Coin Slot Magazine - #V8N4 - 1982 - December [International Arcade Museum]
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used to be put on a columnar pad
month the bottom line from each
can be placed. The titles, values,
this program, I will give you some of
sheet can be combined to produce
a monthly activity sheet and the
bottom line of this sheet can be
used to update the chart of accounts
All of these applications and more
can be done using Visicalc. If these
the more popular applications. Bud
geting can be done, simulating all
uses intrigue you, stop in at an
authorized Visicorp dealer for a
of the variables that enter into the
demonstration. You will be even
operation of a business including
inflation. An operator could use Visi-
more amazed. All Computerland
stores and most independent micro
computer stores carry Visicalc so it
and formulas that are used on the
pad are placed on the screen where
they can be evaluated and displayed
Instead of attempting to fully describe
calc to analyze the feasibility of par
ticular locations using a number of
different games in order to come up
with a profitable mix. Stocks and
commodities trends can be analyzed.
Daily accounting worksheets can
be done where each transaction is
spread to the appropriate general
ledger account. At the end of the
should be easy to obtain a demon
stration.
Database management Sounds
like some kind of black magic
that only a computernik or a
conehead could understand. It's
really not that incomprehensible.
Again, let's look at an application
instead of the program itself. We
want to create a mailing list sort it
by zip code, and print gummed labels
for mailouts. Using the database
program, we tell the computer that
the fields of data we wish to mani
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pulate will be Name, Street Address,
City, State, and Zip Code. Now that
the computer knows what kind of in
formation will be used, the actual
data can be put in the computer. In
this part of the program, the compu
ter displays a template similar to a
form that you would see in a file
cabinet. Each field is labelled and
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City
State
Zip
After the form is filled out, the
data is stored on disk in a "record"
located in the "file." The file might
eventually contain 1,000 such "rec
ords" These records can be searched
according to certain use-specified
criteria (e.g. Zip Code > 50000 and
Zip Code > 60000 or Name="John
Smith"). When the computer locates
the desired record it is displayed on
the screen for viewing and possible
editing. Generally a mailing list is
sorted by zip code so that when the
labels are generated, the cheaper
mailing rate can be used. Once the
records are in the file, they can be
sorted alphabetically or numerically
by any field. Lef s look at one more
database application. A retail store
generates an invoice for each sale.
Each invoice has data on it that we
would like to have in our database.
The fields we might set up to keep
in our records in our file might be:
location name, game name, date,
meter reading, collection amount
and over/short. At the end of each
month a report could be generated
on each machine and/or location.
Each of these "productivity" sub
puter hardware.
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jects has whole books devoted to it
You now have a brief view of each
and should pursue in more detail
the one(s) that would increase your
own productivity the most. In the
next article I will cover microcom
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