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THERE'S A| 000001B0: 20 54 57 49 53 54 2E 20 20 D4 48 45 20 47 41 4D | TWIST. .HE GAM| 000001C0: 45 0D 0D 49 53 20 52 41 54 48 45 52 20 49 4E 47 |E..IS RATHER ING| 000001D0: 45 4E 49 4F 55 53 4C 59 20 52 49 47 47 45 44 2C |ENIOUSLY RIGGED,| 000001E0: 0D 0D 41 4C 4C 4F 57 49 4E 47 20 59 4F 55 20 54 |..ALLOWING YOU T| 000001F0: 4F 20 46 45 49 47 4E 20 47 52 45 41 54 20 50 4F |O FEIGN GREAT PO| 00000200: 57 45 52 53 20 4F 46 0D 0D 43 4C 41 49 52 56 4F |WERS OF..CLAIRVO| 00000210: 59 41 4E 43 45 2E 20 20 D9 4F 55 20 53 45 45 2C |YANCE. .OU SEE,| 00000220: 20 54 48 45 20 44 49 53 4B 20 44 52 49 56 45 0D | THE DISK DRIVE.| 00000230: 0D 4C 49 47 48 54 20 42 4C 49 4E 4B 53 20 54 48 |.LIGHT BLINKS TH| 00000240: 45 20 41 4E 53 57 45 52 2E 20 20 C1 4C 4C 20 59 |E ANSWER. .LL Y| 00000250: 4F 55 20 48 41 56 45 0D 0D 54 4F 20 44 4F 20 49 |OU HAVE..TO DO I| 00000260: 53 20 4D 41 4B 45 20 53 55 52 45 20 59 4F 55 20 |S MAKE SURE YOU | 00000270: 4B 4E 4F 57 20 54 48 45 20 43 4F 44 45 2E 0D 0D |KNOW THE CODE...| 00000280: 0D 20 20 D9 4F 55 20 46 49 52 53 54 20 43 48 4F |. .OU FIRST CHO| 00000290: 4F 53 45 20 42 45 54 57 45 45 4E 20 54 48 45 20 |OSE BETWEEN THE | 000002A0: 45 41 53 59 0D 0D 4D 4F 44 45 2C 20 49 4E 20 57 |EASY..MODE, IN W| 000002B0: 48 49 43 48 20 54 48 45 20 41 4E 53 57 45 52 53 |HICH THE ANSWERS| 000002C0: 20 41 52 45 0D 0D 49 4E 54 45 47 45 52 53 20 46 | ARE..INTEGERS F| 000002D0: 52 4F 4D 20 31 20 54 4F 20 31 30 2C 20 41 4E 44 |ROM 1 TO 10, AND| 000002E0: 20 54 48 45 20 48 41 52 44 0D 0D 4D 4F 44 45 2C | THE HARD..MODE,| 000002F0: 20 49 4E 20 57 48 49 43 48 20 54 48 45 20 41 4E | IN WHICH THE AN| 00000300: 53 57 45 52 53 20 52 41 4E 47 45 20 46 52 4F 4D |SWERS RANGE FROM| 00000310: 0D 0D 2D 39 39 2E 39 20 54 4F 20 2B 39 39 2E 39 |..-99.9 TO +99.9| 00000320: 2E 20 20 D0 52 45 53 53 20 D2 C5 D4 D5 D2 CE 20 |. .RESS ...... | 00000330: 41 4E 44 20 54 48 45 0D 0D 43 4F 4D 50 55 54 45 |AND THE..COMPUTE| 00000340: 52 20 57 49 4C 4C 20 47 45 4E 45 52 41 54 45 20 |R WILL GENERATE | 00000350: 41 20 4E 55 4D 42 45 52 2C 20 54 48 45 4E 0D 0D |A NUMBER, THEN..| 00000360: 46 4C 41 53 48 20 49 54 20 54 4F 20 59 4F 55 20 |FLASH IT TO YOU | 00000370: 56 49 41 20 54 48 45 20 44 49 53 4B 20 44 52 49 |VIA THE DISK DRI| 00000380: 56 45 0D 0D 4C 49 47 48 54 2E 0D 0D 0D 20 20 C8 |VE..LIGHT.... .