▁was ▁still ▁used ▁for ▁the ▁actual ▁data ▁storage ▁mechanism . ▁ ▁File ▁architecture ▁over view ▁▁ ▁Project ▁V ul can ▁( Level ▁ 1 ) ▁There ▁are ▁no ▁public ▁records ▁on ▁the ▁exact ▁layout ▁of ▁the ▁file ▁the ▁best ▁information ▁at ▁this ▁time ▁is ▁that ▁it ▁was ▁a ▁simple ▁table ▁that ▁allows ▁for ▁adding , ▁deleting , ▁modifying , ▁and ▁printing ▁out ▁ASCII ▁information . ▁It ▁was ▁designed ▁to ▁run ▁on ▁ 8 - bit ▁machine ▁running ▁CP / M . ▁ ▁d BASE ▁II ▁– ▁MS - D OS ▁( Level ▁ 2 ) ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁major ▁release ▁of ▁As ht on - T ate ▁and ▁offered ▁many ▁adv anc ements ▁above ▁and ▁beyond ▁the ▁simple ▁table ▁structure ▁of ▁the ▁original ▁tables ▁found ▁in ▁Project ▁V ul can . ▁ ▁Still ▁written ▁for ▁ 8 - bit ▁computing ▁ ▁In cre ased ▁the ▁number ▁of ▁fields ▁from ▁ 1 6 ▁to ▁ 3 2 ▁ ▁Int rodu ced ▁a ▁S ORT ▁routine ▁▁ 1 6 - bit ▁version ▁finally ▁released ▁in ▁April ▁ 1 9 8 3 ▁version ▁ 2 . 4 ▁ ▁d BASE ▁III ▁– ▁M SD OS ▁( Level ▁ 2 sh ) ▁was ▁now ▁completely ▁focused ▁on ▁ 1 6 - bit ▁operations ▁and ▁was ▁introduced ▁in ▁ 1 . 0 ▁was ▁released ▁in ▁June ▁ 1 9 8 4 . ▁The ▁underlying ▁d BASE ▁database ▁was ▁still ▁based ▁on ▁an ▁intermediate ▁version ▁of ▁the ▁d BASE ▁II ▁file ▁format . ▁The ▁d BASE ▁III ▁file ▁format