BASEMENT
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FILENAME(S): BASEMENT
FILE TYPE(S): PRG
FILE SIZE: 2.8K
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| DISK TITLE | FILENAME | FILE TYPE | COLLECTION | TRACK | SECTOR | ACTIONS |
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| SPIN | BASEMENT | PRG | Radd Maxx | 9 | 7 | DOWNLOAD FILE |
| FAHRENHEIT 415 | BASEMENT | PRG | Treasure Chest - Wolfgang Rauprich | 9 | 7 | DOWNLOAD FILE |
| TALENTED RULERZ | BASEMENT | PRG | High Voltage Complete C64 Collection | 9 | 7 | DOWNLOAD FILE |
| FAHRENHEIT 451 | BASEMENT | PRG | High Voltage Complete C64 Collection, Jonathan, Markus Merz, Sailor, Pbv | 9 | 7 | DOWNLOAD FILE |
| SPELLEN | BASEMENT | PRG | DuncanTwain | 9 | 9 | DOWNLOAD FILE |
FILE CONTENT & ANALYSIS
00000000: 00 10 3E 09 1C 0A 01 09 00 54 0B 63 08 59 6F 75 |..>......T.c.You| 00000010: 20 61 72 65 20 6F 6E 20 74 68 65 20 73 69 64 65 | are on the side| 00000020: 77 61 6C 6B 20 6F 66 20 45 35 38 2D 35 39 2E 20 |walk of E58-59. | 00000030: 53 74 65 70 73 20 6C 65 61 64 20 64 6F 77 6E 20 |Steps lead down | 00000040: 69 6E 74 6F 20 74 68 65 20 62 61 73 65 6D 65 6E |into the basemen| 00000050: 74 20 6F 66 20 61 6E 20 6F 74 68 65 72 77 69 73 |t of an otherwis| 00000060: 65 20 63 6C 6F 73 65 64 20 61 6E 64 20 64 65 73 |e closed and des| 00000070: 65 72 74 65 64 20 62 75 69 6C 64 69 6E 67 2E 00 |erted building..| 00000080: 46 72 6F 6D 20 74 68 65 20 73 69 64 65 77 61 6C |From the sidewal| 00000090: 6B 20 6F 66 20 45 35 38 2D 35 39 2C 20 73 74 65 |k of E58-59, ste| 000000A0: 70 73 20 6C 65 61 64 20 64 6F 77 6E 20 69 6E 74 |ps lead down int| 000000B0: 6F 20 74 68 65 20 64 61 72 6B 2C 20 63 6C 75 74 |o the dark, clut| 000000C0: 74 65 72 65 64 20 62 61 73 65 6D 65 6E 74 20 6F |tered basement o| 000000D0: 66 20 61 20 64 65 73 65 72 74 65 64 20 62 75 69 |f a deserted bui| 000000E0: 6C 64 69 6E 67 2E 00 59 6F 75 20 67 6F 20 64 6F |lding..You go do| 000000F0: 77 6E 20 69 6E 74 6F 20 74 68 65 20 62 61 73 65 |wn into the base| 00000100: 6D 65 6E 74 2E 20 49 74 20 69 73 20 70 69 74 63 |ment. It is pitc| 00000110: 68 20 62 6C 61 63 6B 20 69 6E 20 68 65 72 65 2E |h black in here.