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- 1 TO CREATE NEW NOTE ANY ELSE TO READ ACTUAL NOTE - N EDIT NOTE MODE: - AGE - AGE - AVE(ON THE PAGE AFTER THE LAST) P? - - BY - ALTERS - #89 WE PUBLISHED A NIFTY PROGRAM CALLED THE 14-15 - T WAS TAKEN FROM - OYD'S CLASSIC PUZZLE OF THE SAME NAME. - AM DROVE HALF OF THE WORLD LOOPY BACK IN THE EARLY DAYS OF THE 20TH - ENTURY WITH IT AND - RIAN SUCCEEDED (ON A MUCH SMALLER SCALE) IN DOING THE SAME THING FOR US. - ALTERS, OUR PRIZE-WINNING PROGRAMMER FROM - OWNUNDER, CARRIES ON THE NOBLE TRADITION WITH - . - HIS TIME, INSTEAD OF THE NUMBERS FROM 1 THROUGH 15, HE HAS MADE A SLIDE THE TILES PUZZLE WITH LETTERS OF THE ALPHABET. - OU TELL ME. - IS A "FRIENDLIER" PUZZLE THAN - ; IT CAN BE SOLVED. - AM OFFERED $1000 TO THE FIRST PERSON WHO COULD SOLVE HIS PUZZLE, BUT HE KNEW ALL ALONG THAT IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE. - HERE ARE 25 SEPARATE PUZZLES IN - AND THEY ALL CAN BE SOLVED. - OME ARE JUST MUCH HARDER THAN OTHERS. - MEEU ALLOWS YOU TO TURN THE SOUND EFFECTS ON OR OFF, CHOOSE BETWEEN JOYSTICK OR KEYBOARD MODE, OR READ THE INSTRUCTIONS. - 1 AT THE MEEU YOU GET TO SELECT WHICH LEVEL (OR AS - ARC CALLS IT, "MIX" YOU WANT TO START ON. - 1 TO MOVE UP THROUGH THE LEVELS AND - 3 TO MOVE BACK. - HERE ARE 20 "EASY" MIXES WHICH USE A 25-SQUARE GRID (5X5) AND FIVE MIXES THAT USE A 64-SQUARE GRID (8X8). - HE 5X5 LEVELS WILL HAVE FOUR 5-LETTER WORDS AND ONE 4-LETTER WORD. - HE 8X8 LEVELS WILL HAVE SEVEN 8-LETTER WORDS AND ONE 7-LETTER WORD. - HE 8X8 LEVELS ARE - TOUGH. - HEN YOU SOLVE A LEVEL, YOU AUTOMATICALLY GO ON TO THE NEXT LEVEL BUT YOU CAN ALWAYS QUIT TO THE - EEU THEN GO TO WHICHEVER LEVEL YOU WANT. - HE GAME SCREEN WILL SHOW YOU THE "GOAL" ON THE LEFT OF THE SCREEN. - OU ARE TO TRY TO GET THE LETTERS IN THE CENTRAL GRID TO EXACTLY MATCH THE GOAL GRID. - HEN YOU HAVE IT, PRESS - F YOU'RE RIGHT, YOU GET A CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE AND MOVE ON TO THE NEXT LEVEL -- WHICH WILL BE HARDER. - ARC HAS PURPOSELY MADE EACH LEVEL MORE DIFFICULT THAN THE NEXT. - HERE IS ALWAYS ONE BLANK SPACE IN THE GRID. - O WIN, THE BLANK SPACE MUST BE IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER. - F YOU USE THE JOYSTICK JUST PUSH THE STICK IN THE DIRECTION YOU WANT THE BLOCK CURSOR TO MOVE. - HEN THE CURSOR IS OVER THE LETTER YOU WANT MOVED, PRESS - AND THE LETTER MOVES INTO THE EMPTY SPACE. - ARC HAS MADE THE PROGRAM ALLOW YOU TO MOVE ONLY TO LETTERS THAT CAN MOVE, THAT IS, LETTERS THAT NEIGHBOR ON THE