BIG BLUE
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FILENAME(S): BIG BLUE
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UTER CLUB,INC... * BIG BLUE READ
ER * .. THE BIG BLUE READER ENDS. C
OMMODORE 128 LEARNING DISABILITIES. L
ETS USERS READ AND WRITE TO. IBM-
COMPATIBLE FILES..FROM COD, 64-WEST..WE
HAVE RUN STORIES IN THE COD BEFORE.DISCU
SSING WAYS AND MEANS OF TRANSFER-.ING AR
TICLES FROM ONE COMPUTER TO .ANOTHER. I
F THE COMPUTERS ARE OF THE.SAME TYPE, TH
EN YOU SIMPLY "INSERT THE.DISK". IF, HOW
EVER, YOU HAVE TWO DIFF-.ERENT MACHINES,
THEN YOU HAVE A .PROBLEM. ONE SOLUTION
THAT HAS BEEN .GIVEN IS TO USE A MODEM W
ITH OR WITHOUT.THE PHONE LINES. THAT US
UALLY MEANS A .LOT OF TIME FOR A LONG FI
LE, AND TIME .IS SOMETHING THAT COMPUTER
S ARE MENT TO.SAVE... SO, WHAT DO YOU DO
THEN? WELL,.MIKE MILLER, ONE OF OUR CL
UB MEMBERS, .OUR LIBRARIAN AND CURRENT C
OD SOFTWARE .WRITER, BEING THE IMPATIENT
SORT OF GUY.HE IS, DID NOT WANT TO SIT
AROUND WHILE.THE ANSWER TO THIS PROBLEM
CAME TO HIM,.SO HE WROTE THE SOFTWARE TO
DO THE .CONVERSION FOR HIM. THE FOLLOWI
NG IS .THAT STORY!..VENICE, CALIF. - FUN
CTIONAL EQUIPMENT .ILLITERACY AND MS DOS
DYSLEXIA ARE NO .LONGER PROBLEMS FOR US
ERS OF THE .COMMODORE 128TM AND 1571 DIS
K DRIVE, .WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF THE B
IG BLUE .READERTM, NEW FROM S.O.G.W.A.P.
.SOFTWARE, INC., HEADQUARTERED HERE. TH
E.PROGRAM ALLOWS USERS TO TRANSFER WORD-
.PROCESSING AND ASCII FILES GENERATED ON
.MOST IBM-COMPATIBLE SOFTWARE TO .COMMOD
ORE DOS FILES, AND VICE VERSA.."THE COMM
ODORE 128 AND THE 1571 DISK .DRIVE AREN'
T ILLITERATE OR UNINTEL-.LIGENT - JUST T
HE OPPOSITE, IN FACT,".SAID MICHAEL MILL
ER, PRESIDENT OF .S.O.G.W.A.P. "THEY JUS
T HAD WHAT WE .MIGHT THINK OF AS A LEARN
ING DIS-.ABILITY. THE BIG BLUE READER W
AS .DEVELOPED TO GIVE USERS AN EASY WAY
TO.TAKE FULL ADVANTAGE OF THE CAPABILITI
ES.OF THEIR EQUIPMENT.".RELEASE 1.0 OF T
HE BIG BLUE READER .CARRIES A LIST PRICE
OF $29.95, AND IT .WILL BE AVAILABLE FO
R SHIPMENT JUNE 15,.1986. MILLER SAID O
NE MAJOR USE OF THE.BIG BLUE READER WILL
PROBABLY BE BY .THOSE WHO USE IBM AND C
OMPATIBLE .PERSONAL COMPUTERS AT WORK AN
D THE .COMMODORE 128 AND 1571 DISK DRIVE
AT .HOME. "THE PROGRAM ALLOWS FILES TO
BE.TRANSFERRED FROM MS AND PC DOS-.COMP
ATIBLE PROGRAMS TO COMMODORE DOS,".MILLE
R SAID. "THE FILES CAN THEN BE .WORKED
ON USING COMMODORE WORD-.PROCESSING PROG
RAMS OR AS STRAIGHT .ASCII TEXT, THEN TR
ANSFERRED BACK TO .THE IBM-COMPATIBLE FO
RMATS FOR USE THE .NEXT DAY. "THERE ARE
ALSO WELL OVER A.MILLION IBM-COMPATIBLE
PERSONAL .COMPUTERS IN HOMES HERE IN TH
E U.S. .THE BIG BLUE READER WILL ALLOW .
COMMODORE 128 AND 1571 DISK DRIVE USERS.
