This episode features File-Fax, released in 1982 by tmq Software (TradeMark of Quality). It was developed by Omniware.
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File-Fax in Action
Booting
Boot splash. 
Main menu.
Run Application
Select it and load up the disks! 
Application menu 
Data entry help 
Data entry 
Writing the new record to disk 
Got some data entered! 
Changing a record starts with a search 
Is this the one to change? 
Change record search navigation help. 
Displaying record. 
Querying 
Wildcards galore! 
Match found 
Running a report. Report menu. 
Special sort needed? 
Where to send the report? 
Displaying report to screen. 
No reports defined properly caught! 
Starting a report to query by range. 
Enter lower bound of query. 
Enter upper bound of query. 
Where to send the report? 
To the screen!
Define System Characteristics
Selecting the application. 
Setting the details for the applications behaviour. Custom for each application. 
Catalog A Disk
Wrong disk!
Print An Application
Cant print it until its defined!
Disk Copy
Create An Application
Give it a name. 
Application screen editor. Clean slate. 
Editor help. 
Defined application screen. 
Setting field attributes. 
Field attribute help. 
Attributes on a numeric. 
Application summary before creation. Over 7K records for 4 disk drives! Wow! 
Make sure all disks are inserted before continuing.
Create A Report
Creating a new report. 
Report designer. 
Selecting field to place on report. 
Starting to come together. 
Adding some totals. 
Help! 
Modifying a report. Much like creating, except the initial screen.
Files
Relocated VTOC, whats on the disk?
Manual
There is a link in links section to a copy on the Internet Archive.
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- AtariMania: http://www.atarimania.com/utility-atari-400-800-xl-xe-file-fax_28136.html
- Internet Archive Manual: https://archive.org/details/file-fax-manual/File_Fax_Reference_Guide/
- Wikipedia ICOM: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICOM_Simulations
- Zojo, LLC: https://www.zojoi.com/
- Wikipedia Dave Marsh: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Marsh_(game_developer)
- Inverse ATASCII S1 E12 LJK Data Perfect: https://inverseatascii.info/2015/03/10/s1e12-ljk-data-perfect/
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