This episode features GT Estate Word Processor released in 1983 by Indus Systems.

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Booting

Editing

• Empty editor screen with ~28K document space available in addition to a 4K copy buffer.
• The cursor never advances past column 20. All text scrolls off the left side as text progresses on the line.
• Reading (or loading) a document from disk. This is the sample document formatted for the Epson MX80 printer.
• Using the formatter to print the document.
• Writing (or saving) the document to a new file on disk. All drives supported by your DOS are supported by the word processor.
• Opening the copy buffer to copy a block of text. Note BO in the upper right.
• Its copied. Note OK in the upper right.
• A bunch of long lines copied using almost 20K of space. Navigation is a bit slow with this many long lines.

Errors

Files

Sample letter for Epson MX80 printed to Epson FX80 printer:

This episode features GT Estate Word Processor released in 1983 by Indus Systems.

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This episode features GT Albert E. Spreadsheet released in 1983 by Indus Systems. It was programmed by David H Hewit, and is actually a product of SIM Computer Products, Inc.

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Booting

• Wait a while we it preps…
• Looks like a spreadsheet!

ESC. Cell Entry

• Prior value is shown and new entry awaits.
• Calculation error. SUM formula and multiple by negative number BOTH have to be first in the formula, which is impossible.
• Input error.

R. Replic

• Copy SOURCE to destination range (FROM and TO). Copying the — cell.
• The — cell fully replicated.

G. Goto

• Entering new top left cell.
• Result.

C. Recalc

• This takes a LONG time.

P. Print

S. Save

• Sadly, you can only get a directory of drive 1.
• But you can save and load from any drive.

L. Load

N. New

• This takes a bit of time, just like at the start.

Q. Quit

• I didn’t notice this until posting the image, but it says Quit BASI-CALC and not Quit Albert E Spread Sheet!

Files

• VTOC has been moved, and the disk is copy protected.

My example budget:

This episode features GT Albert E. Spread Sheet released in 1983 by Indus Systems. It was programmed by David H Hewit.

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

Booting 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).

Single record, all fields:

All records, all fields:

Single record, partial fields:

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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This episode features Data Manager XL, released in 1985 by Antic Publishing. It was programmed by William Bartlett.

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Advertising

Antic November 1988 The Catalog advertisement. Note the limited availability:

Image of the diskette sleeve:

Booting and Main Menu

Data Manager Module

• Data Module menu
• Add menu
• Entering field data (one field at a time on the screen)
• Summary of data entered, OK to save it?
• Setting default values for a field
• Search (and replace)
• This will cause an error as the new length is greater than the old length.
• Told you.

Index Manager Module

• Index Manager Module menu
• You can only have 1 index at a time.
• Summary of the current index. Insightful isn’t it! OK to delete it?
• Start defining a new index
• No field names represented until after they are selected. Keep your database structure handy.
• Insightful summary of the new index.
• Creating a new database from a subset of another.

Print Manager Module

• Print Manager Module menu
• Browsing (finding) a record to print
• A valid search query! You MUST know how your index is built, keep it handy!
• Found the matching “0101” record!
• Printing a report
• A few parameters for printing
• Selecting the report definition. Use “IA Episodes” report?
• Ruh Roh!
• Printing using a form. None defined at the moment.

File Manager Module

• File Manager Module menu
• Create menu. Choose the type of file to create.
• Creating a database file.
• Entering the database fields label data.
• Creating a report.
• The reports parameters for page formatting.
• Describing the fields that will appear on the report. Shown is the 4th (and last) defined field for this report.
• You can delete too.
• Ruh Roh!
• Whoops! This error occurred during a redefinition of the database structure.

Tool Manager Module

• Tool Manager Module menu.
• Showing the database Status, with an option to print.
• Packing a database.
• Status of the packing process. Make sure you rebuild the index afterward.
• Import from DML (Diskette Mailing List).
• Disk drive RPM speed check. Sure, why not?
• Speed looks about right.
• Formatting a disk. Are you sure?

Documentation

• Menu
• Viewing on screen.

Files

• Files from main program (side A).
• Files from documentation (side B).
• Contents of the sample database.
• Hex dump of the sample index. Appears to be 8 letters of last name and 4 letters of first name fields.
• The catalog description of the database. Unsure what “1” in the data represents. “7” represents the number of fields.
• The catalog description of the Inverse ATASCII episode database.
• Hex dump of the report definition for the Inverse ATASCII episode report.

Single record, all fields:

All records, all fields. Note the summary data added automatically:

Database statistics:

This episode features Data Manager XL released in 1985 by Antic Publishing. It was programmed by William Bartlett.

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This episode features APX Data Management System, released in 1982 by APX, originally published in Compute! magazine in Novemeber 1981. It was programmed by Ron & Lynn Marcuse.

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Advertising

APX Catalog advertisement. Note that it received a full page and a blue ribbon award:

Compute! magazine cover which feature version 1.2 of Data Management System:

Image of the diskette:

Main menu. Note the Select Option prompt is used throughout the program:

Data Dictionary menu:

Data Dictionary List Index:

Adding a data dictionary (database):

Data Dictionary List. You can list all data dictionaries (databases), or search for one:

Data Dictionary Update:

File Management Menu(s). Note the second image shows the currently OPEN database between the title and menu options:

Selecting a database (open):

File Management Directory Index:

Add Record:

File Management List / Inquiry menu:

Listing records by searching, displaying to screen or printer, and selecting all or some (partial) fields:

Update Record:

Sort:

Error displayed when there is no data set (database) open when invoking a function that requires it:

Files on the diskette:

Contents of DISKNAME.DAT file:

Dump of the DMS.DB file. This file contains a record of all databases on the disk, which includes the database name, description, and fields within:

Dump of the beginning and end of the sample database (PA.DB). This shows each field encoded in plain ASCII:

Single record, all fields:

Single record, partial fields:

All records, all fields:

All records, partial fields:

Inverse ATASCII Episodes, sorted by Title:

Inverse ATASCII Episodes, sorted by Season:

This episode features APX Data Management System, released in 1982 by APX, originally published in Compute! magazine in Novemeber 1981. It was programmed by Ron & Lynn Marcuse.

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