T.SLIDING BOOT
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FILENAME(S): T.SLIDING BOOT
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00000000: 00 80 5E 55 3A 42 52 41 49 4E 0D 20 20 20 20 20 |..^U:BRAIN. | 00000010: D3 20 CC 20 C9 20 C4 20 C9 20 CE 20 C7 20 20 20 |. . . . . . . | 00000020: 20 C2 20 CC 20 CF 20 C3 20 CB 20 D3 0D 0D 20 20 | . . . . . ... | 00000030: 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 42 59 20 C2 41 52 42 41 | BY .ARBA| 00000040: 52 41 20 D3 43 48 55 4C 41 4B 0D 0D 20 20 20 20 |RA .CHULAK.. | 00000050: C9 20 57 41 53 20 53 55 52 50 52 49 53 45 44 20 |. WAS SURPRISED | 00000060: 54 4F 20 46 49 4E 44 20 54 48 41 54 20 4F 4E 45 |TO FIND THAT ONE| 00000070: 0D 4F 46 20 54 48 45 20 57 4F 52 4C 44 27 53 20 |.OF THE WORLD'S | 00000080: 46 4F 52 45 4D 4F 53 54 20 53 4C 49 44 49 4E 47 |FOREMOST SLIDING| 00000090: 20 42 4C 4F 43 4B 53 0D 50 55 5A 5A 4C 45 52 53 | BLOCKS.PUZZLERS| 000000A0: 20 49 53 20 54 48 45 20 43 48 45 53 53 20 43 48 | IS THE CHESS CH| 000000B0: 41 4D 50 49 4F 4E 2C 20 C2 4F 42 42 59 0D C6 49 |AMPION, .OBBY..I| 000000C0: 53 43 48 45 52 2E 20 20 CF 4E 20 41 20 52 45 43 |SCHER. .N A REC| 000000D0: 45 4E 54 20 52 45 2D 52 55 4E 20 4F 46 20 CA 4F |ENT RE-RUN OF .O| 000000E0: 48 4E 4E 59 0D C3 41 52 53 4F 4E 20 48 45 20 44 |HNNY..ARSON HE D| 000000F0: 45 4D 4F 4E 53 54 52 41 54 45 44 20 54 48 41 54 |EMONSTRATED THAT| 00000100: 20 48 45 20 43 41 4E 0D 50 55 53 48 20 54 48 45 | HE CAN.PUSH THE| 00000110: 20 46 49 46 54 45 45 4E 20 53 4C 49 44 49 4E 47 | FIFTEEN SLIDING| 00000120: 20 42 4C 4F 43 4B 53 20 54 48 41 54 0D 4D 41 4B | BLOCKS THAT.MAK| 00000130: 45 20 55 50 20 54 48 45 20 54 52 41 44 49 54 49 |E UP THE TRADITI| 00000140: 4F 4E 41 4C 20 53 4C 49 44 49 4E 47 0D 42 4C 4F |ONAL SLIDING.BLO| 00000150: 43 4B 53 20 50 55 5A 5A 4C 45 20 49 4E 54 4F 20 |CKS PUZZLE INTO | 00000160: 50 4C 41 43 45 20 46 41 53 54 45 52 20 54 48 41 |PLACE FASTER THA| 00000170: 4E 0D 4A 55 53 54 20 41 42 4F 55 54 20 41 4E 59 |N.JUST ABOUT ANY| 00000180: 4F 4E 45 2E 0D 0D 20 20 20 20 C2 41 52 42 41 52 |ONE... .ARBAR| 00000190: 41 20 D3 43 48 55 4C 41 4B 27 53 20 D3 CC C9 C4 |A .CHULAK'S ....