DOCUMENTATION FOR DBFIX.DVI DBFIX.DVI is a short file which should be downloaded as an ascii file and then merged with the program DBNEW from DL2. It allows access to database files on the DVI from within the DBNEW program. It does not run the database from disk, but merely allows you to load a file into RAM from within the program rather than having to load the file first, then run the program. After downloading the file and mergeing it with DBNEW, when you next run DBNEW you will find that the program will display the files on disk, list the available space on disk, and on the following line show the files in RAM. A file can be loaded either from RAM or from the disk. If loading from the disk, the file should be entered in the format 0:NAME.EXT. The extension should be 3 characters long, otherwise you get funny things happening with the name of the file in RAM. This could be fixed, but I find it easier just to use 3 character extensions. If loading from a file already in RAM, the filename should be typed in without the extension. When you hit enter, DBNEW loads the file to RAM from disk, then runs as it normally does. The only difference that really exists within the program is that the default print device is the CRT rather than the LCD. Note that they have changed positions. CRT is now function key 1, and LCD is function key 4. When you hit 5 to return to the Model 100 menu you will be asked if you want another file. You will then be asked if you want the existing file erased from RAM. A "Y" or a "y" will initiate the appropriate response. Any other key is a negative response. If you have answered yes to another file, then the program starts over at the top, lists the files on disk and RAM and you choose from there. It's not a major enhancement to the program, and is not terribly elegant. My programming abilities are negligible. But it does provide a bit more ease when using DBNEW with the DVI. It has not been designed to be compatible with POWR-DOS, and in fact doesn't work with it, though that may be easy to correct. I haven't checked it out with POWR-DISK yet. It won't work with the DVI and a screen 0 setting because of the PRINT@ addresses that I've used for positioning things on the CRT. Obviously that could be fixed as well, but my main concern was for using it with the CRT. I'm not sure what happens on a 2 disk DVI since mine is only one. Would love to hear any feedback and guidance, since this is my first attempt to try and do something useful.