** PD review / 0.4 page / 260 words **
Software:
STD Codes v2.0
Car Registration v1.4
Post Codes v1.2
Category:
Utility
Reviewer: Joe Connor
Status: Freeware
System: All Ataris
Score: 90%

** MSB_COMP.GIF here **
Since our review of the STD Codes v1.4 CPX in AC#1 the author, Mark Baines, has been busy extending STD Codes to include International dialling codes, capital cities and even the time difference compared with GMT. The comprehensive database now contains over 4600 UK National and International codes. Using the same basic program design Mark has created two further CPX modules:
Car Registration v1.4 finds where a car was registered and its year of registration. Enter a registration number and select the Find button and place and year are displayed. Alternatively enter a place name and search for registration plates and a dummy code in the form 'A123 XX' where 'XX' is the Place Code is displayed.
Post Codes v1.2 enables you to find where a Post Code refers to or the Outcode (the part of the Post Code before the space character) for a particular town.
All three CPX modules work well and the database files (colon delimited variable-length fields ASCII file with one entry per line) can be edited if new data becomes available.

** INSTALER.GIF here **
Each CPX includes a variant of this install program which checks the integrity of the raw ASCII database files and creates compressed files for use by the CPXs.