ACCESS TO INFORMATION FROM THOSE .USERS,
PREVIOUSLY DENIED THEM BECAUSE.OF INCOM
PATIBILITY." MILLER SAID HE .ORIGINALLY
DEVELOPED THE BIG BLUE.READER BECAUSE O
F A SPECIFIC NEED IN .HIS OWN HOUSEHOLD.
HIS WIFE, SHARI, .IS AN ATTORNEY SPECI
ALIZING IN ESTATE .PLANNING AND PROBATE
MATTERS. MILLER .PURCHASED PROGRAMS CON
TAINING BASIC .TEXTS OF WILLS AND OTHER
PERTINENT .DOCUMENTS, BUT THEY WOULD RUN
ONLY ON .IBM-COMPATIBLE PCS, AND NONE W
ERE .AVAILABLE FOR HIS COMMODORE 128 AND
.1571 DISK DRIVE. "I LOOKED FOR A .PR
OGRAM OR METHOD TO TRANSFER THE .TEXTS T
O COMMODORE FORMAT, AND .COULDN'T FIND O
NE," MILLER SAID. ."I HAVE A 1200 BAUD
MODEM, BUT COULDN'T.FIND ANYONE WITH AN
IBM-COMPATIBLE .MACHINE WILLING TO SIT U
P HALF .THE NIGHT TO TRANSFER THE FILES
EVEN IF.WE'D HAD COMPATIBLE ERROR-CHECKI
NG .PROTOCOLS IN OUR COMMUNICATIONS .SOF
TWARE. "SO, I DESIGNED A PROGRAM .TO D
O THE JOB. IT WORKED SO WELL THAT.WE DE
CIDED TO MAKE THE BIG BLUE READER.AVAILA
BLE TO OTHER COMMODORE USERS." .THE BIG
BLUE READER IS SELF-BOOTING .WHEN THE CO
MPUTER IS TURNED ON. A FULL.MENU APPEAR
S ON THE 80-COLUMN SCREEN. .ON THE 40-CO
LUMN SCREEN, THE PROGRAM .OFFERS A MAIN
MENU WITH SUBMENU.OPTIONS. EASY-TO-FOLL
OW PROMPTS TAKE.THE USER THROUGH THE ENT
IRE COPYING.SEQUENCE. USERS INSERT THE
DISK FROM.WHICH THEY WISH TO COPY, SELEC
T THE .FILE TO BE COPIED, PRESS <RETURN>
, AND.THE FILE IS ENTERED INTO RAM. THE
.PROGRAM THEN PROMPTS THE USER TO ENTER
.THE FORMAT TO WHICH THE FILE IS TO BE .
COPIED -- MS DOS OR COMMODORE DOS -- .AN
D WHETHER THE FILE NAME FROM THE .ORIGIN
ATING DISK SHOULD BE RETAINED OR .CHANGE
D. IF THE FILE IS TO BE COPIED .TO COMM
ODORE FORMAT, IT CAN BE SAVED .AS A PROG
RAM FILE OR SEQUENTIAL FILE..THE TARGET
DISK IS THEN INSERTED, THE .USER PRESSES
<RETURN>, AND THE PROCESS.IS COMPLETED.
THE BIG BLUE READER ALSO.OFFERS THE US
ER THE OPTION OF TRANS-.LATING MS DOS ST
ANDARD ASCII CHARACTERS.TO COMMODORE ASC
II CHARACTERS -- AND .VICE VERSA -- SOLV
ING THE PROBLEM OF .REVERSED CAPITALS AN
D LOWER-CASE .LETTERS THAT COMMONLY RESU
LTS FROM ANY.FORM OF ASCII TRANSFER BETW
EEN THE TWO.FORMATS..S.O.G.W.A.P. SOFTWA
RE, INC., IS DEDI-.CATED TO PROVIDING SI
MPLE AND DIRECT .SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS TO C
OMPUTING .PROBLEMS COMMON TO USERS OF TH
E .COMMODORE 128 AND 1571 DISK DRIVE. T
O.ORDER THE BIG BLUE READER, SEND CHECK.
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UE,. VENICE, CA 90291...
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ASE: MAY 30, 1986. CONTACT: FR
ANK GARDNER, . 213/337-0404 .
OR . SHARON SMITH, .
213/452-2370..[ED. NOTE: WE ARE WRI
TING TO TAKE THEM.UP ON THEIR OFFER OF A
N EDITORIAL .REVIEW COPY. WHEN/IF IT COM
ES, I WOULD.LIKE TO HAVE HELP FROM THE M
S DOS .USERS TO TEST IT. I HAVE ACCESS T
O AN.IBM, BUT ABSOLUTELY NO REASON TO WA
NT.TO USE IT!]..
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