T.CONUNDRUM
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IS P| 00000080: 4C 41 59 45 44 20 4F 4E 20 41 20 47 52 49 44 20 |LAYED ON A GRID | 00000090: 4F 46 0D 4E 49 4E 45 20 53 51 55 41 52 45 53 20 |OF.NINE SQUARES | 000000A0: 4A 55 53 54 20 4C 49 4B 45 20 54 49 43 2D 54 41 |JUST LIKE TIC-TA| 000000B0: 43 2D 54 4F 45 2E 0D C2 55 54 20 54 48 41 54 27 |C-TOE...UT THAT'| 000000C0: 53 20 57 48 45 52 45 20 41 4E 59 20 53 49 4D 49 |S WHERE ANY SIMI| 000000D0: 4C 41 52 49 54 59 0D 42 45 54 57 45 45 4E 20 54 |LARITY.BETWEEN T| 000000E0: 48 45 20 54 57 4F 20 47 41 4D 45 53 20 45 4E 44 |HE TWO GAMES END| 000000F0: 53 20 20 2D 2D 0D C3 CF CE D5 CE C4 D2 D5 CD 20 |S --.......... | 00000100: 49 53 20 4D 55 43 48 20 4D 4F 52 45 20 43 48 41 |IS MUCH MORE CHA| 00000110: 4C 4C 45 4E 47 49 4E 47 2E 0D 0D 20 20 C9 4E 20 |LLENGING... .N | 00000120: C3 CF CE D5 CE C4 D2 D5 CD 2C 20 45 41 43 48 20 |........., EACH | 00000130: 4F 46 20 54 48 45 20 4E 49 4E 45 0D 42 4F 58 45 |OF THE NINE.BOXE| 00000140: 53 20 49 53 20 43 4F 4C 4F 52 45 44 20 45 49 54 |S IS COLORED EIT| 00000150: 48 45 52 20 47 52 45 45 4E 20 4F 52 20 52 45 44 |HER GREEN OR RED| 00000160: 2E 0D D4 48 45 20 4F 42 4A 45 43 54 20 4F 46 20 |...HE OBJECT OF | 00000170: 54 48 45 20 47 41 4D 45 20 49 53 20 54 4F 20 43 |THE GAME IS TO C| 00000180: 48 41 4E 47 45 0D 54 48 45 20 42 4F 58 20 43 4F |HANGE.THE BOX CO| 00000190: 4C 4F 52 53 20 53 4F 20 54 48 41 54 20 41 4C 4C |LORS SO THAT ALL| 000001A0: 20 4F 46 20 54 48 45 0D 4F 55 54 53 49 44 45 20 | OF THE.OUTSIDE | 000001B0: 42 4F 58 45 53 20 28 4F 4E 45 2C 20 54 57 4F 2C |BOXES (ONE, TWO,| 000001C0: 20 54 48 52 45 45 2C 20 46 4F 55 52 2C 0D 53 49 | THREE, FOUR,.SI| 000001D0: 58 2C 20 53 45 56 45 4E 2C 20 45 49 47 48 54 2C |X, SEVEN, EIGHT,| 000001E0: 20 41 4E 44 20 4E 49 4E 45 29 20 41 52 45 0D 43 | AND NINE) ARE.C| 000001F0: 4F 4C 4F 52 45 44 20 47 52 45 45 4E 20 57 48 49 |OLORED GREEN WHI| 00000200: 4C 45 20 54 48 45 20 43 45 4E 54 45 52 20 42 4F |LE THE CENTER BO| 00000210: 58 0D 28 46 49 56 45 29 20 49 53 20 43 4F 4C 4F |X.(FIVE) IS COLO| 00000220: 52 45 44 20 52 45 44 2E 20 20 D4 4F 20 43 48 41 |RED RED. .O CHA| 00000230: 4E 47 45 20 41 0D 42 4F 58 27 53 20 43 4F 4C 4F |NGE A.BOX'S COLO| 00000240: 52 2C 20 59 4F 55 20 4D 45 52 45 4C 59 20 50 52 |R, YOU MERELY PR| 00000250: 45 53 53 20 49 54 53 0D 43 4F 52 52 45 53 50 4F |ESS ITS.CORRESPO| 00000260: 4E 44 49 4E 47 20 4E 55 4D 42 45 52 2E 20 20 C9 |NDING NUMBER. .| 00000270: 46 20 54 48 45 20 4E 49 4E 45 0D 42 4F 58 20 49 |F THE NINE.BOX I| 00000280: 53 20 43 4F 4C 4F 52 45 44 20 52 45 44 2C 20 46 |S COLORED RED, F| 00000290: 4F 52 20 45 58 41 4D 50 4C 45 2C 0D 50 52 45 53 |OR EXAMPLE,.PRES| 000002A0: 53 49 4E 47 20 22 39 22 20 57 49 4C 4C 20 43 48 |SING "9" WILL CH| 000002B0: 41 4E 47 45 20 49 54 53 20 43 4F 4C 4F 52 20 54 |ANGE ITS COLOR T| 000002C0: 4F 0D 47 52 45 45 4E 2E 0D 0D 20 20 D3 4F 55 4E |O.GREEN... .OUN| 000002D0: 