Editing Softdisk (section)

==Publications==
{{see also|List of Softdisk games}}
Publications included ''[[Softdisk (disk magazine)|Softdisk]]'' for the [[Apple II]]; ''[[Loadstar (magazine)|Loadstar]]'' for the [[Commodore 64]]; ''Big Blue Disk'' (later ''On Disk Monthly'' and ''Softdisk PC''), ''The Gamer’s Edge'', and ''PC Business Disk'' for the [[IBM PC]]; ''[[Diskworld]]'' (later ''Softdisk for Mac'') and ''DTPublisher'' (specializing in desktop publishing) for the [[Macintosh|Apple Macintosh]]; ''[[Softdisk G-S]]'' for the [[Apple IIGS]]; ''Softdisk for Windows'' for [[Microsoft Windows]], published from 1994–1999; and ''Shareware Spotlight'', a short-lived publication featuring the best Shareware offerings for IBM PC compatibles. By the late 1990s, these publications were discontinued, although ''Loadstar'' had a continued life as an independent company catering to a [[cult following]] of Commodore buffs.

===''Big Blue Disk''===
''Big Blue Disk'' was a monthly [[disk magazine]] that was published by Softdisk for [[IBM PC]] and compatibles that began publication in 1986.<ref name="nyt peripherals">{{cite news|first1=L. R. |last=Shannon|title=Peripherals; New Look of Magazines |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/10/27/science/peripherals-new-look-of-magazines.html |work=The New York Times |date=October 27, 1987 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180626001543/https://www.nytimes.com/1987/10/27/science/peripherals-new-look-of-magazines.html |archivedate=June 26, 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> It required 256k of memory.<ref name="nyt peripherals"/> Softdisk was sued by IBM for trademark infringement over the use of the name "Big Blue" in 1989.<ref name="pc mag 8-15">{{cite magazine |magazine=PC Magazine |title=Inside Track |volume=8 |number=15 |editor-first=Bill |editor-last=Machrone |first=John C. |last=Dvorak |url=https://archive.org/details/PC-Mag-1989-09-12/page/n75 |accessdate=September 29, 2018 |date=September 12, 1989|publisher=Ziff Davis |page=75 |issn=0888-8507}}</ref>