# MBASIC Data Management

Database and file management programs

## Available Data Management

### Mfil

Message file creator - utility for creating test versions of name/message files for bulletin board systems (by Dick Lieber, 1982)

**Author:** Dick Lieber
**Year:** 1982
**Tags:** database, files, bbs

**[Download mfil.bas](mfil.bas)**

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### Sfamove

SFA Move utility - data movement tool for SFA database system

**Year:** 1980s
**Tags:** database, sfa, utility

**[Download sfamove.bas](sfamove.bas)**

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### Sfaobdes

SFA Object Designer - design tool for SFA database objects and structures

**Year:** 1980s
**Tags:** database, sfa, design

**[Download sfaobdes.bas](sfaobdes.bas)**

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### Sfavoc

SFA Vocabulary - vocabulary/dictionary manager for SFA database system

**Year:** 1980s
**Tags:** database, sfa, vocabulary

**[Download sfavoc.bas](sfavoc.bas)**

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### Xlabels

Label printer - database label printing utility for mailing labels and address lists

**Year:** 1980s
**Tags:** database, labels, printing

**[Download xlabels.bas](xlabels.bas)**

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## How to Use

1. **Download** the .bas file you want to use
2. **Open MBASIC** in your preferred UI (Web, Tkinter, Curses, or CLI)
3. **Open the file:**
   - **Web/Tkinter UI:** Click File → Open, select the downloaded file
   - **CLI:** Type `LOAD "filename.bas"`
4. **Run:** Type `RUN` or press the Run button

## About These Data Management

These programs are from the CP/M and early PC era (1970s-1980s), 
preserved from historical archives including OAK, Simtel, and CP/M CD-ROMs.
