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Dear B.B.D,
Our special order of issue 16 has proved to be a successful one.I have
enjoyed watching "Alfredo's Fiery Fiasco," playing "Klondike," and studying
about Saturn.
Since I have graduated from high school this summer,I have lots of spare time
until the army service (yes, girls serve too) and "Murder in the Museum" has
filled a week of it most enjoyably.
This text adventure game has also improved my English in many unexpected
ways. For example,in the pottery room my brother intended to remove a carpet,
so he wrote: "re ca". You can imagine our total amazement when we saw the
answer: "What else, it reads: TOOTSIE, DOC" (or something of the sort). Only
later we discovered the existence of the word "caption" in the English language.
Despite these tiny errors,which have only added to the charm of the game, the
murderer was found (though, I admit, with a little sorrow). Text adventure
games have captured me! In Israel,and especially in a small town like Eilat, I
haven't encountered other text adventure games, so I would be most grateful if
you could send me any information about such games.
^RIris Eran
^REilat, Israel
^1> We've published several other text adventures. There's Planet Of The Robots
^1>in issue #1, South American Trek in #8, Cuckoo's Nest in #14, and Kitadel in
^1>#19. All back issues are available at $9.95 each (US funds).
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Dear Editor:
Just a quick question about one of your ads. On page 9 of the AUG '88 PC
Resource in the middle of your usual subscription ad, there is a blurb
describing the contents of issue #20. These included:
╓─────────────────────────╖
║ Contents of Issue #20 ║
╟─────────────────────────╢
║ * Crazy Eights ║
║ * Print Utility ║
║ * DIR Label Printer ║
║ * Fireworks Construction║
║ * PC-Key-Draw ║
║ * «DETAB» Command ║
╙─────────────────────────╜
Now, I'm holding issue #20 in my hand right now, and it contains none of the
above items!! Furthermore, I can't find these programs in any other issue of
BBD in my collection. What gives, guys? I hope this is not an entirely
spurious typo, because some of these programs sound pretty interesting. Are any
of these ACTUALLY going to be released in a future Ish?? Please let me know...
All the same, I'd like to let you know how much enjoyment I get out of your
Monthly Software Collection! Of course, some of your offerings just don't hit
the mark with me, but there are enough SPIFFY GEMS and useful nuggets of
information to keep me happy month after month. You guys really do present a
well rounded selection of quality goodies...
HOWEVER, I do have to say something about the bonus disk that came when I
renewed my subscription recently: {The Steinman Home Spreadsheet etc...}
When I read that I had a complimentary spreadsheet coming, my first reaction
was «OH NO! NOT ANOTHER SPREADSHEET!», since I already have accumulated 4 such
programs over the years, and rarely use any of them more than once a month...
But, when the disk arrived I decided to put aside my biases and bend over
backwards to try to find something new and useful about the program.
Well, being an optimist, I sure do hate it when things turn out worse than I
imagined they would. I tried hard to like it, but it just didn't perform up to
even my minimal expectations.
Hey, but that's just one program. All in all, Big Blue Disk is still my
number one choice for software value. Keep up the good work!
^RSteve Fowler
^RCologne, W. Germany
^1> We're sorry you didn't like the Steinman Spreadsheet. It was designed as
^1>a simple beginner's spreadsheet, and may not have the capabilities needed by
^1>more advanced users. At any rate, we've now switched over to a new premium
^1>for renewals: the Enhanced Family Tree, a genealogy program that has many
^1>improvements in user interface and output reports over the popular Family Tree
^1>program we previously published on BIG BLUE DISK and the BEST OF BIG BLUE DISK.
^1> The contents listed in the ad were for issue #21; we misprinted the issue
^1>number. Sorry for the confusion.
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Dear Big Blue Disk:
I have been having problems using some of your programs after I transfer them
to my 20 mB hard drive. My home system is an IBM-XT "clone" with two floppy
drives (A and B), a 20mB Seagate hard disk (C), with a 2mB expanded RAM board,
EGA board, color medium resolution monitor, and a Fortis DM2015 dot matrix
printer by Dynax. The home system uses DOS ver. 3.1.