| 000001A0: C9 CE C7 20 C2 CC CF C3 CB D3 0D 50 52 4F 47 52 |... .......PROGR| 000001B0: 41 4D 20 4C 45 54 53 20 59 4F 55 20 54 52 59 20 |AM LETS YOU TRY | 000001C0: 54 48 45 20 43 4C 41 53 53 49 43 0D 31 35 2D 42 |THE CLASSIC.15-B| 000001D0: 4C 4F 43 4B 20 50 55 5A 5A 4C 45 20 4F 4E 20 53 |LOCK PUZZLE ON S| 000001E0: 43 52 45 45 4E 2E 20 20 D3 48 45 20 41 4C 53 4F |CREEN. .HE ALSO| 000001F0: 0D 48 41 53 20 49 4E 43 4C 55 44 45 44 20 53 45 |.HAS INCLUDED SE| 00000200: 56 45 52 41 4C 20 27 45 41 53 49 45 52 27 20 50 |VERAL 'EASIER' P| 00000210: 55 5A 5A 4C 45 53 0D 54 48 41 54 20 55 53 45 20 |UZZLES.THAT USE | 00000220: 46 45 57 45 52 20 42 4C 4F 43 4B 53 2E 0D 20 20 |FEWER BLOCKS.. | 00000230: 20 20 D4 48 49 53 20 54 59 50 45 20 4F 46 20 50 | .HIS TYPE OF P| 00000240: 55 5A 5A 4C 45 20 48 41 53 20 42 45 45 4E 0D 41 |UZZLE HAS BEEN.A| 00000250: 52 4F 55 4E 44 20 41 20 4C 4F 4E 47 20 54 49 4D |ROUND A LONG TIM| 00000260: 45 2E 20 20 D4 48 45 20 49 4E 56 45 4E 54 4F 52 |E. .HE INVENTOR| 00000270: 2C 0D D3 41 4D 20 CC 4F 59 44 2C 20 57 41 53 20 |,..AM .OYD, WAS | 00000280: 43 41 4C 4C 45 44 20 22 54 48 45 20 50 52 49 4E |CALLED "THE PRIN| 00000290: 43 45 20 4F 46 0D 50 55 5A 5A 4C 45 52 53 22 20 |CE OF.PUZZLERS" | 000002A0: 49 4E 20 41 4E 20 31 38 39 38 20 41 52 54 49 43 |IN AN 1898 ARTIC| 000002B0: 4C 45 20 49 4E 20 22 D4 48 45 0D D3 54 52 41 4E |LE IN ".HE..TRAN| 000002C0: 44 22 2C 20 41 4E 44 20 49 53 20 53 54 49 4C 4C |D", AND IS STILL| 000002D0: 20 43 4F 4E 53 49 44 45 52 45 44 20 54 48 45 0D | CONSIDERED THE.| 000002E0: 47 52 45 41 54 45 53 54 20 50 55 5A 5A 4C 45 2D |GREATEST PUZZLE-| 000002F0: 4D 41 4B 45 52 20 4F 46 20 41 4C 4C 20 54 49 4D |MAKER OF ALL TIM| 00000300: 45 2E 0D C8 45 20 42 45 43 41 4D 45 20 49 4E 54 |E...E BECAME INT| 00000310: 45 52 45 53 54 45 44 20 49 4E 20 C3 48 49 4E 45 |ERESTED IN .HINE| 00000320: 53 45 0D 54 41 4E 47 52 41 4D 53 20 41 53 20 41 |SE.TANGRAMS AS A| 00000330: 20 43 48 49 4C 44 20 41 4E 44 20 42 59 20 54 48 | CHILD AND BY TH| 00000340: 45 20 41 47 45 20 4F 46 0D 4E 49 4E 45 20 57 41 |E AGE OF.NINE WA| 00000350: 53 20 49 4E 56 45 4E 54 49 4E 47 20 50 55 5A 5A |S INVENTING PUZZ| 00000360: 4C 45 53 20 54 48 41 54 20 41 52 45 0D 53 54 49 |LES THAT ARE.STI| 00000370: 4C 4C 20 50 4F 52 45 44 20 4F 56 45 52 20 54 4F |LL PORED OVER TO| 00000380: 44 41 59 2E 0D 0D CE CF D4 C5 3A 20 C2 41 52 42 |DAY.......: .ARB| 00000390: 41 52 41 20 48 41 53 20 57 52 49 54 54 45 4E 