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^Cby
^CDaniel Tobias

   We've got a real treat for you this month: a three-disk issue!  (That's for
our 5 1/4" customers; to the 3 1/2" readers it's a two-disk issue.)  When we
first started publishing BIG BLUE DISK, it had only one disk.  Soon afterward,
we went to two disks, which has been standard ever since.  Once in a while a
special program will come along which requires more space to do it justice.
That's what happened this month with ^1Proto Type^0, a touch-typing course which
consists of one disk of instruction and one disk of games and exercises to
complement the formal instruction.  If we included this in a normal-sized issue,
there wouldn't be much space left for anything else.  Thus, we're breaking with
tradition, making this issue the biggest we've ever published.

   ^1Proto Type^0 will be very useful if you'd like to enter data into your PC more
rapidly and accurately, or if you use word processors to type letters and other
documents.  It will also help your skills with old-fashioned manual and electric
typewriters, should you have occasion to use them.

   As usual, we've got a variety of regular material in addition to this special
bonus feature.  Those who enjoyed Scott Miller's ^1Kingdom of Kroz^0 game (runner-up
in last year's CodeQuest contest) will like its sequel, ^1Dungeons of Kroz^0, with
more caverns for you to explore in your quest for treasure.  Gamers can also
exercise their strategy trying to fill in a block of four spaces in ^1Squares^0.
Everybody with a schedule to keep will appreciate ^1Datebook^0.  ^1Print Shop^0 fans
will find the flags of Europe represented in a new set of images. Those of you
uncertain about which of the many display adapters is present in your system can
run ^1Video Check^0 and find out.

   A few notes for users who like to copy BIG BLUE DISK from one disk format to
another:  When you copy the 5 1/4" version to 3 1/2" disks, copy the contents of
disk 1 onto one 3 1/2" disk, and the contents of disks 2 and 3 together onto
another.  When you copy the issue (either 5 1/4" or 3 1/2") onto a hard disk,
copy the contents of all of this issue's disks into a single directory as usual.

   In closing, let me thank all readers for making BIG BLUE DISK the most
popular monthly software collection ever.  Our circulation has gone up every
month since our birth almost two-and-a-half years ago, and it has long since
surpassed that of any other similar publications, whether published by us or a
competitor.  Bigger circulation means that we can budget more for acquisition of
top-quality material, so you can expect to see the quality of our programs
increase in the future.  Stick with us and see!