| 00000390: 4F 57 20 44 4F 20 59 4F 55 20 52 45 41 44 20 54 |OW DO YOU READ T| 000003A0: 48 45 20 44 49 53 4B 20 44 52 49 56 45 0D 0D 4C |HE DISK DRIVE..L| 000003B0: 49 47 48 54 3F 20 20 C6 4F 52 20 44 49 47 49 54 |IGHT? .OR DIGIT| 000003C0: 53 20 4F 4E 45 20 54 48 52 4F 55 47 48 20 4E 49 |S ONE THROUGH NI| 000003D0: 4E 45 2C 0D 0D 54 48 45 20 4C 49 47 48 54 20 57 |NE,..THE LIGHT W| 000003E0: 49 4C 4C 20 42 4C 49 4E 4B 20 54 48 45 20 41 50 |ILL BLINK THE AP| 000003F0: 50 52 4F 50 52 49 41 54 45 0D 0D 4E 55 4D 42 45 |PROPRIATE..NUMBE| 00000400: 52 20 4F 46 20 54 49 4D 45 53 20 55 53 49 4E 47 |R OF TIMES USING| 00000410: 20 4D 45 44 49 55 4D 20 4C 45 4E 47 54 48 0D 0D | MEDIUM LENGTH..| 00000420: 50 55 4C 53 45 53 2E 20 20 C1 20 5A 45 52 4F 20 |PULSES. . ZERO | 00000430: 44 49 47 49 54 20 49 53 20 4F 4E 45 20 53 48 4F |DIGIT IS ONE SHO| 00000440: 52 54 0D 0D 42 4C 49 4E 4B 2E 20 20 C1 20 53 49 |RT..BLINK. . SI| 00000450: 4E 47 4C 45 20 4C 4F 4E 47 20 42 4C 49 4E 4B 20 |NGLE LONG BLINK | 00000460: 52 45 50 52 45 53 45 4E 54 53 0D 0D 41 20 44 45 |REPRESENTS..A DE| 00000470: 43 49 4D 41 4C 20 50 4F 49 4E 54 3B 20 41 20 53 |CIMAL POINT; A S| 00000480: 45 51 55 45 4E 43 45 20 4F 46 20 46 49 56 45 0D |EQUENCE OF FIVE.| 00000490: 0D 52 41 50 49 44 20 42 4C 49 4E 4B 53 20 53 49 |.RAPID BLINKS SI| 000004A0: 47 4E 49 46 49 45 53 20 54 48 45 20 41 4E 53 57 |GNIFIES THE ANSW| 000004B0: 45 52 20 49 53 20 41 0D 0D 4E 45 47 41 54 49 56 |ER IS A..NEGATIV| 000004C0: 45 20 4E 55 4D 42 45 52 2E 0D 0D 0D 20 20 C6 4F |E NUMBER.... .O| 000004D0: 52 20 4E 55 4D 42 45 52 53 20 47 52 45 41 54 45 |R NUMBERS GREATE| 000004E0: 52 20 54 48 41 4E 20 4E 49 4E 45 2C 20 54 48 45 |R THAN NINE, THE| 000004F0: 0D 0D 44 49 53 4B 20 4C 49 47 48 54 20 57 49 4C |..DISK LIGHT WIL| 00000500: 4C 20 42 4C 49 4E 4B 20 41 20 4E 55 4D 42 45 52 |L BLINK A NUMBER| 00000510: 20 4F 46 0D 0D 54 49 4D 45 53 20 46 4F 52 20 54 | OF..TIMES FOR T| 00000520: 48 45 20 4E 55 4D 42 45 52 20 49 4E 20 54 48 45 |HE NUMBER IN THE| 00000530: 20 22 54 45 4E 53 22 0D 0D 50 4C 41 43 45 2C 20 | "TENS"..PLACE, | 00000540: 50 41 55 53 45 2C 20 54 48 45 4E 20 42 4C 49 4E |PAUSE, THEN BLIN| 00000550: 4B 20 54 48 45 20 4E 55 4D 42 45 52 0D 0D 49 4E |K THE NUMBER..IN| 00000560: 20 54 48 45 20 22 4F 4E 45 53 22 20 50 4C 41 43 | THE "ONES" PLAC| 00000570: 45 2E 20 20 C9 46 20 54 48 45 20 41 4E 53 57 45 |E. .F THE ANSWE| 00000580: 52 0D 0D 57 45 52 45 20 22 2D 36 30 2E 33 22 2C |R..WERE "-60.3",| 00000590: 20 54 48 45 20 44 49 53 4B 20 44 52 49 56 45 20 | THE DISK DRIVE | 000005A0: 4C 49 47 48 54 0D 0D 57 4F 55 4C 44 3A 0D 0D 0D |LIGHT..WOULD:...