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^C~1|F BIG BLUE DISK -- Number 26 ^N


^C~4|F FIRST THINGS FIRST ^N

|9DISKOVERY
|Cby Daniel Tobias
  Notes from the disk of the editor.

|9ABOUT BIG BLUE DISK
  An introduction to the feature categories.

|9TABLE OF CONTENTS
  [You are here.]  A brief look at this month's features.


^C~4|F FUN AND GAMES ^N

|9MAZE RUNNER
|Cby Scott Miller
   Can you run through this invisible maze and escape from the other side?
Watch out, or the monsters may get you first!


^C~4|F BRAINWARE ^N

|9FLIPPY'S CIRCUS COINS
|Cby Robin Trahan
   Flippy the Clown teaches your kids how to count coins and make change.
Parents: Read the "Read It" text first so you can show the kids how to operate
this program.


^C~4|F PICTURE THIS ^N

|9ELECTRONIC CHRISTMAS CARD
|Cby John F. Allen, Jr
   'Tis the season to send these jolly computerized greetings to your friends.
Choose between several animated scenes and Yuletide songs, and personalize it
with a message of your own.  This program generates self-running disks to use
in place of old-fashioned paper cards.


^C~4|F DISKUSSION ^N

|9ON THE EDITOR'S DESK
|Cby Daniel Tobias
  A survey of interesting products for PC users, and news in the computer
industry.   This month: Netting Fido; BBS's and the law; and a new form of
"hacking": AXE your programs down to size!

|9BLUE NOTES
  This is the section where you talk to each other and to us.


^C~4|F HELPWARE ^N

|9FINANCIAL CALCULATOR
|Cby Paresh P. Patel
  This useful program does loan amortization, handles compound interest
calculations, and does other common mathematical operations regarding money.
See how much you'll be paying for that mortgage.


^C~4|FTHE HAPPY HACKER ^N

|9DATE SET
|Cby Richard Wong
  If you don't have a battery-powered realtime clock (or the batteries in
yours just went dead!), you'll find your date reset to Jan. 1, 1980 every time
you power up.  This handy utility gets your system up to date easier than using
DOS.


^C~4|F SPECIAL PROGRAM ^N

|9TAXMASTER
|Cfrom Island Computer Services
  Tax time is rapidly approaching.  This set of templates, usable in any
Lotus-compatible spreadsheet program, lets you see how your personal finances
for 1988 fit into Form 1040 and its major schedules.  Run it now, before the
year runs out: you may find a deduction you can take before it's too late, to
significantly reduce your tax burden.


^C~4|F LAST THINGS LAST ^N

|9IN THE MAIL
  Read this section to find out how to subscribe to BIG BLUE DISK.

|9MARKETPLACE
  Read about interesting products we make available for you.

|9BLUELINE EDITOR
  Use this free word processor to send us your comments and questions.  Sound
  off!  Tell us what you think.

|9CREDITS
  Nice words about the nice people who create BIG BLUE DISK.