| 00000120: 00 59 6F 75 20 63 6C 69 6D 62 20 62 61 63 6B 20 |.You climb back | 00000130: 75 70 20 74 68 65 20 73 74 65 70 73 2E 00 41 66 |up the steps..Af| 00000140: 74 65 72 20 6F 6E 65 20 73 74 65 70 2C 20 79 6F |ter one step, yo| 00000150: 75 20 66 61 6C 6C 20 6F 76 65 72 20 61 20 6C 61 |u fall over a la| 00000160: 72 67 65 20 6F 62 6A 65 63 74 20 6F 6E 20 74 68 |rge object on th| 00000170: 65 20 66 6C 6F 6F 72 2E 20 59 6F 75 20 6C 61 6E |e floor. You lan| 00000180: 64 20 6F 6E 20 79 6F 75 72 20 72 69 67 68 74 20 |d on your right | 00000190: 61 72 6D 2C 20 61 6E 64 20 79 6F 75 20 63 61 6E |arm, and you can| 000001A0: 20 68 65 61 72 20 74 68 65 20 62 6F 6E 65 20 63 | hear the bone c| 000001B0: 72 61 63 6B 2E 20 54 68 65 20 70 61 69 6E 20 6F |rack. The pain o| 000001C0: 66 20 74 68 65 20 69 6E 6A 75 72 79 20 73 68 6F |f the injury sho| 000001D0: 6F 74 73 20 74 68 72 6F 75 67 68 20 79 6F 75 72 |ots through your| 000001E0: 20 62 6F 64 79 2C 20 61 6E 64 20 79 6F 75 20 61 | body, and you a| 000001F0: 6C 6D 6F 73 74 20 62 6C 61 63 6B 20 6F 75 74 2E |lmost black out.| 00000200: 00 49 6E 20 74 68 65 20 64 69 6D 20 6C 69 67 68 |.In the dim ligh| 00000210: 74 20 79 6F 75 20 63 61 6E 20 73 65 65 20 74 68 |t you can see th| 00000220: 61 74 20 74 68 65 20 66 6C 6F 6F 72 20 6F 66 20 |at the floor of | 00000230: 74 68 65 20 62 61 73 65 6D 65 6E 74 20 69 73 20 |the basement is | 00000240: 6C 69 74 74 65 72 65 64 20 77 69 74 68 20 62 72 |littered with br| 00000250: 6F 6B 65 6E 20 65 71 75 69 70 6D 65 6E 74 2E 20 |oken equipment. | 00000260: 4F 6C 64 2D 73 74 79 6C 65 20 63 6F 6D 70 75 74 |Old-style comput| 00000270: 65 72 20 74 65 72 6D 69 6E 61 6C 73 20 61 6E 64 |er terminals and| 00000280: 20 65 6C 65 63 74 72 6F 6E 69 63 20 64 69 73 70 | electronic disp| 00000290: 6C 61 79 20 73 63 72 65 65 6E 73 20 61 72 65 20 |lay screens are | 000002A0: 61 6D 6F 6E 67 20 74 68 65 20 77 72 65 63 6B 61 |among the wrecka| 000002B0: 67 65 2E 20 41 20 6D 65 74 61 6C 20 66 69 6C 69 |ge. A metal fili| 000002C0: 6E 67 20 63 61 62 69 6E 65 74 20 68 61 73 20 63 |ng cabinet has c| 000002D0: 72 61 73 68 65 64 20 6F 70 65 6E 2C 20 73 70 69 |rashed open, spi| 000002E0: 6C 6C 69 6E 67 20 6D 69 63 72 6F 66 69 63 68 65 |lling microfiche| 000002F0: 20 63 61 72 64 73 20 6F 6E 74 6F 20 74 68 65 20 | cards onto the | 00000300: 66 6C 6F 6F 72 2E 20 4D 6F 73 74 20 6F 66 20 74 |floor. Most of t| 00000310: 68 65 20 63 61 72 64 73 20 61 72 65 20 77 6F 72 |he cards are wor| 00000320: 6E 20 61 6E 64 20 74 6F 72 6E 2C 20 62 75 74 20 |n and torn, but | 00000330: 79 6F 75 20 66 69 6E 64 20 6F 6E 65 20 74 68 61 |you find one tha| 00000340: 74 20 68 61 73 20 62 65 65 6E 20 70 72 65 73 65 |t has been prese| 00000350: 72 76 65 64 20 62 65 74 77 65 65 6E 20 74 77 6F |rved between two| 00000360: 20 6F 74 68 65 72 73 2E 20 49 6E 20 6F 6E 65 20 | others. In one | 00000370: 63 6F 72 6E 65 72 20 6F 66 20 74 68 65 20 72 6F |corner of