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RD FOLLOWS.SCOTT'S REVIEW OF:..       BI
G BLUE READER 64  V2.0..     WRITTEN BY 
MICHAEL R. MILLER.     PRESIDENT OF SOGW
AP SOFTWARE..       REVIEW BY SCOTT E. R
ESH....    BIG BLUE READER 64 V2.0 WILL 
ALLOW.YOU TO TRANSFER TEXT FILES BETWEEN
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R OUR PURPOSES, "DISK" CAN BE A.FLOPPY D
ISK OR MICROFLOPPY DISK.  I.WAS EAGER TO
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S ONE 5 1/4".FLOPPY DISK IN THE PACKAGE,
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LY BOOT.ON A 1571.  INCLUDED ON THE BBR 
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.ON THE PART OF MICHAEL MILLER....    LO
AD AND RUN THE COPY PROGRAM..THERE WILL 
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RAM WILL ONLY WORK.SUCCESSFULLY ON A 157
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581 AT.HOME BUT HAD TO BORROW A 1571 FRO
M.WORK TO TRANSFER BBR 64 TO A 1581...  
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Y ON A 1581.  I HAD.BBR 64 DO THIS.  AGA
IN, NO ERRORS....    I COPIED TEXT FILES
 FROM A 360K.MS-DOS DISK TO A COMMODORE 
DISK..THEN I BOOTED GEOS.  I USED BERKEL
EY'S.TEXT GRABBER.  EUREKA!  A GEOWRITE.
FILE IS BORN.  I WENT INTO GEOWRITE.AND 
VIEWED A TEXT FILE THAT HAD BEEN.ON A MS
-DOS DISK TWO MINUTES BEFORE!.BBR-64 CAN
 ALSO BE USED TO COPY FILES.FROM ONE COM
MODORE DISK TO ANOTHER...    I LIKE BBR 
64 AND INTEND TO USE IT.OFTEN.  THE ONLY
 THING I DIDN'T CARE.FOR, AND THIS IS MI
NOR, WAS THAT.THERE WERE TOO MANY "PRESS
 SPACE TO.CONTINUE" PROMPTS.  ALSO, IF T
HE ONLY.DRIVE YOU OWN IS A 1541, YOU CAN
NOT.USE BBR 64.  IF YOU HAVE A 1541 AND 
A.1581, YOU STILL CAN'T USE BBR 64..THER
E MUST BE A 1571 IN THE PICTURE...    DE
SPITE THESE HARDWARE DRAWBACKS.BIG BLUE 
READER IS THE ONLY PRODUCT.TO BRIDGE THE
 IBM/COMMODORE DOS.DIFFERENCES AND IT DO
ES THAT JOB VERY.NICELY.  THERE'S NOT TH
AT MUCH.DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GWBASIC AND B
ASIC.2.0 FOR THE COMMODORE AND IF YOU GE
T.RID OF PEEKS, POKES AND SYSES YOU CAN.
GENERALLY SWAP BETWEEN THE TWO.FORMATS..
.    IF YOU HAVE AN IBM AND A.COMMODORE 
YOU NEED BIG BLUE READER..IT'S THE ONLY 
PROGRAM THAT DOES WHAT.IT DOES...-------
------------------------------..      JO
RDAN VS BIRD - ONE ON ONE..       REVIEW
ED BY FENDER TUCKER..    AS I'M WRITING 
THIS, THE NCAA.PLAYOFFS ARE GOING ON AND
 I WILL HAVE.TO RESIST THE URGE TO COMPA
RE COLLEGE.AND NBA PLAY.  I WAS THE LOGI
CAL.PERSON HERE AT LOADSTAR TO REVIEW.TH
IS PROGRAM SINCE I AM THE ONLY.SPORTS FA
N, BUT THEN AGAIN I'M THE.LOUSIEST JOYST
ICKER...    JORDAN VS BIRD IS THE LATEST
.BASKETBALL SIMULATION FROM ELECTRONIC.A
RTS.  THEIR PREVIOUS PROGRAM WAS.BIRD VS
 DR. J, BUT JULIUS ERVING.RETIRED AND NO
W MICHAEL JORDAN IS THE.SLAM DUNK KING..
    THE PROGRAM OPENS UP WITH A NICE.TIT
LE SCREEN AND GREAT MUSIC, THEN.GOES TO 
AN OPTIONS SCREEN.  NOTHING.FLASHY HERE 
BUT I THINK THE OPTIONS.SCREEN IS ONE OF
 THE BEST FEATURES..IT MUST HAVE BEEN TE
MPTING TO DIVIDE.UP ALL OF THE OPTIONS A
VAILABLE TO.THE USER INTO LOGICAL SCREEN
S BUT EA.WISELY KEPT EVERYTHING TOGETHER
 SO.THAT A USER CAN SEE EXACTLY WHAT HE'
S.CHOOSING BEFORE GOING TO THE GAME.PLAY
...    SINCE THE GAME IS 100% JOYSTICK-.
ORIENTED THE OPTION SCREEN USES THE.JOYS
TICK TOO.  THIS MAKES SENSE.  I.WAS A LI
TTLE CONFUSED AT FIRST.BECAUSE UPON BOOT
-UP JOYSTICK #1 IS.THE OPERATIVE ONE..  