20 |ARA HAS WRITTEN | 000003A0: 41 20 54 41 4E 47 52 41 4D 0D 50 55 5A 5A 4C 45 |A TANGRAM.PUZZLE| 000003B0: 20 50 52 4F 47 52 41 4D 20 57 48 49 43 48 20 57 | PROGRAM WHICH W| 000003C0: 49 4C 4C 20 41 50 50 45 41 52 20 49 4E 0D 41 4E |ILL APPEAR IN.AN| 000003D0: 20 55 50 43 4F 4D 49 4E 47 20 49 53 53 55 45 20 | UPCOMING ISSUE | 000003E0: 4F 46 20 CC CF C1 C4 D3 D4 C1 D2 2E 0D 0D 20 20 |OF ........... | 000003F0: 20 20 C9 54 20 49 53 20 49 4E 54 45 52 45 53 54 | .T IS INTEREST| 00000400: 49 4E 47 20 54 48 41 54 20 54 48 45 20 4D 4F 53 |ING THAT THE MOS| 00000410: 54 0D 45 4E 47 41 47 49 4E 47 20 50 55 5A 5A 4C |T.ENGAGING PUZZL| 00000420: 45 53 20 28 45 58 43 45 50 54 20 46 4F 52 20 D2 |ES (EXCEPT FOR .| 00000430: 55 42 49 4B 27 53 0D 52 45 43 45 4E 54 20 45 46 |UBIK'S.RECENT EF| 00000440: 46 4F 52 54 53 29 20 57 45 52 45 20 57 52 49 54 |FORTS) WERE WRIT| 00000450: 54 45 4E 20 4F 56 45 52 20 41 0D 43 45 4E 54 55 |TEN OVER A.CENTU| 00000460: 52 59 20 41 47 4F 2E 0D 0D 20 20 20 20 C1 46 54 |RY AGO... .FT| 00000470: 45 52 20 59 4F 55 20 43 48 4F 4F 53 45 20 4F 4E |ER YOU CHOOSE ON| 00000480: 45 20 4F 46 20 54 48 45 20 53 45 56 45 4E 0D 50 |E OF THE SEVEN.P| 00000490: 55 5A 5A 4C 45 53 20 46 52 4F 4D 20 54 48 45 20 |UZZLES FROM THE | 000004A0: 4D 45 4E 55 20 59 4F 55 27 4C 4C 20 53 45 45 20 |MENU YOU'LL SEE | 000004B0: 41 0D 42 4F 58 20 57 49 54 48 20 54 48 45 20 53 |A.BOX WITH THE S| 000004C0: 4C 49 44 49 4E 47 20 42 4C 4F 43 4B 53 20 49 4E |LIDING BLOCKS IN| 000004D0: 53 49 44 45 2E 0D D9 4F 55 52 20 4A 4F 42 20 49 |SIDE...OUR JOB I| 000004E0: 53 20 54 4F 20 50 4F 53 49 54 49 4F 4E 20 54 48 |S TO POSITION TH| 000004F0: 45 20 42 4C 4F 43 4B 53 20 53 4F 0D 54 48 41 54 |E BLOCKS SO.THAT| 00000500: 20 54 48 45 59 20 41 52 45 20 4C 49 4E 45 44 20 | THEY ARE LINED | 00000510: 55 50 20 41 53 20 54 48 45 59 20 41 52 45 20 4F |UP AS THEY ARE O| 00000520: 4E 0D 54 48 45 20 52 49 47 48 54 20 4F 46 20 54 |N.THE RIGHT OF T| 00000530: 48 45 20 53 43 52 45 45 4E 2E 0D 0D 20 20 20 20 |HE SCREEN... | 00000540: D9 4F 55 20 4D 41 59 20 43 4F 4E 53 49 44 45 52 |.OU MAY CONSIDER| 00000550: 20 59 4F 55 52 53 45 4C 46 20 41 0D 47 45 4E 49 | YOURSELF A.GENI| 00000560: 55 53 20 49 46 20 59 4F 55 20 43 41 4E 20 53 4F |US IF YOU CAN SO| 00000570: 4C 56 45 20 54 48 45 53 45 20 49 4E 20 54 