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^CBy Daniel Tobias

   There's lots going on here, so please pay attention.  If you can get through 
this editorial without dozing off, you'll finally find out who won our Movie 
Mogul contest from a few months ago.


^CPlease, Mister Postman...

   Our feature program for the month is Mail-Outs.  This is a program intended 
for keeping mailing lists, printing labels, and accessing address records
selectively.  The version on BIG BLUE DISK is a slightly-"crippled" version of 
a commercial package; it is limited to 50 addresses.  This is enough to let you 
try it out and see if it meets your needs; then you can purchase the full 
package with a much higher capacity.

   While Mail-Outs is primarily a business program, you might also find it 
useful for keeping your personal addresses, and making lists such as for sending
Christmas, Chanukah, or birthday cards.  For personal use, the 50-name limit 
shouldn't be much of a hindrance. 

   While we're on the subject of mail, we always welcome letters to the editor.
You can use the BlueLine editor (or any other editor that produces standard 
ASCII files) and create comments files for us.  Send them on disk, and you'll 
receive a blank disk to replace the one you sent, and a coupon good for $5 off 
any of our products.  We publish many of your comments in the Diskussion 
department, and they also help shape the future of BIG BLUE DISK. 

   "The check is in the mail!"  This old line can be true, for once, if you 
submit a program to us for publication.  We pay cash for the programs we 
publish.  And now you can win even bigger bucks by entering our programming 
contest.  See the enclosed flyer for details, or write us for more information 
if the flyer is missing. 

   One more mail-related missive for all you males and females, before I 
finally leave this subject (if I don't stop this soon, I might need to wear 
chain mail to protect myself against your wrath):  You can get BIG BLUE DISK in 
the mail every month by subscribing.  Find the details in the section named 
(what else?) "In The Mail." 


^CBut wait, there's more!

   As usual, the special feature is not the only thing on the issue.  Our game 
this month, ^1Willy the Worm^0, is an excellent arcader in which you help the hero
find his way home through many hazards.

   Willy had better watch out, though:  there's an "early bird" around!  
Actually, it's a Round Robin.  This really isn't a bird at all, but a kind of 
tournament.  The program ^1Round Robin^0 will help you plan tournaments for any 
game or sport. 

   Alfredo must feel like something the early bird dragged in; his misfortunes 
never cease.  Follow his continuing (mis)adventures in ^1Alfredo's Crushing
^1Curiosity^0.

   All of this, plus more of our regular features, is waiting for you on this 
issue of BIG BLUE DISK.


^CAnd the winner is...

   For months now, the entries have been streaming in for the Movie Mogul 
contest.  Your mission, if you chose to accept it, was to achieve the highest 
score in several categories of the Movie Mogul program on BIG BLUE DISK #5.  
Well, the deadline has now been reached, so we can announce the winners, those 
BIG BLUE DISK readers whose cinematic creations were bountifully boffo at the 
box office.  Can I have the envelope, please?

   The winner in the "Highest Profit" category is J. Michael Cox, of Charleston,
WV, with a score of $245,883,000.  For this, he wins a one-year subscription to 
BIG BLUE DISK.

   In the "Highest Revenue" category, J. Michael Cox wins again; this is good 
for yet another one-year subscription, giving him two free years on us.  His 
score here was $278,342,000. 

   The "Best Percentage" category, at least, has a different winner.  Drake C. 
Autarch, of Chicago, IL, picked up a dizzying percentage of 7837%, and wins a 
one-year subscription. 

   Okay, that's all the gab for now.  You can go on to the rest of the issue.