopper

Tipsi

Speedy Bricks

• Side A
  • Der Fluch des Pharao
  • Schneider-Börsenmakler
  • BASIC Compiler (only for CPC 6128)
  • Hopper
  • 3D Plot
  • StatiCAD V2.0
• Side B
  • Tipsi (shooter; uses the Beverly Hills Cop theme on its title screen for some reason)
  • Speedy Bricks
  • 3Axis

Sonderheft 5/1987

Guazuela

• Side A
  • Crazy Stamps (Spiel bei dem es darum geht Briefe schnell und richtig zu frankieren)
  • Vier gewinnt
  • Poker
• Side B
  • Secret Cavern (Airwolf clone)
  • Tennis Manager
  • DCF77
  • Morse code trainer
  • CPC-Term
  • Mensch ärgere Dich nicht
• Side C
  • Runner
  • Schlumpis Horror-Trip (Plattformspiel/platformer)
  • Sound-Demos
  • Bundesliga-Statistik
• Side D
  • Guazuela (satirisches Politik-Spiel)
  • Tilgung

Sonderheft 6/1988

• Side A
  • Lineare Gleichungen
  • Funktionsplotter
  • ExoDOS
  • Disc Manager
• Side B
  • CD-Liste
  • Schulnotenverwaltung
  • Buchführung
• Side C
  • 3D Life
  • Sub Sunk (Battleship)
  • Der Wolf jagt Schafe (board game)
  • Rob the Roboter
  • Ballcracker (Breakout clone)
• Side D
  • Faktu-Pro '87
  • SCRCOPY+
  • DINCOPY+
  • CP/M enhancements
  • Catlist

Sonderheft 7/1988

H'Cardin

Alan Sugar's biorhythm for August 28, 2011

Tron 3-D

• Side A
  • AMSMON (disk monitor)
  • Auxilia
  • Domingo
  • H'Cardin (two-player board game)
  • Musicus (synthesizer)
  • Screen Pack Plus
• Side B
  • Mission Wega (lander game)
  • Acceleration
  • Boolean algebra
  • Calculator
  • PC-CPC file transfer tool
• Side C
  • Tron 3-D
  • Mueller (Mühle/Nine Men's Morris)
  • Cosmic
  • Complex numbers
  • Fractals
  • Biorhythm
  • Backup program
• Side D
  • Ein Stein mit Arni
  • Sprechi (speech synthesizer)
  • Labyrinth
  • Vereinsverwaltung

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

• 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

• Databoxes and other programs by CPC Schneider International at CPC-Power