BLANK SPACE. - F YOU USE THE KEYBOARD, YOU CAN USE EITHER THE - PREFER THE JOYSTICK, PERSONALLY. - OU ARE BEING TIMED. - F YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COMPETITIVE GAME OUT OF IT, YOU AND YOUR OPPONENT COULD DECIDE ON WHICH LEVEL TO START ON AND SEE WHO COMPLETES, SAY, FIVE LEVELS IN THE SHORTEST TIME. - HE PROGRAM ONLY KEEPS TIME -- YOU CAN MAKE IT COMPETITIVE HOWEVER YOU WANT. - 3 WILL PAUSE THE GAME AND STOP THE CLOCK. - INCE IT CAN TAKE MANY MINUTES TO SOLVE SOME OF THE HIGHER LEVELS, THIS FEATURE IS A MUST. - 2 TAKES YOU BACK TO THE - AIN MEEU. - 6 TAKES YOU TO THE NEXT LEVEL EVEEN - F YOU HAVEN'T SOLVED THE CURRENT ONE. - HEN YOU HAVE THE CENTRAL GRID LOOKING JUST LIKE THE GOAL, PRESS - 7 AND YOUR SOLUTION WILL BE CHECKED. - HE PROGRAM DOESN'T CHECK FOR YOU UNTIL YOU HAVE PRESSED - ND THAT'S ABOUT IT. - ARC'S METHOD OF ONLY ALLOWING THE CURSOR TO MOVE TO CERTAIN TILES MAY SEEM TO FIGHT YOU AT FIRST, BUT WITHIN MINUTES YOU WILL BE ZIPPING THOSE LETTERS AROUND. - OU CAN ONLY MOVE ONE LETTER AT A TIME, REMEMBER. - OU CAN'T PUSH THREE OR FOUR LETTERS AT ONCE, ALTHOUGH YOU'LL PROBABLY WANT TO. - N A WAY, THIS IS THE WAY THE PLASTIC TILE PUZZLES WORK -- - NEVER SAW ONE THAT WAS WELL-MADE AND SLICK ENOUGH TO ALLOW SEVERAL TILES TO BE MOVED AT ONCE. - P? - #89 WE PUBLISHED A NIFTY PROGRAM CALLED THE 14-15%H - T WAS TAKEN%D FROM - OYD'S CLASSIC PUZZLE OF THE SAME NAME. - AM DROVE HALF OF THE%G WORLD LOOPY BACK IN THE EARLY DAYS OF THE 20TH - ENTURY WITH IT AND - RIAN%F SUCCEEDED (ON A MUCH SMALLER SCALE)%E IN DOING THE SAME THING FOR US. - ALTERS, OUR PRIZE-WINNING%I PROGRAMMER FROM - OWNUNDER, CARRIES ON THE NOBLE TRADITION WITH - HIS TIME, INSTEAD OF THE NUMBERS FROM 1 THROUGH 15, HE HAS MADE A%H SLIDE THE TILES PUZZLE WITH LETTERS% - OF THE ALPHABET. - IS A%J "FRIENDLIER" PUZZLE THAN - ; IT CAN BE SOLVED. - AM%D OFFERED $1000 TO THE FIRST PERSON WHO COULD SOLVE HIS PUZZLE, BUT HE KNEW%E ALL ALONG THAT IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE.%G - HERE ARE 25 SEPARATE PUZZLES IN - AND THEY ALL CAN BE SOLVED. - OME ARE JUST MUCH HARDER THAN OTHERS.%3 - MEEU ALLOWS YOU TO%E TURN THE SOUND EFFECTS ON OR OFF,%G CHOOSE BETWEEN JOYSTICK OR KEYBOARD%E MODE, OR READ THE INSTRUCTIONS.