Discogs 64

Well, what started off as a bit of fun has become quite a useful piece of software for the Commodore 64. Made easier, of course, by the availability of Discogs datasets on the internet. This is a brief guide on how to use Discogs64 and where to get discography data from. Installation Discogs64 was written in XC=BASIC and compiled to machine code. Any database program of any practical use needs to be compiled to machine code for speed. The resulting prg file was injected into a d64 disk file using the VICE c1541 utility. To load it in simply type LOAD "DISCOGS64",8,1 and then, when ready, just type RUN to start. Adding Records Discogs64 can be used right out of the box. Just select menu option 1 and start typing! You can add all your records manually up to the current limit of 100 per database file. For larger collections you'll need to split between files and, if required, disks, which is easy to do and allows for unlimited records. On a real C64 or C64U (or others) or even via VICE,…

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