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Databox

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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.

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

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

8

  • Gitter-Spiel (Solitär-Brettspiel auf dem Wiegleb-Brett mit 45 Feldern)
  • Berechnung von Tilgungssätzen

9

Gold Rush

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

  • Side A
  • 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

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 7/1988

H'Cardin
Alan Sugar's biorhythm for August 28, 2011
  • 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

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