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Dataflex ver 2.0 disks & manual for the Microbee - ChickenMan - 23-07-2021
From some Microbee disks I purchased awhile back, this set was among them. Three standard Microbee 5.25" DS40 bootable disks for a 128k Standard Microbee that all imaged 100% error free. A manual was finally tracked down on the internet, cleaned up and converted to a searchable PDF as usual. Its A4 in size and 360 pages long.
This is Dataflex ver 2.0/e released in 1984 by Data Access Corporation, Florida, USA. Dataflex is a relational database management system and fourth-generation programming language. This is fully functional DEMO version with this start screen :
Disk 1 contains the main program (FLEX.COM)
Disk 2 contains Configuration and Sample files
Disk 3 contains Utilities
The manual is quite extensive with everything needed to get the user up and running. Its divided in 6 main sections which are :-
SECTION A: OPERATION AND ORIENTATION
SECTION B: STARTING WITH DATAFLEX
SECTION C: PRE-PROGRAMMED FACILITIES
SECTION D: PROGRAMMING DATAFLEX
SECTION E: ADVANCED CONFIGURATION
SECTION F: APPENDIX
So in the MbeeTech Repository in the Microbee\Software\Applications folder we placed
dataflex_disk1_ds40.dsk
dataflex_disk2_ds40.dsk
dataflex_disk3_ds40.dsk
dataflex_users_manual_v2.pdf <--- in Documentation\Manuals\Software folder