  THERE ARE ACTUALLY THREE GAMES IN.ONE 
IN JORDAN VS BIRD -- ONE ON ONE.(FOR TWO
 PLAYERS OR ONE AGAINST THE.COMPUTER), A
 SLAM DUNK CONTEST AND A.THREE-POINT CON
TEST.  THE ONE ON ONE.GAME IS THE MOST I
NTERESTING SINCE IT.REALLY SHOWS OFF THE
 EXCELLENT SPRITE.MOVEMENT ALGORITHMS TH
E PROGRAM USES...    HERE ARE SOME OF TH
E OPTIONS.AVAILABLE FOR THE ONE ON ONE G
AME...FOUR LEVELS OF DIFFICULTY..FOUR QU
ARTER LENGTHS (TIMEWISE).FOULS (YES OR N
O).WINNERS/LOSERS OUT.CLEAR THE BALL (YE
S OR NO).STATISTICS (YES OR NO).SHOT CLO
CK (YES OR NO)..    THE SLAM DUNK CONTES
T (WHICH, IN.MY OPINION, IS ONE OF THE M
ORE INANE.INVENTIONS OF THE 20TH CENTURY
, ALONG.WITH SYNCHRONIZED SWIMMING AND.A
EROBICS) GIVES YOU A CHOICE OF TEN.DUNKS
, ALL OF WHICH SCORE TWO POINTS,.THE SAM
E SCORE AWARDED TO ANY OTHER.SHOT WITHIN
 23 FEET OF THE BASKET..THE FACT THAT A 
SLAM DUNK CAN EXCITE A.CROWD SAYS MORE A
BOUT THE GULLIBILITY.OF CROWDS THAN ABOU
T THE EXPERTISE OF.BASKETBALL PLAYERS...
    THE THREE-POINT CONTEST IS MAINLY.AN
 EXERCISE IN TIMING.  IF YOU CAN GET.THE
 RHYTHM DOWN, YOU CAN GET A HIGH.SCORE..
.    I DIDN'T REALLY ENJOY EITHER OF.THE
 TWO CONTESTS BUT THE FACT THAT.THEY FOL
LOW THE FORMAT OF THE REAL.CONTESTS HELD
 AT THE NBA ALL-STAR.GAME IS A PLUS FOR 
THE PROGRAM...    THE DESIGNERS OBVIOUSL
Y SPENT A.LOT OF TIME ADDING THINGS FOR 
THE.PLAYERS TO DO WITH THEIR SPRITE GUYS
.ON THE SCREEN.  THE SPRITES CAN.SHUFFLE
/RUN, TURNAROUND, FAKE A JUMP.SHOT, DO A
 JAB STEP IN EITHER.DIRECTION, FINGER RO
LL, REBOUND,.STEAL AND BLOCK A SHOT.  TH
E FACT THAT.ALL OF THESE MANEUVERS ARE S
ELECTED.BY A SUBTLE MOVEMENT OF A JOYSTI
CK OR.A FIREBUTTON IS MIRACULOUS AND WOR
THY.OF COMMENDATION, BUT IT'S ALSO VERY.
FRUSTRATING...    I'D LIKE TO HAVE A BUT
TON THAT.MAKES MY GUY SHOOT, NO MATTER W
HAT.ELSE IS GOING ON.  I IMAGINE THAT.GO
OD JOYSTICKERS, ONCE OVER THE.LEARNING H
UMP, WILL LIKE HAVING ALL.OF THE MOVES C
ONTROLLED BY A SINGLE.STICK AND BUTTON, 
BUT I DIDN'T.  I'VE.NEVER FOUND A JOYSTI
CK YET THAT I CAN.CONFIDENTLY PUSH IN A 
DIAGONAL.DIRECTION AND HAVE IT REGISTER.
CORRECTLY EVERY TIME.  IN THIS GAME.THE 
JOYSTICK MOVEMENT IS VERY.CRITICAL...   
 ALL IN ALL, ELECTRONIC ARTS.DESERVES A 
PAT ON THE BACK FOR.SIMULATING ONE ON ON
E BASKETBALL SO.WELL...    THE SLAM DUNK
 AND THREE POINT.CONTESTS ARE SUPERFLUOU
S, BUT ARE.NICE DIVERSIONS.  THE MAIN TH
RUST IS.THE ONE ON ONE GAME BETWEEN TWO.
PLAYERS OR ONE AGAINST THE COMPUTER.AND 
IT IS VERY GOOD...    JORDAN VS BIRD, WH
ICH SELLS FOR.$20 TO $30, IS A WORTHWHIL
E PURCHASE.FOR ANYONE WHO LIKES BASKETBA
LL AND.JOYSTICKING.  IT WON'T TAKE THE P
LACE.OF A CELTICS-LAKERS GAME ON TV BUT 
I.DOUBT IF THOSE GUYS WILL BE PLAYING.EA
CH OTHER AGAIN THIS YEAR...UNLESS.LARRY 
COMES BACK WITH A VENGEANCE...        **
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