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HOME COMPUTING EXPLOSION

HOME COMPUTERS HAVE TAKEN OVER OUR STUDIES AND OUR FAMILY ROOMS, OUR WORK TIME AND OUR PLAY TIME, WE'VE CHANGED OUR LIFESTYLES AS PERSONAL COMPUTERS HAVE BECOME MORE POWERFUL AND MORE VERSATILE. IN THE ALL-AMERICAN COMPUTER LEAGUE, ARE YOU A FIRST-ROUND DRAFT PICK OR A FULL-TIME BENCHWARMER? TAKE OUR HOME COMPUTING QUIZ AND FIND OUT. THEN FOLLOW OUR SUREFIRE WORKOUT SCHEDULE, WARMUPS BEGIN ON PAGE 32. CAN'T FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO WITH THAT EXTRA COMPUTER LYING AROUND YOUR HOUSE? PUT IT IN THE BEDROOM, IN THE KITCHEN, OR EVEN ON THE ROOF. YOU'LL FIND A HOST OF WAYS TO MAKE YOUR BYTE PROCESSOR MORE USEFUL THAN YOUR FOOD PROCESSOR ON PAGE 56. GUEST COLUMNIST LARRY BLASKO TAKES US THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT OF PERSONAL COMPUTING AND OFFERS SOME SUGGESTIONS FOR THE FUTURE ON PAGE 42. BROWSE OUR BUYER'S GUIDE, A SAMPLER OF HOME APPLICATIONS, ON PAGE 44. ON OUR DISK, YOU'LL FIND THREE APPLICATIONS THAT WILL IGNITE YOUR OWN HOME COMPUTER EXPLOSION. READ ABOUT THEM ON PAGE 52. AND OUR RESOURCE LIST ON PAGE 66 WILL TELL YOU WHERE TO GO NEXT. WHATEVER YOU DO WITH YOUR HOME COMPUTER, YOU'LL BE DOING SOMETHING NEW BEFORE YOU KNOW IT. PREPARE YOURSELF FOR TOMORROW BY LEARNING MORE TODAY.