the ro| 00000380: 6F 6D 2C 20 70 61 72 74 20 6F 66 20 74 68 65 20 |om, part of the | 00000390: 77 61 6C 6C 20 68 61 73 20 66 61 6C 6C 65 6E 20 |wall has fallen | 000003A0: 61 77 61 79 2E 00 59 6F 75 20 63 61 6E 27 74 20 |away..You can't | 000003B0: 64 6F 20 61 6E 79 74 68 69 6E 67 20 74 68 65 20 |do anything the | 000003C0: 77 61 79 20 79 6F 75 20 66 65 65 6C 20 6E 6F 77 |way you feel now| 000003D0: 2E 20 59 6F 75 27 64 20 62 65 74 74 65 72 20 6C |. You'd better l| 000003E0: 65 61 76 65 2E 00 49 6E 73 69 64 65 20 74 68 65 |eave..Inside the| 000003F0: 20 68 6F 6C 65 20 69 6E 20 74 68 65 20 77 61 6C | hole in the wal| 00000400: 6C 20 79 6F 75 20 63 61 6E 20 73 65 65 20 61 20 |l you can see a | 00000410: 73 6D 6F 6F 74 68 2C 20 74 72 61 6E 73 6C 75 63 |smooth, transluc| 00000420: 65 6E 74 20 65 6C 65 63 74 72 6F 2D 6F 70 74 69 |ent electro-opti| 00000430: 63 61 6C 20 63 61 62 6C 65 2E 00 59 6F 75 20 74 |cal cable..You t| 00000440: 6F 75 63 68 20 74 68 65 20 63 61 62 6C 65 20 77 |ouch the cable w| 00000450: 69 74 68 20 79 6F 75 72 20 66 69 6E 67 65 72 2E |ith your finger.| 00000460: 20 49 6D 6D 65 64 69 61 74 65 6C 79 20 73 65 71 | Immediately seq| 00000470: 75 65 6E 63 65 73 20 6F 66 20 6C 65 74 74 65 72 |uences of letter| 00000480: 73 20 62 65 67 69 6E 20 74 6F 20 66 6C 61 73 68 |s begin to flash| 00000490: 20 69 6E 20 79 6F 75 72 20 6D 69 6E 64 27 73 20 | in your mind's | 000004A0: 65 79 65 20 61 6E 64 20 79 6F 75 20 72 65 61 6C |eye and you real| 000004B0: 69 7A 65 20 74 68 61 74 20 79 6F 75 20 61 72 65 |ize that you are| 000004C0: 20 6F 76 65 72 68 65 61 72 69 6E 67 20 61 20 73 | overhearing a s| 000004D0: 63 72 61 6D 62 6C 65 64 20 63 6F 6E 76 65 72 73 |crambled convers| 000004E0: 61 74 69 6F 6E 20 62 65 69 6E 67 20 74 72 61 6E |ation being tran| 000004F0: 73 6D 69 74 74 65 64 20 74 68 72 6F 75 67 68 20 |smitted through | 00000500: 74 68 65 20 77 6F 72 6E 20 63 61 62 6C 65 3A 00 |the worn cable:.| 00000510: 0A 0A 20 20 20 20 20 4F 54 20 52 45 57 4F 50 20 |.. OT REWOP | 00000520: 52 45 54 4E 45 43 20 54 4F 42 4F 52 20 59 41 53 |RETNEC TOBOR YAS| 00000530: 0A 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 45 49 44 20 44 4E 41 20 |. EID DNA | 00000540: 45 42 20 41 20 45 43 4E 41 44 44 49 52 0A 20 00 |EB A ECNADDIR. .