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- CONTENTS MAP -- Softdisk #54
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- Side One
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- CONTENTS MAP
- You are here.
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- SOFTGAB
- The inside scoop on the features in
- this month's Softdisk.
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- HAUNTED HOUSE
- by Joe Garrett
- Strange and dangerous creatures prowl
- the corridors of this not-quite-so
- deserted mansion in this text
- adventure game.
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- KNOCKOUT TRIVIA
- by The Chiang Brothers
- Are you ready for a new twist in
- trivia games? Knockout Trivia pits
- you against Rocky Robot in a fight
- to the finish. Answer correctly and
- you can throw a punch-- but be
- careful-- a wrong answer and Rocky
- counterattacks.
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- MENTAL MATH
- by Christine Benoit
- Using this program is a perfect way
- for a youngster to practice doing
- math functions quickly-- and can
- challenge adults as well.
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- A CAPITAL IDEA
- by John Hauman
- This program helps young children
- learn the states and capitals. Best
- of all, the program can be easily
- modified to teach anything that can
- be learned from flash cards.
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- SOFT SPOUT
- by Jim Mangham
- Softy explores some of our rites of
- passage.
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- Side Two
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- GALLERIE d'ART
- by Jerry Jones
- SOFTDISK has another exhibit in our
- digital fine arts gallery. This
- month's reproductions and commentary
- focus on the works of M. C. Escher.
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- WALLY WABBIT'S CARTOON STUDIO
- by Greg Malone
- The final installment of Greg's
- graphics tutorial shows us how to
- create our own animated sequences.
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- THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS:
- AN OBSERVER'S NOTEBOOK
- by Jon Barnes
- "The Silicon Muse." How are our
- perceptions of computers changing?
- This article explores how writers are
- entering the Computer Age.
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- AUTO MENU
- by Christine Benoit
- Making changes to your menus does not
- necessarily mean tedious
- reprogramming-- not if you have AUTO
- MENU. You can alter this versatile
- menu program by merely making a few
- changes to the DATA statements.
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- ALL BASE CALCULATOR
- by Tom Phelps
- ALL BASE CALCULATOR will add,
- subtract, multiply, and divide two
- numbers of the same or different
- base, then display the answer in the
- base you choose.
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- POTATO THERAPY
- by Jeff Truelsen
- Is life a little too hectic? Perhaps
- a little potato therapy is in order--
- a series of beautiful, constantly
- evolving patterns guaranteed to calm
- your nerves.
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- Side Three
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- PRINT SHOP (TM) IMAGES
- SOFTDISK is pleased to donate still
- more beautiful images to your Print
- Shop Library.
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- ML SPOKEN SOFTLY (part five)
- by Stephen Lepisto
- Stephen Lepisto takes us deeper into
- the world of assembly language
- programming.
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- SPELLING ANALYZER
- by Bill Lemanski
- Are you a good speller? SPELLING
- ANALYZER finds out for sure. It is a
- great way for students to build their
- spelling skills.
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- PIPINGS
- A subscriber forum where our readers
- talk to one another about useful
- hardware, game tips, and programming
- problems and solutions.
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- Side Four
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- FALL OUT
- by Bill Lemanski
- This unique two-player game
- challenges your ability to think
- ahead-- you maneuver rows of sliding
- blocks to undermine your enemy's
- positions.
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- SNEAK PREVIEW OF OO-TOPOS (TM)
- An introduction to a hot new product.
- Softdisk aims the spotlight at the
- latest and greatest hi-res adventure
- game available from Penguin Software.
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- ARITHMATUTOR
- by Danny O. Dalen
- This educational program is designed
- to help a young student's addition
- skills.
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- PIPELINE
- Use this simple word processor to
- send us your feedback. We always want
- to hear what you have to say.
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- and our line of "Rich & Famous"
- software.