| 000005B0: 2D 2D 20 46 4C 41 53 48 20 46 49 56 45 20 54 49 |-- FLASH FIVE TI| 000005C0: 4D 45 53 20 52 41 50 49 44 4C 59 2C 0D 20 20 20 |MES RAPIDLY,. | 000005D0: 28 54 4F 20 53 49 47 4E 49 46 59 20 41 20 4E 45 |(TO SIGNIFY A NE| 000005E0: 47 41 54 49 56 45 20 4E 55 4D 42 45 52 29 0D 0D |GATIVE NUMBER)..| 000005F0: 2D 2D 20 42 4C 49 4E 4B 20 53 49 58 20 54 49 4D |-- BLINK SIX TIM| 00000600: 45 53 2C 0D 20 20 20 28 46 4F 52 20 54 48 45 20 |ES,. (FOR THE | 00000610: 36 20 49 4E 20 54 48 45 20 54 45 4E 53 20 50 4C |6 IN THE TENS PL| 00000620: 41 43 45 29 0D 0D 2D 2D 20 50 41 55 53 45 2C 0D |ACE)..-- PAUSE,.| 00000630: 20 20 20 28 57 41 49 54 20 46 4F 52 20 4E 45 58 | (WAIT FOR NEX| 00000640: 54 20 44 49 47 49 54 29 0D 0D 2D 2D 20 46 4C 41 |T DIGIT)..-- FLA| 00000650: 53 48 20 4F 4E 43 45 20 D1 D5 C9 C3 CB CC D9 2C |SH ONCE .......,| 00000660: 0D 20 20 20 28 46 4F 52 20 54 48 45 20 5A 45 52 |. (FOR THE ZER| 00000670: 4F 20 49 4E 20 54 48 45 20 4F 4E 45 53 20 50 4C |O IN THE ONES PL| 00000680: 41 43 45 29 0D 0D 2D 2D 20 42 4C 49 4E 4B 20 4F |ACE)..-- BLINK O| 00000690: 4E 45 20 4C 4F 4E 47 20 42 4C 49 4E 4B 2C 0D 20 |NE LONG BLINK,. | 000006A0: 20 20 28 53 49 47 4E 49 46 59 49 4E 47 20 54 48 | (SIGNIFYING TH| 000006B0: 45 20 44 45 43 49 4D 41 4C 20 50 4F 49 4E 54 29 |E DECIMAL POINT)| 000006C0: 0D 0D 2D 2D 20 41 4E 44 2C 20 46 49 4E 41 4C 4C |..-- AND, FINALL| 000006D0: 59 2C 20 42 4C 49 4E 4B 20 54 48 52 45 45 20 54 |Y, BLINK THREE T| 000006E0: 49 4D 45 53 2E 0D 20 20 20 28 46 4F 52 20 54 48 |IMES.. (FOR TH| 000006F0: 45 20 46 49 4E 41 4C 20 44 49 47 49 54 2C 20 33 |E FINAL DIGIT, 3| 00000700: 29 0D 0D 0D 20 20 C7 4F 54 20 54 48 45 20 50 49 |)... .OT THE PI| 00000710: 43 54 55 52 45 3F 20 20 CE 4F 57 20 59 4F 55 27 |CTURE? .OW YOU'| 00000720: 52 45 20 41 4C 4C 0D 0D 52 45 41 44 59 20 54 4F |RE ALL..READY TO| 00000730: 20 41 53 54 4F 55 4E 44 20 59 4F 55 52 20 46 52 | ASTOUND YOUR FR| 00000740: 49 45 4E 44 53 2E 20 20 CA 55 53 54 0D 0D 54 52 |IENDS. .UST..TR| 00000750: 59 20 4E 4F 54 20 54 4F 20 42 45 20 D4 CF CF 20 |Y NOT TO BE ... | 00000760: 4F 42 4E 4F 58 49 4F 55 53 2C 20 CF CB 3F 0D 0D |OBNOXIOUS, ..?..| 00000770: 0D C4 C9 D3 CB 20 C6 C9 CC C5 D3 20 D4 C8 C9 D3 |..... ..... ....| 00000780: 20 D0 D2 CF C7 D2 C1 CD 20 D5 D3 C5 D3 3A 0D 0D | ....... ....:..| 00000790: C7 D5 C5 D3 D3 20 CE D5 CD C2 C5 D2 0D 0D 2D 2D |..... ........--| 000007A0: 2D 2D 2D 2D 2D 2D 2D 2D 2D 3C 20 45 4E 44 20 4F |---------< END O| 000007B0: 46 20 54 45 58 54 20 3E 2D 2D 2D 2D 2D 2D 2D 2D |F TEXT >--------| 000007C0: 2D 2D 2D 2D 0D |----. |
.. GUESS THE NUMBER.