| 00000550: 0A 0A 20 20 20 52 45 54 4E 45 43 20 52 45 57 4F |.. RETNEC REWO| 00000560: 50 20 35 2D 52 45 46 41 57 2D 2D 59 52 41 52 42 |P 5-REFAW--YRARB| 00000570: 49 4C 0A 20 00 59 6F 75 20 72 65 61 6C 69 7A 65 |IL. .You realize| 00000580: 20 74 68 61 74 20 6F 74 68 65 72 20 74 68 61 6E | that other than| 00000590: 20 72 65 61 64 69 6E 67 20 74 68 65 20 6D 69 63 | reading the mic| 000005A0: 72 6F 66 69 63 68 65 20 6E 6F 77 2C 20 69 74 20 |rofiche now, it | 000005B0: 69 73 20 6E 6F 20 75 73 65 20 74 6F 20 79 6F 75 |is no use to you| 000005C0: 2E 00 59 6F 75 20 66 65 65 6C 20 74 68 61 74 20 |..You feel that | 000005D0: 74 68 65 20 63 61 62 6C 65 20 68 61 73 20 67 6F |the cable has go| 000005E0: 6E 65 20 64 65 61 64 2E 20 59 6F 75 20 73 65 65 |ne dead. You see| 000005F0: 20 6E 6F 74 68 69 6E 67 20 69 6E 20 79 6F 75 72 | nothing in your| 00000600: 20 6D 69 6E 64 2E 00 54 68 65 20 6D 69 63 72 6F | mind..The micro| 00000610: 66 69 63 68 65 20 69 73 20 61 20 73 6D 61 6C 6C |fiche is a small| 00000620: 2C 20 67 72 65 65 6E 20 70 6C 61 73 74 69 63 20 |, green plastic | 00000630: 63 61 72 64 20 63 6F 76 65 72 65 64 20 77 69 74 |card covered wit| 00000640: 68 20 74 69 6E 79 20 62 6C 61 63 6B 20 6C 65 74 |h tiny black let| 00000650: 74 65 72 73 2E 00 59 6F 75 20 63 61 6E 20 62 61 |ters..You can ba| 00000660: 72 65 6C 79 20 6D 61 6B 65 20 6F 75 74 20 74 68 |rely make out th| 00000670: 65 20 6D 69 6E 69 73 63 75 6C 65 20 70 72 69 6E |e miniscule prin| 00000680: 74 69 6E 67 20 6F 6E 20 74 68 65 20 63 61 72 64 |ting on the card| 00000690: 2E 20 54 68 65 20 74 65 78 74 20 69 73 20 70 61 |. The text is pa| 000006A0: 72 74 20 6F 66 20 61 20 72 65 70 6F 72 74 20 6F |rt of a report o| 000006B0: 6E 20 63 6F 6E 64 69 74 69 6F 6E 73 20 69 6E 20 |n conditions in | 000006C0: 4D 61 6E 68 61 74 74 61 6E 20 66 6F 6C 6C 6F 77 |Manhattan follow| 000006D0: 69 6E 67 20 74 68 65 20 6C 61 73 74 20 61 74 6F |ing the last ato| 000006E0: 6D 69 63 20 77 61 72 2E 20 4F 6E 65 20 70 61 72 |mic war. One par| 000006F0: 61 67 72 61 70 68 20 61 72 72 65 73 74 73 20 79 |agraph arrests y| 00000700: 6F 75 72 20 61 74 74 65 6E 74 69 6F 6E 3A 20 22 |our attention: "| 00000710: 4D 61 6E 68 61 74 74 61 6E 20 62 65 63 61 6D 65 |Manhattan became| 00000720: 20 6E 6F 74 6F 72 69 6F 75 73 20 61 73 20 61 20 | notorious as a | 00000730: 68 69 64 65 6F 75 74 20 66 6F 72 20 74 68 65 20 |hideout for the | 00000740: 69 6E 66 61 6D 6F 75 73 20 6C 69 74 65 72 61 72 |infamous literar| 00000750: 79 20 75 6E 64 65 72 67 72 6F 75 6E 64 2E 20 54 |y underground. T| 00000760: 6F 20 67 75 61 72 64 20 61 67 61 69 6E 73 74 20 |o guard against | 00000770: 74 68 65 69 72 20 64 65 70 72 65 64 61 74 69 6F |their depredatio| 00000780: 6E 73 2C 20 74 68 65 20 34 35 31 20 43 6F 72 70 |ns, the 451 Corp| 00000790: 73 20 74 72 61 6E 73 66 65 72 72 65 64 20 74 