Cassette Tape Record

I needed a way to keep track of my growing library of programs. Vu-File seemed like it might do the trick but it was a bit cumbersome to load both files each time. Besides, I’d never written any sort of record program before so I decided to do the definitive BASIC tape record file. (Definitive because it’s the only one I’ve written and BASIC because it’s the only computer language I know.)

It’s menu driven, saves only the number of records entered (not a huge DIMmed string variable which is usually half empty), prints to the screen or printer and sorts two different ways (alphabetically and by tape number). By the way, when the program sorts by tape number, it also sorts the programs on the tape by side and counter location. You can search for a single program or a whole tape.

The program uses a Basic bubble sort and as a result can take a few minutes to do its job when the record reaches a hundred entries or so.