From: HELMUT Helmut Jungkunz Hello, this is the diskbase (CP/M database) form: "BRANDNAME","C",30,0,"N" >..............................< "MODEL","C",30,0,"N" >..............................< "VERSION","C",20,0,"N" >...................< "YEAR","N",4,0,"N" >....< "COLOR","C",14,0,"N" >..............< "HEIGHT","C",6,0,"N" >......< "WIDTH","C",6,0,"N" >......< "DEPTH","C",6,0,"N" >......< "CPUTYPE","C",8,0,"N" >........< "TAPETYPE","C",20,0,"N" >...................< "DISKNUM","N",2,0,"N" >..< "DISKTYPE","C",20,0,"N" >...................< "HASFIXDSK","C",10,0,"N" >..........< "SCREENTYPE","C",40,0,"N" >......................................< "HASGRAPH","C",1,0,"N" >.< (Y/N) "GRAPHTYPE","C",20,0,"N" >...................< "HASSERIAL","C",6,0,"N" >......< "PARALLELP","C",6,0,"N" >......< "PRINTCONN","C",20,0,"N" >...................< "FLOPPYPORT","C",20,0,"N" >...................< "FLOPPYCONN","C",20,0,"N" >...................< "JOYSTICK","C",10,0,"N" >..........< "EXPANSION","C",30,0,"N" >..............................< "RAMDISK","C",20,0,"N" >...................< "ISDESKTYPE","C",1,0,"N" >.< (Y/N) "PORTABLE","C",1,0,"N" >.< (Y/N) "HASSOUND","C",1,0,"N" >.< (Y/N) "SOUNDTYPE","C",30,0,"N" >..............................< "CPMTYPE","C",25,0,"N" >........................< "SOFTWARE","C",70,0,"N" >....................................................................< "COMMENT1","C",70,0,"N" >....................................................................< "COMMENT2","C",70,0,"N" >....................................................................< This is a sample record, normally in one single line. "Amstrad","CPC","6128",1985,"gray","6 cm","70 cm","17 cm","Z80 A", "external",1,"3 inch typical","add-on", "BAS monochrome green monitor or PAL RGB","y","hi-res 600 x 200", "50 pin expansion port","add-on","y","n","y","AY-3-8912", "CP/M 2.2 and CP/M Plus","LOCOMOTIVE BASIC 1.1 LOGO 3", "Fixed disk vendors Dobbertin and Vortex (out of biz)", "Warning! The floppy cable wire 34 must match centronics pin 36 !!" Anaything can go into the comment lines, that isn't regular, i.e. special connectors used or the like. Regards Helmut