68 |s transferred th| 000007A0: 65 20 63 6F 6E 74 65 6E 74 73 20 6F 66 20 74 68 |e contents of th| 000007B0: 65 20 6D 61 69 6E 20 6C 69 62 72 61 72 79 20 6F |e main library o| 000007C0: 6E 20 34 32 6E 64 20 53 74 72 65 65 74 20 74 6F |n 42nd Street to| 000007D0: 20 6D 69 63 72 6F 63 61 73 73 65 74 74 65 73 20 | microcassettes | 000007E0: 61 6E 64 20 74 68 65 6E 20 62 75 72 6E 65 64 20 |and then burned | 000007F0: 61 6C 6C 20 74 68 65 20 6F 6C 64 20 76 6F 6C 75 |all the old volu| 00000800: 6D 65 73 2E 20 54 68 65 20 6D 69 63 72 6F 63 61 |mes. The microca| 00000810: 73 73 65 74 74 65 73 20 61 72 65 20 73 65 63 75 |ssettes are secu| 00000820: 72 65 64 20 69 6E 20 76 61 75 6C 74 73 20 69 6E |red in vaults in| 00000830: 20 74 68 65 20 6C 69 62 72 61 72 79 20 62 75 69 | the library bui| 00000840: 6C 64 69 6E 67 2E 22 00 54 68 65 20 63 61 62 6C |lding.".The cabl| 00000850: 65 20 68 61 73 20 61 20 73 74 72 61 6E 67 65 20 |e has a strange | 00000860: 74 65 78 74 75 72 65 2E 00 45 35 38 2D 35 39 00 |texture..E58-59.| 00000870: 11 00 00 00 73 00 DA 00 14 01 31 01 F4 01 99 03 |....s.....1.....| 00000880: D9 03 2E 04 03 05 43 05 68 05 B5 05 FA 05 49 06 |......C.h.....I.| 00000890: 3B 08 5C 08 11 1E 00 23 01 38 09 0C 05 1B 00 1A |;.\....#.8......| 000008A0: 10 10 1D 0E 01 1D 0D 00 27 1E 01 27 35 01 27 32 |........'..'5.'2| 000008B0: 01 0D 14 01 0D 06 00 00 01 01 11 64 00 0E 01 1D |...........d....| 000008C0: 0E 01 1D 0D 00 27 64 01 00 01 01 11 02 19 07 11 |.....'d.........| 000008D0: 03 02 03 02 04 02 80 04 02 0E 11 02 04 07 11 07 |................| 000008E0: 34 03 02 04 02 80 08 11 32 00 03 02 04 02 80 0A |4.......2.......| 000008F0: 01 1B 03 3D 05 00 01 01 11 02 04 03 02 06 11 02 |...=............| 00000900: 04 80 08 11 07 87 03 02 04 02 80 04 02 0E 11 02 |................| 00000910: 19 07 11 03 08 03 02 04 02 80 08 11 32 00 03 02 |............2...| 00000920: 04 02 80 0A 01 1B 03 3D 05 00 01 01 11 2E 00 07 |.......=........| 00000930: 11 32 00 03 02 04 02 80 07 01 0D 14 02 01 11 32 |.2.............2| 00000940: 01 75 11 02 19 48 11 03 01 06 01 3D 0C 02 3D 11 |.u...H.....=..=.| 00000950: 03 03 03 02 0C 11 03 05 03 02 06 11 03 07 80 07 |................| 00000960: 01 3D 0A 02 27 11 03 02 03 02 06 11 03 09 80 0D |.=..'...........| 00000970: 01 36 1B 02 27 32 00 00 01 02 11 11 03 08 06 01 |.6..'2..........| 00000980: 1B 97 02 08 05 06 01 1B 8C 02 01 02 27 11 02 03 |............'...| 00000990: 0E 11 07 87 03 02 06 11 07 34 80 04 02 04 02 80 |.........4......| 000009A0: 0D 01 36 1B 02 27 32 00 00 01 02 08 05 06 01 1B |..6..'2.........