^C^1BIG BLUE DISK #3 -- JANUARY 1987

^C^1Table of Contents


^C^I FIRST THINGS FIRST ^N

Diskovery
by Val J. Golding
  Perceptive insights, sage advice, and atrocious puns; our editor speaks his
  mind.

Table of Contents
  [You are here.]  A brief look at some of the features in this month's issue.


^C^I FUN 'N GAMES ^N

Triangle Trouble
by Sandy Smith
  A computerized version of a favorite test of strategy -- the peg game.

African Desert Campaign
by Matt Kaufman
  This sophisticated war game pits Allied forces against the Axis powers in the
  battle for control of North Africa.


^C^I BRAINWARE ^N

WEATHER THOU GOEST...
Tornado Tutor
by Jim Weiler, Jerry Jones, and Jon Barnes
  A close-up look at nature's most violent storm.

Weather Conversion Routines
by Val J. Golding
  This program calculates the wind chill and heat index as well as converting
  many meteorological measurements to better known equivalents.

Hurricane Tracker
by B. J. Fontenot and James Weiler
  Follow the course of hurricanes across the Carribean.


^C^I HELPWARE ^N

Phone Words
by B. J. Fontenot
  Need a handy mnemonic for your home or business telephone number?  This
  program converts each number of a phone number to its letter equivalents (or
  vice versa) and shows all of the possible letter combinations available .

Area Code Finder
by James Weiler
  This program reveals the geographical area covered by any area code you
  enter; it can also print out a handy directory of all codes and the regions
  they serve.

Bingo Construction Set
by B. J. Fontenot
adapted for the IBM PC by Richard Wong
  Want to host a bingo game?  This program prints out the necessary cards and
  can even serve as the caller.


^C^I BLUE REVIEW ^N

It Figures
reviewed by Jon Barnes
  We explore IT FIGURES, SimplSoft Products' "electronic worksheet"
  -- a mini-spreadsheet that is much easier to use than full-fledged
  spreadsheets, but that is also powerful enough to tackle a
  multitude of personal and business applications.


^C^I PICTURE THIS ^N

Plane 3-D
by Bert Denaci
adapted for the IBM PC by Joel Ellis Rea
  Use the special 3-D glasses we included in the package to view the images
  this program generates.  Computer graphics may never be the same.


^C^I THE HAPPY HACKER ^N


Bits 'n PC's
by Daniel Tobias
  A collection of hints and tips designed to help you get the most out of your
  PC hardware and software.

BASIC Cross-Reference Utilities
by George Leritte
  This utility can cross-reference the variables and line numbers that appear
  in a binary file produced by a BASIC interpreter.

The ECCO Command
by Bryan Higgins
  The  "ECCO" command, one of the Kramden Utilities, is useful for putting out
  messages in batch files.


^C^I RANNDOM EVENTS ^N

Ranndom Events
by Richard and Lavonna Rann
  Eyewitness News offers a close-up look at developments in the computer
  industry.


^C^I THE BLUE PLATE SPECIAL ^N

Cross Educational Software
  This interactive sampler from Cross Educational Software demonstrates some of
  the teaching modules that the company produces.


^C^I DISKUSSION  ^N

Diskussion
  This is the section where you talk to each other and to us.


^C^I DISKOURSE ^N

How To Disk Us
  Use this free word processor to send us your comments and questions.  Sound
  off!  Tell us what you think.


^C^I SNAKE OIL ^N

Snake Oil
  Read this section to find out how to subscribe to BIG BLUE DISK.


^C^I LAST THINGS LAST ^N


Last Things Last
  Information on how to transfer BIG BLUE DISK programs to your own
  disk.  And last but not least: credits.


^1For complete details on how to run BIG BLUE DISK, see the printed material
^1included with this issue.

^1If scrolling (in the menu, text, BlueLine Editor, and elsewhere) does not seem
^1to work, try pressing the "Num Lock" key.  In most cases, the numeric/scrolling
^1keypad must be in Scroll mode rather than Numeric mode for scrolling to work.