44 53 20 53 49 4D 50 4C 45 2C 20 52 49 47 48 54 |DS SIMPLE, RIGHT| 000002E0: 3F 20 20 D4 48 45 52 45 20 41 52 45 0D 54 48 52 |? .HERE ARE.THR| 000002F0: 45 45 20 52 55 4C 45 53 2C 20 48 4F 57 45 56 45 |EE RULES, HOWEVE| 00000300: 52 2C 20 54 48 41 54 20 43 4F 4D 50 4C 49 43 41 |R, THAT COMPLICA| 00000310: 54 45 0D 4D 41 54 54 45 52 53 3A 0D 0D 31 2E 20 |TE.MATTERS:..1. | 00000320: C9 46 20 59 4F 55 20 43 48 41 4E 47 45 20 54 48 |.F YOU CHANGE TH| 00000330: 45 20 43 4F 4C 4F 52 20 4F 46 20 4F 4E 45 20 4F |E COLOR OF ONE O| 00000340: 46 0D 54 48 45 20 43 4F 52 4E 45 52 53 20 28 4F |F.THE CORNERS (O| 00000350: 4E 45 2C 20 54 48 52 45 45 2C 20 53 45 56 45 4E |NE, THREE, SEVEN| 00000360: 2C 20 4F 52 0D 4E 49 4E 45 29 2C 20 54 48 45 20 |, OR.NINE), THE | 00000370: 54 57 4F 20 42 4F 58 45 53 20 41 44 4A 41 43 45 |TWO BOXES ADJACE| 00000380: 4E 54 20 54 4F 20 54 48 41 54 0D 42 4F 58 2C 20 |NT TO THAT.BOX, | 00000390: 41 53 20 57 45 4C 4C 20 41 53 20 54 48 45 20 43 |AS WELL AS THE C| 000003A0: 45 4E 54 45 52 20 42 4F 58 20 28 46 49 56 45 29 |ENTER BOX (FIVE)| 000003B0: 0D 57 49 4C 4C 20 43 48 41 4E 47 45 20 43 4F 4C |.WILL CHANGE COL| 000003C0: 4F 52 53 20 41 4C 53 4F 2E 0D 0D 32 2E 20 C9 46 |ORS ALSO...2. .F| 000003D0: 20 59 4F 55 20 43 48 41 4E 47 45 20 54 48 45 20 | YOU CHANGE THE | 000003E0: 43 4F 4C 4F 52 20 4F 46 20 41 20 42 4F 58 0D 49 |COLOR OF A BOX.I| 000003F0: 4E 20 54 48 45 20 43 45 4E 54 45 52 20 4F 46 20 |N THE CENTER OF | 00000400: 41 20 53 49 44 45 20 28 54 57 4F 2C 20 46 4F 55 |A SIDE (TWO, FOU| 00000410: 52 2C 0D 53 49 58 2C 20 4F 52 20 45 49 47 48 54 |R,.SIX, OR EIGHT| 00000420: 29 2C 20 54 48 45 20 41 44 4A 41 43 45 4E 54 20 |), THE ADJACENT | 00000430: 43 4F 52 4E 45 52 0D 42 4F 58 45 53 20 57 49 4C |CORNER.BOXES WIL| 00000440: 4C 20 41 4C 53 4F 20 42 45 20 43 48 41 4E 47 45 |L ALSO BE CHANGE| 00000450: 44 2E 0D 0D 33 2E 20 C9 46 20 59 4F 55 20 43 48 |D...3. .F YOU CH| 00000460: 41 4E 47 45 20 54 48 45 20 43 4F 4C 4F 52 20 4F |ANGE THE COLOR O| 00000470: 46 20 54 48 45 0D 43 45 4E 54 45 52 20 42 4F 58 |F THE.CENTER BOX| 00000480: 2C 20 54 48 45 20 42 4F 58 45 53 20 41 44 4A 41 |, THE BOXES ADJA| 00000490: 43 45 4E 54 20 54 4F 20 49 54 0D 28 54 57 4F 2C |CENT TO IT.(TWO,| 000004A0: 20 46 4F 55 52 2C 20 53 49 58 2C 20 41 4E 44 20 | FOUR, SIX, AND | 000004B0: 45 49 47 48 54 29 20 57 49 4C 4C 20 41 4C 53 4F |EIGHT) WILL ALSO| 000004C0: 0D 43 48 41 4E 47 45 20 43 4F 4C 4F 52 53 2E 0D |.CHANGE COLORS..| 000004D0: 0D 20 20 C1 53 20 59 4F 55 20 4D 49 47 48 54 20 |. .S YOU MIGHT | 000004E0: 52 45 41 4C 49 5A 45 20 42 59 20 4E 4F 57 2C 0D |REALIZE BY NOW,.