48 45 |LVE THESE IN THE| 00000580: 0D 4D 49 4E 49 4D 55 4D 20 4E 55 4D 42 45 52 20 |.MINIMUM NUMBER | 00000590: 4F 46 20 4D 4F 56 45 53 2E 20 20 D4 48 45 20 50 |OF MOVES. .HE P| 000005A0: 52 4F 47 52 41 4D 0D 43 4F 4E 53 54 41 4E 54 4C |ROGRAM.CONSTANTL| 000005B0: 59 20 43 48 45 43 4B 53 20 53 4F 20 41 53 20 53 |Y CHECKS SO AS S| 000005C0: 4F 4F 4E 20 41 53 20 59 4F 55 0D 48 41 56 45 20 |OON AS YOU.HAVE | 000005D0: 54 48 45 20 42 4C 4F 43 4B 53 20 4C 49 4E 45 44 |THE BLOCKS LINED| 000005E0: 20 55 50 20 43 4F 52 52 45 43 54 4C 59 0D 54 48 | UP CORRECTLY.TH| 000005F0: 45 20 53 43 52 45 45 4E 20 57 49 4C 4C 20 46 4C |E SCREEN WILL FL| 00000600: 41 53 48 20 57 49 54 48 20 41 0D 22 D3 CF CC D6 |ASH WITH A."....| 00000610: C5 C4 21 22 20 4D 45 53 53 41 47 45 2E 20 20 C9 |..!" MESSAGE. .| 00000620: 46 20 49 54 20 54 41 4B 45 53 20 59 4F 55 0D 54 |F IT TAKES YOU.T| 00000630: 57 49 43 45 20 54 48 45 20 4D 49 4E 49 4D 55 4D |WICE THE MINIMUM| 00000640: 20 4E 55 4D 42 45 52 20 4F 46 20 4D 4F 56 45 53 | NUMBER OF MOVES| 00000650: 2C 0D 59 4F 55 20 43 41 4E 20 53 54 49 4C 4C 20 |,.YOU CAN STILL | 00000660: 43 4F 4E 53 49 44 45 52 20 59 4F 55 52 53 45 4C |CONSIDER YOURSEL| 00000670: 46 0D 43 4C 45 56 45 52 20 49 4E 44 45 45 44 2E |F.CLEVER INDEED.| 00000680: 20 20 D4 48 45 53 45 20 50 55 5A 5A 4C 45 53 20 | .HESE PUZZLES | 00000690: 41 52 45 20 4E 4F 54 0D 45 41 53 59 21 0D 0D 20 |ARE NOT.EASY!.. | 000006A0: 20 20 20 D4 48 45 52 45 20 41 52 45 20 49 4E 53 | .HERE ARE INS| 000006B0: 54 52 55 43 54 49 4F 4E 53 20 50 52 49 4E 54 45 |TRUCTIONS PRINTE| 000006C0: 44 20 4F 4E 0D 54 48 45 20 53 43 52 45 45 4E 20 |D ON.THE SCREEN | 000006D0: 54 48 41 54 20 59 4F 55 20 43 41 4E 20 41 43 43 |THAT YOU CAN ACC| 000006E0: 45 53 53 20 46 52 4F 4D 0D 54 48 45 20 4D 41 49 |ESS FROM.THE MAI| 000006F0: 4E 20 4D 45 4E 55 2E 20 20 D4 48 45 20 4F 4E 4C |N MENU. .HE ONL| 00000700: 59 20 4B 45 59 53 20 59 4F 55 0D 4E 45 45 44 20 |Y KEYS YOU.NEED | 00000710: 41 52 45 20 54 48 45 20 C3 D2 D3 D2 20 4B 45 59 |ARE THE .... KEY| 00000720: 53 2C 20 D2 C5 D4 D5 D2 CE 20 41 4E 44 0D 54 48 |S, ...... AND.TH| 00000730: 45 20 D1 20 4B 45 59 20 46 4F 52 20 51 55 49 54 |E . KEY FOR QUIT| 00000740: 54 49 4E 47 20 54 4F 20 54 48 45 20 4D 45 4E 55 |TING TO THE MENU| 00000750: 0D 57 48 45 4E 20 59 4F 55 27 56 45 20 48 41 44 |.WHEN YOU'VE HAD| 00000760: 20 45 4E 4F 55 47 48 20 4F 46 20 41 0D 50 41 52 | ENOUGH OF A.PAR| 00000770: 54 49 43 55 4C 41 52 20 50 55 5A 5A 4C 45 20 2D |TICULAR PUZZLE -| 00000780: 2D 20 4F 52 20 53 4F 4C 56 45 44 20 49 54 2E 0D |- OR SOLVED IT..