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^C~1|F BIG BLUE DISK -- Number 23 ^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.

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

|9WHAT'S NEW
  Read about interesting products we make available for you.

|9UPDATES
  Corrections and additional information regarding programs on earlier issues.


^C~4|F ON THE EDITOR'S DESK ^N

|9ON THE EDITOR'S DESK
|Cby Daniel Tobias
  A survey of interesting products for PC users, and news in the computer
  industry.


^C~4|F DISKUSSION ^N

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


^C~4|F FUN AND GAMES ^N

|9WESTERN
|Cby Martin Richardson
  This CodeQuest prizewinner takes you back to the wild Old West.  Cash in on
  the bounty for bringing in bandits, but watch out for Indians!


^C~4|F BRAINWARE ^N

|9KNIGHT EXCHANGE
|Cby J. & D. Chambers
  Last month we presented the Eight Queens problem.  Now, can you solve another
  classic puzzle with a chess motif -- the problem of exchanging the positions
  of white and black knights on a 4-by-4 board?


^C~4|F PICTURE THIS ^N

|9PRINT SHOP IMAGES
|Cby Lewis J. Lambros
  Because you demanded it:  We're back with more images to use with the popular
  Print Shop program from Broderbund Software.  This month it's football time;
  we've got a complete set of NFL helmets.


^C~4|F HELPWARE ^N

|9GRADE BOOK
|Cby Kent Stallings
  Teachers: this one's for you.  Keep your students' grades using this program,
  and output reports and statistics as needed.

|9SOFTWARE INDEXER
|Cby Daniel Tobias and Richard Wong
  Keep track of your program collection with this powerful specialized
  database.

|9VIDEO PRO TITLER
|Cby John Allen and Bill Wind
  Create attractive titles for your VCR video productions.  Surprise the world
  with professional-looking home movies; you might become the next Stephen
  Spielberg!


^C~4|F THE HAPPY HACKER ^N

|9ML TO TURBO INLINE
|Cby Ashraf Maher Kaiser
  Turn your machine language (binary) programs into inline code to include in
  Turbo Pascal programs.  This lets you get the simplicity of using a high-level
  structured language, but still do time-critical parts in machine code.


^C~4|F LAST THINGS LAST ^N

|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.