| 000004F0: C3 CF CE D5 CE C4 D2 D5 CD 20 43 41 4E 20 53 45 |......... CAN SE| 00000500: 45 4D 20 49 4D 50 4F 53 53 49 42 4C 45 20 41 54 |EM IMPOSSIBLE AT| 00000510: 0D 54 49 4D 45 53 2E 20 20 D4 48 45 20 50 52 4F |.TIMES. .HE PRO| 00000520: 47 52 41 4D 27 53 20 41 55 54 48 4F 52 53 20 48 |GRAM'S AUTHORS H| 00000530: 41 56 45 0D 53 55 50 50 4C 49 45 44 20 4F 4E 4C |AVE.SUPPLIED ONL| 00000540: 59 20 4F 4E 45 20 48 49 4E 54 3A 20 52 45 56 45 |Y ONE HINT: REVE| 00000550: 52 53 45 20 54 48 45 0D 43 4F 4C 4F 52 53 20 4F |RSE THE.COLORS O| 00000560: 46 20 54 48 45 20 42 4F 58 45 53 20 53 4F 20 54 |F THE BOXES SO T| 00000570: 48 41 54 20 54 48 45 0D 43 4F 4C 4F 52 53 20 46 |HAT THE.COLORS F| 00000580: 4F 52 4D 20 41 20 53 59 4D 4D 45 54 52 49 43 41 |ORM A SYMMETRICA| 00000590: 4C 20 50 41 54 54 45 52 4E 2E 0D C1 54 20 54 48 |L PATTERN...T TH| 000005A0: 49 53 20 50 4F 49 4E 54 2C 20 54 48 45 20 53 4F |IS POINT, THE SO| 000005B0: 4C 55 54 49 4F 4E 20 49 53 20 4F 4E 4C 59 20 41 |LUTION IS ONLY A| 000005C0: 0D 46 45 57 20 4B 45 59 50 52 45 53 53 45 53 20 |.FEW KEYPRESSES | 000005D0: 41 57 41 59 2E 0D 0D 0D C4 C9 D3 CB 20 C6 C9 CC |AWAY........ ...| 000005E0: C5 D3 20 D4 C8 C9 D3 20 D0 D2 CF C7 D2 C1 CD 20 |.. .... ....... | 000005F0: D5 D3 C5 D3 0D 0D C3 CF CE D5 CE C4 D2 D5 CD 20 |............... | 00000600: 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 D4 2E C3 CF CE D5 CE | .......| 00000610: C4 D2 D5 CD 0D 0D 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 2A 2A |...... **| 00000620: 2A 2A 20 C5 4E 44 20 CF 46 20 D4 45 58 54 20 2A |** .ND .F .EXT *| 00000630: 2A 2A 2A 0D |***. |
.... CONUNDRUM.
BY. RICHARD AND SALLY DALEY...
COMMODORE MAGAZINE.MARCH 1987... CONUND
RUM IS PLAYED ON A GRID OF.NINE SQUARES
JUST LIKE TIC-TAC-TOE..BUT THAT'S WHERE
ANY SIMILARITY.BETWEEN THE TWO GAMES END
S --.CONUNDRUM IS MUCH MORE CHALLENGING
... IN CONUNDRUM, EACH OF THE NINE.BOXE
S IS COLORED EITHER GREEN OR RED..THE OB
JECT OF THE GAME IS TO CHANGE.THE BOX CO
LORS SO THAT ALL OF THE.OUTSIDE BOXES (O
NE, TWO, THREE, FOUR,.SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT,
AND NINE) ARE.COLORED GREEN WHILE THE C
ENTER BOX.(FIVE) IS COLORED RED. TO CHA
NGE A.BOX'S COLOR, YOU MERELY PRESS ITS.
CORRESPONDING NUMBER. IF THE NINE.BOX I
S COLORED RED, FOR EXAMPLE,.PRESSING "9"
WILL CHANGE ITS COLOR TO.GREEN... SOUN
DS SIMPLE, RIGHT? THERE ARE.THREE RULES
, HOWEVER, THAT COMPLICATE.MATTERS:..1.
IF YOU CHANGE THE COLOR OF ONE OF.THE CO
RNERS (ONE, THREE, SEVEN, OR.NINE), THE
TWO BOXES ADJACENT TO THAT.BOX, AS WELL
AS THE CENTER BOX (FIVE).WILL CHANGE COL
ORS ALSO...2. IF YOU CHANGE THE COLOR OF
A BOX.IN THE CENTER OF A SIDE (TWO, FOU
R,.SIX, OR EIGHT), THE ADJACENT CORNER.B
OXES WILL ALSO BE CHANGED...3. IF YOU CH
ANGE THE COLOR OF THE.CENTER BOX, THE BO
XES ADJACENT TO IT.(TWO, FOUR, SIX, AND
EIGHT) WILL ALSO.CHANGE COLORS... AS YO
U MIGHT REALIZE BY NOW,.CONUNDRUM CAN SE
EM IMPOSSIBLE AT.TIMES. THE PROGRAM'S A
UTHORS HAVE.SUPPLIED ONLY ONE HINT: REVE
RSE THE.COLORS OF THE BOXES SO THAT THE.
COLORS FORM A SYMMETRICAL PATTERN..AT TH
IS POINT, THE SOLUTION IS ONLY A.FEW KEY
PRESSES AWAY....DISK FILES THIS PROGRAM
USES..CONUNDRUM T.CONUNDRUM..
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