| 00000790: 0D 20 20 20 20 CC 45 54 27 53 20 53 45 45 2C 20 |. .ET'S SEE, | 000007A0: C9 20 53 4F 4C 56 45 44 20 D0 55 5A 5A 4C 45 20 |. SOLVED .UZZLE | 000007B0: 23 33 20 49 4E 0D 35 30 20 4D 4F 56 45 53 20 41 |#3 IN.50 MOVES A| 000007C0: 4E 44 20 D0 55 5A 5A 4C 45 20 23 37 20 49 4E 20 |ND .UZZLE #7 IN | 000007D0: 31 39 38 2E 20 20 C9 0D 54 48 49 4E 4B 20 C9 27 |198. ..THINK .'| 000007E0: 4C 4C 20 4A 55 53 54 20 52 45 53 54 20 4F 4E 20 |LL JUST REST ON | 000007F0: 54 48 45 53 45 20 4C 41 55 52 45 4C 53 0D 46 4F |THESE LAURELS.FO| 00000800: 52 20 54 48 45 20 52 45 53 54 20 4F 46 20 54 48 |R THE REST OF TH| 00000810: 45 20 44 41 59 20 41 4E 44 20 54 52 59 20 54 48 |E DAY AND TRY TH| 00000820: 45 0D 4F 54 48 45 52 20 50 55 5A 5A 4C 45 53 20 |E.OTHER PUZZLES | 00000830: 54 4F 4D 4F 52 52 4F 57 2E 20 20 CD 41 59 42 45 |TOMORROW. .AYBE| 00000840: 0D 54 48 45 59 27 4C 4C 20 47 45 54 20 45 41 53 |.THEY'LL GET EAS| 00000850: 49 45 52 20 4F 56 45 52 4E 49 47 48 54 2E 0D 0D |IER OVERNIGHT...| 00000860: 0D 0D 0D 0D C4 C9 D3 CB 20 C6 C9 CC C5 D3 20 D4 |........ ..... .| 00000870: C8 C9 D3 20 D0 D2 CF C7 D2 C1 CD 20 D5 D3 C5 D3 |... ....... ....| 00000880: 0D 0D D3 CC C9 C4 C9 CE C7 20 C2 CF CF D4 20 20 |......... .... | 00000890: 20 20 20 20 20 D3 CC C9 C4 C9 CE C7 20 C2 CC CF | ....... ...| 000008A0: C3 CB 2E CD CC 0D D3 C2 2E C6 CF CE D4 20 20 20 |............. | 000008B0: 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 D3 C2 2E C9 CE D3 D4 | .......| 000008C0: D2 31 3C 0D D3 C2 2E C9 CE D3 D4 D2 31 3E 20 20 |.1<.........1> | 000008D0: 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 D3 C2 2E C9 CE D3 D4 D2 32 | ........2| 000008E0: 3C 0D D3 C2 2E C9 CE D3 D4 D2 32 3E 20 20 20 20 |<.........2> | 000008F0: 20 20 20 20 20 D4 2E D3 CC C9 C4 C9 CE C7 20 C2 | ......... .| 00000900: CF CF D4 0D 0D 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 2A 2A 2A |..... ***| 00000910: 2A 20 C5 4E 44 20 4F 46 20 D4 45 58 54 20 2A 2A |* .ND OF .EXT **| 00000920: 2A 2A 0D |**. |