| 000009B0: 8D 02 01 02 81 10 11 32 00 81 0B 06 14 01 53 11 |.......2......S.| 000009C0: 02 00 07 11 07 09 03 02 04 02 80 15 1D 09 0B 01 |................| 000009D0: 1B 05 0D 14 03 00 01 02 05 01 1B 95 01 02 30 11 |..............0.| 000009E0: 02 00 07 11 07 1D 03 02 04 02 80 15 1D 1D 0B 01 |................| 000009F0: 1B 05 0D 14 03 00 01 02 05 01 1B 95 01 02 10 05 |................| 00000A00: 0E 01 1B 04 27 2E 00 0D 14 02 00 01 02 01 02 80 |....'...........| 00000A10: B3 06 14 02 07 01 1B 06 02 80 A9 06 14 03 80 A4 |................| 00000A20: 11 02 0D 0E 11 07 7C 03 02 06 11 07 06 80 04 02 |......|.........| 00000A30: 04 02 80 08 01 1B 0E 02 80 88 11 02 02 0E 11 07 |................| 00000A40: 7C 03 02 06 11 07 06 80 04 02 04 02 80 07 01 1B ||...............| 00000A50: 0B 02 6E 11 02 01 0E 11 07 7C 03 02 06 11 07 06 |..n......|......| 00000A60: 80 04 02 04 02 80 07 01 1B 0D 02 55 11 02 01 07 |...........U....| 00000A70: 11 07 55 03 02 04 02 80 07 01 1B 07 02 43 11 02 |..U..........C..| 00000A80: 01 07 11 07 7D 03 02 04 02 80 07 01 1B 0F 02 31 |....}..........1| 00000A90: 11 02 17 03 02 06 11 02 4F 80 08 11 07 7D 03 02 |........O....}..| 00000AA0: 04 02 80 17 06 06 00 0C 01 1B 08 1C 09 1C 0A 09 |................| 00000AB0: 06 02 05 01 1B 0C 01 02 08 05 06 01 1B 99 02 01 |................| 00000AC0: 02 01 02 01 00 00 08 11 08 7D 03 02 04 02 80 75 |.........}.....u| 00000AD0: 05 09 11 36 00 03 02 03 02 03 02 07 01 1B 08 09 |...6............| 00000AE0: 07 01 06 0D 03 06 01 0D 07 04 01 11 36 00 07 01 |............6...| 00000AF0: 1B 0F 00 01 01 06 07 01 08 01 1C 0E 09 0D 02 42 |...............B| 00000B00: 06 07 02 08 01 1C 0A 09 0D 02 37 06 07 03 0B 01 |..........7.....| 00000B10: 1C 0B 09 0D 27 36 00 02 29 06 07 04 08 01 1C 0C |....'6..).......| 00000B20: 09 0D 02 1E 06 07 05 08 01 1C 0D 09 0D 02 13 06 |................| 00000B30: 07 06 0F 01 1C 09 0D 07 00 0D 0D 00 27 36 01 02 |............'6..| 00000B40: 01 02 08 05 06 01 1B 99 02 01 02 01 02 01 00 00 |................| 00000B50: 02 01 02 01 00 00 |...... |
..>......T.C.YOU ARE ON THE SIDEWALK OF E58-59. STEPS LEAD DOWN INTO THE BASEMEN T OF AN OTHERWISE CLOSED AND DESERTED BU ILDING..FROM THE SIDEWALK OF E58-59, STE PS LEAD DOWN INTO THE DARK, CLUTTERED BA SEMENT OF A DESERTED BUILDING..YOU GO DO WN INTO THE BASEMENT. IT IS PITCH BLACK IN HERE..YOU CLIMB BACK UP THE STEPS..AF TER ONE STEP, YOU FALL OVER A LARGE OBJE CT ON THE FLOOR. YOU LAND ON YOUR RIGHT ARM, AND YOU CAN HEAR THE BONE CRACK. TH E PAIN OF THE INJURY SHOOTS THROUGH