DBS_newspaper

This format is used in the story files y.dbs and z.dbs, where newspaper strips are stored.
The format looks like the DBS format, except the positions of the fixed fields on the story lines are different.

On the rest of this page, "positions" are number of characters on a line (including spaces), counting from 1.

The fixed position fields are different for some "serial" newspaper strips, even though they are in the same file. Serial newspaper strips are items with a story code starting with "YM 0", "YM 1", "ZM 0", "ZM 1", or "ZT".

Serial newspaper strip lines

Fixed position fields:

starting on position 1, length 8: storycode
starting on position 10, length 8: pubdate (yy-mm-dd, the century is assumed to be "19")
starting on position 20, length 8: enddate (yy-mm-dd, the century is assumed to be "19")
starting on position 29, length 4: writ
starting on position 33, length 4: art
starting on position 36, length 4: ink
starting on position 41, length 4: hero

The title starts on position 45.

Normal newspaper strip lines

Fixed position fields:

starting on position 1, length 12: storycode
starting on position 4, length 8: pubdate (yy-mm-dd, the century is assumed to be "19")
starting on position 13, length 8: enddate (yy-mm-dd, the century is assumed to be "19")
starting on position 22, length 4: writ
starting on position 26, length 4: art
starting on position 30, length 4: ink
starting on position 34, length 4: hero

Note that pubdate and storycode are partly obtained from the same positions.
The title starts on position 38.

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