..^U:BRAIN. S L I D I N G B L O C K S.. BY BARBARA SCHULAK.. I WAS SURPRISED TO FIND THAT ONE.OF THE WORLD'S FOREMOST SLIDING BLOCKS.PUZZLERS IS THE CHESS CHAMPION, BOBBY.FISCHER. ON A RECENT RE-RUN OF JOHNNY.CARSON HE D EMONSTRATED THAT HE CAN.PUSH THE FIFTEEN SLIDING BLOCKS THAT.MAKE UP THE TRADITI ONAL SLIDING.BLOCKS PUZZLE INTO PLACE FA STER THAN.JUST ABOUT ANYONE... BARBAR A SCHULAK'S SLIDING BLOCKS.PROGRAM LETS YOU TRY THE CLASSIC.15-BLOCK PUZZLE ON S CREEN. SHE ALSO.HAS INCLUDED SEVERAL 'E ASIER' PUZZLES.THAT USE FEWER BLOCKS.. THIS TYPE OF PUZZLE HAS BEEN.AROUND A LONG TIME. THE INVENTOR,.SAM LOYD, WAS CALLED "THE PRINCE OF.PUZZLERS" IN AN 18 98 ARTICLE IN "THE.STRAND", AND IS STILL CONSIDERED THE.GREATEST PUZZLE-MAKER OF ALL TIME..HE BECAME INTERESTED IN CHINE SE.TANGRAMS AS A CHILD AND BY THE AGE OF .NINE WAS INVENTING PUZZLES THAT ARE.STI LL PORED OVER TODAY...NOTE: BARBARA HAS WRITTEN A TANGRAM.PUZZLE PROGRAM WHICH W ILL APPEAR IN.AN UPCOMING ISSUE OF LOADS TAR... IT IS INTERESTING THAT THE MOS T.ENGAGING PUZZLES (EXCEPT FOR RUBIK'S.R ECENT EFFORTS) WERE WRITTEN OVER A.CENTU RY AGO... AFTER YOU CHOOSE ONE OF THE SEVEN.PUZZLES FROM THE MENU YOU'LL SEE A.BOX WITH THE SLIDING BLOCKS INSIDE..YO UR JOB IS TO POSITION THE BLOCKS SO.THAT THEY ARE LINED UP AS THEY ARE ON.THE RI GHT OF THE SCREEN... YOU MAY CONSIDER YOURSELF A.GENIUS IF YOU CAN SOLVE THES E IN THE.MINIMUM NUMBER OF MOVES. THE P ROGRAM.CONSTANTLY CHECKS SO AS SOON AS Y OU.HAVE THE BLOCKS LINED UP CORRECTLY.TH E SCREEN WILL FLASH WITH A."SOLVED!" MES SAGE. IF IT TAKES YOU.TWICE THE MINIMUM NUMBER OF MOVES,.YOU CAN STILL CONSIDER YOURSELF.CLEVER INDEED. THESE PUZZLES ARE NOT.EASY!.. THERE ARE INSTRUCTION S PRINTED ON.THE SCREEN THAT YOU CAN ACC ESS FROM.THE MAIN MENU. THE ONLY KEYS Y OU.NEED ARE THE CRSR KEYS, RETURN AND.TH E Q KEY FOR QUITTING TO THE MENU.WHEN YO U'VE HAD ENOUGH OF A.PARTICULAR PUZZLE - - OR SOLVED IT... LET'S SEE, I SOLVED PUZZLE #3 IN.50 MOVES AND PUZZLE #7 IN 198. I.THINK I'LL JUST REST ON THESE LA URELS.FOR THE REST OF THE DAY AND TRY TH E.OTHER PUZZLES TOMORROW. MAYBE.THEY'LL GET EASIER OVERNIGHT.......DISK FILES T HIS PROGRAM USES..SLIDING BOOT SLI DING BLOCK.ML.SB.FONT SB.INST R1<.SB.INSTR1> SB.INSTR2<.SB.INS TR2> T.SLIDING BOOT.. *** * END OF TEXT ****.
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