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^Cby
^CJay Wilbur

^C"Change, though feared, is necessary for growth."


 Truer words have never been spoken.  We are in the planning stages of 
 Big Blue Disk's changes and I just want to prepare you for what are 
 bound to be monumental changes.  No need to fear, these will be 
 changes for the better.

 In BBD #52 I made the announcement that we would begin to support   
 EGA and VGA users.  For some reason a few CGA/Mono users took that to 
 mean we were dropping support for their machine.  Nothing could be 
 farther from the truth.  Some of our CGA/Mono friends wrote and kindly 
 requested that we explore a new, easier to use presenter for them.  I 
 appreciated that and will fulfil their request.  Many other CGA/Mono 
 users wrote to me to let me know what a moron I was for even 
 considering to widen our possible audience.  Considering the tone 
 used when I wrote the article in #52 I can understand their thoughts.  
 From a logical, business standpoint I can only hope they understand 
 ours.

 Our overall objective is to make BBD easier to use and more attractive 
 for all our computing friends.  The new presenter will auto-detect 
 your video card (you will be able to force video modes from the 
 command line) and launch into the correct version.  We WILL continue 
 to support all hardware platforms with our programs and our presenter 
 as long as it is financially profitable to do so.  In other words, as 
 long as you buy BBD we will cater to your needs.

 BBD is trying to make a win/win situation for Softdisk, Inc. and ALL 
 our users.  We are going to develop software that will run on and push 
 the hardware of ALL our users machines.  As of this writing the only 
 things we are pushing is the patience of those users who've invested 
 in EGA & VGA cards and monitors.  It's my job to see that everyone 
 (Mono, CGA, EGA, VGA, SVGA) has an educational, profitable, dare I 
 say, visually amazing experience with BBD.  Indeed it's a tall order, 
 one that I plan on seeing happen!

 See you in 30.
 J