%5 - 1 AT THE MEEU YOU GET TO SELECT WHICH LEVEL (OR AS - CALLS IT, "MIX" YOU WANT TO START ON. - 1 TO MOVE UP THROUGH THE LEVELS%D AND - 3 TO MOVE BACK. - HERE ARE 20%F "EASY" MIXES WHICH USE A 25-SQUARE%F GRID (5X5) AND FIVE MIXES THAT USE A%D 64-SQUARE GRID (8X8). - HE 5X5 LEVELS WILL HAVE FOUR 5-LETTER WORDS AND ONE 4-LETTER WORD. - HE 8X8 LEVELS WILL%E HAVE SEVEN 8-LETTER WORDS AND ONE%G 7-LETTER WORD. - HE 8X8 LEVELS ARE%F - HEN YOU SOLVE A LEVEL, YOU%I AUTOMATICALLY GO ON TO THE NEXT LEVEL BUT YOU CAN ALWAYS QUIT TO THE - EEU THEN GO TO WHICHEVER LEVEL YOU%E WANT.% - HE GAME SCREEN WILL SHOW YOU THE "GOAL" ON THE LEFT OF THE SCREEN.%G - OU ARE TO TRY TO GET THE LETTERS IN%D THE CENTRAL GRID TO EXACTLY MATCH THE% - HEN YOU HAVE IT, PRESS%E - F YOU'RE RIGHT, YOU GET A%G CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE AND MOVE ON TO THE NEXT LEVEL -- WHICH WILL BE%I HARDER. - ARC HAS PURPOSELY MADE EACH LEVEL MORE DIFFICULT THAN THE NEXT.%1 - HERE IS ALWAYS ONE BLANK SPACE%E IN THE GRID. - O WIN, THE BLANK SPACE MUST BE IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER.%1 - F YOU USE THE JOYSTICK JUST%H PUSH THE STICK IN THE DIRECTION YOU%E WANT THE BLOCK CURSOR TO MOVE. - HEN%D THE CURSOR IS OVER THE LETTER YOU%G WANT MOVED, PRESS - AND THE LETTER MOVES INTO THE EMPTY SPACE. - ARC HAS MADE THE PROGRAM ALLOW%D YOU TO MOVE ONLY TO LETTERS THAT CAN%D MOVE, THAT IS, LETTERS THAT NEIGHBOR%D ON THE BLANK SPACE.% - F YOU USE THE KEYBOARD, YOU CAN%D USE EITHER THE - %G PREFER THE JOYSTICK, PERSONALLY.%4 - OU ARE BEING TIMED. - F YOU%H WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COMPETITIVE GAME OUT OF IT, YOU AND YOUR OPPONENT%H COULD DECIDE ON WHICH LEVEL TO START%D ON AND SEE WHO COMPLETES, SAY, FIVE%E LEVELS IN THE SHORTEST TIME. - HE%G PROGRAM ONLY KEEPS TIME -- YOU CAN%F MAKE IT COMPETITIVE HOWEVER YOU WANT.%/ - 3 WILL PAUSE THE GAME AND STOP%E THE CLOCK. - INCE IT CAN TAKE MANY%F MINUTES TO SOLVE SOME OF THE HIGHER%E LEVELS, THIS FEATURE IS A MUST.%5 - 2 TAKES YOU BACK TO THE - 6 TAKES YOU TO THE NEXT LEVEL%F EVEEN - F YOU HAVEN'T SOLVED THE%J CURRENT ONE.% - HEN YOU HAVE THE CENTRAL GRID%F LOOKING JUST LIKE THE GOAL, PRESS - 7%D AND YOUR SOLUTION WILL BE CHECKED.%F - HE PROGRAM DOESN'T CHECK FOR YOU%G UNTIL YOU HAVE PRESSED - ND THAT'S ABOUT IT. - ARC'S%H METHOD OF ONLY ALLOWING THE CURSOR TO MOVE TO CERTAIN TILES MAY SEEM TO%G FIGHT YOU AT FIRST, BUT WITHIN%J MINUTES YOU WILL BE ZIPPING THOSE%G LETTERS AROUND. - OU CAN ONLY MOVE%F ONE LETTER AT A TIME, REMEMBER. - OU%D CAN'T PUSH THREE OR FOUR LETTERS AT%E ONCE, ALTHOUGH YOU'LL PROBABLY WANT%E TO. - N A WAY, THIS IS THE WAY THE%F PLASTIC TILE PUZZLES WORK -- - NEVER%D SAW ONE THAT WAS WELL-MADE AND SLICK%D ENOUGH TO ALLOW SEVERAL TILES TO BE -
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