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^C~1|F BIG BLUE DISK -- Number 27 ^N


^C~4|F FIRST THINGS FIRST ^N

|9DISKOVERY
|Cby Daniel Tobias
  Notes from the disk of the editor.

|9ABOUT BIG BLUE DISK
  An introduction to the feature categories.

|9TABLE OF CONTENTS
  [You are here.]  A brief look at this month's features.


^C~4|F FUN AND GAMES ^N

|9DUNGEON OF SHALAN
|Cby John F. Allen, Jr.
  Somewhere within this dungeon lurks the evil Shalan.  Can you defeat him and
his minions of deadly creatures?  Great graphics abound in this game, which
combines elements of arcade, adventure, and fantasy games.

|9SQUARE DARE
|Cby Jeff French
  Can you jump onto all the squares before the enemy gets you?


^C~4|F PICTURE THIS ^N

|9SKETCH 16
|Cby John F. Allen, Jr.
  Use the little-known 16-color low-res mode on your CGA to draw pictures.


^C~4|F HELPWARE ^N

|9HOUSE PLANT JOURNAL
|Cby Larry Jones
  You'll never forget to feed or water your plants once you start using this
program to track that information.

|9PRINT SHOP UTILITIES TOO
|Cby George Leritte
  Display and print Print Shop and PrintMaster images, convert from one format
to the other, and more, with these handy utilities.


^C~4|F BRAINWARE ^N

|9MORSE MAGIC
|Cby Robert L. Joy
  This program helps you learn Morse code.  Get into the exciting world of ham
radio by passing the code exam needed to get an amateur licence, or satisfy your
curiosity about what's being said with "dits" and "dahs" over shortwave bands.


^C~4|FTHE HAPPY HACKER ^N

|9BATCH UTILITIES
|Cby Paul Scanlon
  These handy little commands make batch files almost as powerful as programs
in a full-fledged language, with capabilities like outputting text at particular
places on the screen, and enabling and disabling the cursor.


^C~4|F SPECIAL PROGRAM ^N

|9FLU_SHOT+
|Cfrom Software Concepts Design
  Computer viruses are a hot topic which has been picked up by the news media
as well as the computer press.  This essential program monitors your system to
ensure that it does not catch this deadly computerized disease.


^C~4|F DISKUSSION ^N

|9ON THE EDITOR'S DESK
|Cby Daniel Tobias
  A survey of interesting products for PC users, and news in the computer
industry.

|9BLUE NOTES
  This is the section where you talk to each other and to us.


^C~4|F LAST THINGS LAST ^N

|9IN THE MAIL
  Read this section to find out how to subscribe to BIG BLUE DISK.

|9MARKETPLACE
  Read about interesting products we make available for you.

|9BLUELINE EDITOR
  Use this free word processor to send us your comments and questions.  Sound
  off!  Tell us what you think.

|9CREDITS
  Nice words about the nice people who create BIG BLUE DISK.