I use Precursor on Drive C as a file and directory organizer, however the
PASRUN [filename.chn] programs that are on the last few BIG BLUE DISK issues
will not recognize these types of start up files, nor have I been successful in
using Precursor's "attributes" to automatically load these programs.
I assume that by creating an autoexec.bat file with the PASRUN [filename.
chn], and then using that for Precursor to load the program, the problem would
be eliminated; however, I don't want to use up the hard disk file space with
several autoexec.bat files.
Is there a way I can eliminate this problem without resorting to autoexec.bat
files?
^RLawrence A. De Renne
^RValparaiso, IN
^1> If you use several batch files, don't call them AUTOEXEC.BAT; that name
^1>should be used only for the one batch file that is run on bootup.
^1> I'm not familiar with Precursor, but your problem could be that you don't
^1>enter the proper directory. BIG BLUE DISK programs generally expect to be
^1>run from the current default directory. If you have the programs in a
^1>subdirectory named \BBD\27, you'll need to do a CD \BBD\27 command first before
^1>running the program. This can be added to the beginning of a batch file, or
^1>you can get Precursor to do it if that program has a capability to have a
^1>multi-line procedure tied to a menu item.
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Dear Big Blue Disk:
I have one REQUEST. I bought a JOYSTICK, Radio Shack Catalog No. 26-3012B,
and tried to use it on program CALC-MAN on "Best of Big Blue Disk". It looks to
me like that program could very well be played with a Joystick! But, the program
doesn't respond to the joystick. Could you provide information that would enable
the joystick?
This is the first time, I have written to you. I bought Big Blue Disk #20 in
a book store, and have since subscribed for 3 months, then again for 6 Months.
Big Blue Disk surely has lots of programs which so far have run very well. I
have not run all, yet -- I bought several back issues, also.
BBD programs are helping me learn the MS-DOS computer. Really, not MS-DOS.
because the programs insulate you from that!
I would like to get into assembly language programming, so I could understand
what is being done, in the programs, and make changes. Or, use some of the ideas
in my programs.
I have a suggestion for The Calorie Calculator on BBD #24. It would help if
some model weeks were made up, and provided. Then you could make changes to
suit. That would be a lot easier than starting from scratch.
I have a problem. When you buy a program, you don't know from reading the
description, whether it will be to suit. I bought VARSITY SCRIPSIT, and
sometimes it took several seconds to insert even a word.
You just can't tell until you try a program whether it will be good for you!
It may do the necessary operations, but end up requiring awkward Keystrokes or
too many Keystrokes, or Keystrokes not intuitive.
^RArthur B. Davenport
^RMelbourne, FL
^1> Sorry, Calc-Man has no joystick mode.
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To: Editor of Big Blue Disk
Subject: Family Tree Program
In reference to the letter written by Dave McFarland to you on disk #24, I
also had the same problem. Unfortunately, I had over 100 entries in the
database before I tried to get a listing of all ID's and Names. To get a
listing that was easily referenced, the following program was written in GW-
Basic. It is hereby submitted to you for use by any and all with the same
problem.
^RAlfred Cox
^RGuymon, OK
^1> The BASIC code is included, in ASCII form, as ID_LIST.BAS. You can run it
^1>in BASICA, GWBASIC, or a BASIC compiler. However, if you renew your BIG BLUE
^1>DISK subscription now, you'll get the Enhanced Family Tree program, which
^1>has the capability of listing all names by ID, or alphabetically, built in.
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TO THE EDITOR:
Recently, I read a letter in ISSUE 13 - DISK 1 (from John R.R. Bingham-
Stard, Norway), inquiring about file transfers from a TI99/4A TO IBM. I think I
can help by recommending such a program. It was written by Robert C. Holland.
This specific program transfers text/doc files from a TI99/4A to and IBM format,
and conversely IBM to a TI99/4A. I have Version 1.0, and it works great. The
programs are "Shareware" and Mr. Holland suggests a $5.00-? donation. There are
two diskettes, one for the TI and one for the IBM. To obtain a copy contact:
^CROBERT C. HOLLAND
^C6188 CAMINITO BAEZA
^CSAN DIEGO, CA. 92122
^C(619) 452-7118
P.S.: These disks contain specific README instructions for setup and file
transfers for each system.
^RArthur Hazboun
^RHarbor City, CA