YOUR BODY, AND YOU ALMOST BLACK OUT..IN THE DIM LIGHT YOU CAN SEE THAT THE FLOOR OF THE BASEMENT IS LITTERED WITH BROKEN EQU IPMENT. OLD-STYLE COMPUTER TERMINALS AND ELECTRONIC DISPLAY SCREENS ARE AMONG TH E WRECKAGE. A METAL FILING CABINET HAS C RASHED OPEN, SPILLING MICROFICHE CARDS O NTO THE FLOOR. MOST OF THE CARDS ARE WOR N AND TORN, BUT YOU FIND ONE THAT HAS BE EN PRESERVED BETWEEN TWO OTHERS. IN ONE CORNER OF THE ROOM, PART OF THE WALL HAS FALLEN AWAY..YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING THE WAY YOU FEEL NOW. YOU'D BETTER LEAVE..IN SIDE THE HOLE IN THE WALL YOU CAN SEE A SMOOTH, TRANSLUCENT ELECTRO-OPTICAL CABL E..YOU TOUCH THE CABLE WITH YOUR FINGER. IMMEDIATELY SEQUENCES OF LETTERS BEGIN TO FLASH IN YOUR MIND'S EYE AND YOU REAL IZE THAT YOU ARE OVERHEARING A SCRAMBLED CONVERSATION BEING TRANSMITTED THROUGH THE WORN CABLE:... OT REWOP RETNEC T OBOR YAS. EID DNA EB A ECNADDIR. . .. RETNEC REWOP 5-REFAW--YRARBIL. .YOU REALIZE THAT OTHER THAN READING THE MIC ROFICHE NOW, IT IS NO USE TO YOU..YOU FE EL THAT THE CABLE HAS GONE DEAD. YOU SEE NOTHING IN YOUR MIND..THE MICROFICHE IS A SMALL, GREEN PLASTIC CARD COVERED WIT H TINY BLACK LETTERS..YOU CAN BARELY MAK E OUT THE MINISCULE PRINTING ON THE CARD . THE TEXT IS PART OF A REPORT ON CONDIT IONS IN MANHATTAN FOLLOWING THE LAST ATO MIC WAR. ONE PARAGRAPH ARRESTS YOUR ATTE NTION: "MANHATTAN BECAME NOTORIOUS AS A HIDEOUT FOR THE INFAMOUS LITERARY UNDERG ROUND. TO GUARD AGAINST THEIR DEPREDATIO NS, THE 451 CORPS TRANSFERRED THE CONTEN TS OF THE MAIN LIBRARY ON 42ND STREET TO MICROCASSETTES AND THEN BURNED ALL THE OLD VOLUMES. THE MICROCASSETTES ARE SECU RED IN VAULTS IN THE LIBRARY BUILDING.". THE CABLE HAS A STRANGE TEXTURE..E58-59. ....S.Z...1.....Y.....C.H.....I.;.\....# .8..............'..'5.'2...........D.... .....'D.........................4....... 2..........=............................ ............2..........=.........2...... .......2.U...H.....=..=................. .=..'............6..'2.................. ....'............4........6..'2......... .......2......S......................... ......0................................. ....'.................................|. ........................|............... ..N......|.................U......U..... .....C......}..........1........O....}.. ........................................ .}.....U...6........................6... ...............B..........7.........'6.. )...................................'6.. ......................
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