BY. MICHAEL KERYAN...COM
MODORE MICROCOMPUTERS MAGAZINE.SEPTEMBER
/OCTOBER, 1986... THE PREMISE OF THIS N
OVELTY PROGRAM..SOUNDS A LITTLE STRANGE
AT FIRST...ESSENTIALLY, YOU AND A FRIEND
TRY TO..GUESS A RANDOMLY-GENERATED NUMB
ER...THAT'S IT. WHOEVER GETS THE NUMBER
..RIGHT WINS.... CALL US SPOILED, BUT I
T SOUNDS A..LITTLE LIKE WATCHING ICE MEL
T TO US.... OF COURSE THERE'S A TWIST.
THE GAME..IS RATHER INGENIOUSLY RIGGED,
..ALLOWING YOU TO FEIGN GREAT POWERS OF.
.CLAIRVOYANCE. YOU SEE, THE DISK DRIVE.
.LIGHT BLINKS THE ANSWER. ALL YOU HAVE.
.TO DO IS MAKE SURE YOU KNOW THE CODE...
. YOU FIRST CHOOSE BETWEEN THE EASY..MO
DE, IN WHICH THE ANSWERS ARE..INTEGERS F
ROM 1 TO 10, AND THE HARD..MODE, IN WHIC
H THE ANSWERS RANGE FROM..-99.9 TO +99.9
. PRESS RETURN AND THE..COMPUTER WILL G
ENERATE A NUMBER, THEN..FLASH IT TO YOU
VIA THE DISK DRIVE..LIGHT.... HOW DO YO
U READ THE DISK DRIVE..LIGHT? FOR DIGIT
S ONE THROUGH NINE,..THE LIGHT WILL BLIN
K THE APPROPRIATE..NUMBER OF TIMES USING
MEDIUM LENGTH..PULSES. A ZERO DIGIT IS
ONE SHORT..BLINK. A SINGLE LONG BLINK
REPRESENTS..A DECIMAL POINT; A SEQUENCE
OF FIVE..RAPID BLINKS SIGNIFIES THE ANSW
ER IS A..NEGATIVE NUMBER.... FOR NUMBER
S GREATER THAN NINE, THE..DISK LIGHT WIL
L BLINK A NUMBER OF..TIMES FOR THE NUMBE
R IN THE "TENS"..PLACE, PAUSE, THEN BLIN
K THE NUMBER..IN THE "ONES" PLACE. IF T
HE ANSWER..WERE "-60.3", THE DISK DRIVE
LIGHT..WOULD:...-- FLASH FIVE TIMES RAPI
DLY,. (TO SIGNIFY A NEGATIVE NUMBER)..
-- BLINK SIX TIMES,. (FOR THE 6 IN THE
TENS PLACE)..-- PAUSE,. (WAIT FOR NEX
T DIGIT)..-- FLASH ONCE QUICKLY,. (FOR
THE ZERO IN THE ONES PLACE)..-- BLINK O
NE LONG BLINK,. (SIGNIFYING THE DECIMA
L POINT)..-- AND, FINALLY, BLINK THREE T
IMES.. (FOR THE FINAL DIGIT, 3)... GO
T THE PICTURE? NOW YOU'RE ALL..READY TO
ASTOUND YOUR FRIENDS. JUST..TRY NOT TO
BE TOO OBNOXIOUS, OK?...DISK FILES THIS
PROGRAM USES:..GUESS NUMBER..----------
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