T.PUZZLER BOOT

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00000020: 20 D0 D5 DA DA CC C5 D2  0D 20 20 20 20 20 20 20  | ........       |
00000030: 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20  20 20 20 42 59 0D 20 20  |           BY.  |
00000040: 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20  20 20 20 C1 4C 41 4E 20  |           .LAN |
00000050: C7 41 52 44 4E 45 52 0D  0D 0D 20 20 D4 48 49 53  |.ARDNER...  .HIS|
00000060: 20 4D 4F 4E 54 48 27 53  20 D0 C9 D8 C5 CC 20 D0  | MONTH'S ..... .|
00000070: D5 DA DA CC C5 D2 20 54  41 4B 45 53 0D 59 4F 55  |...... TAKES.YOU|
00000080: 20 54 4F 20 54 48 45 20  47 52 45 41 54 20 4F 55  | TO THE GREAT OU|
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000000A0: 52 41 4D 20 54 52 41 4E  53 46 4F 52 4D 53 20 41  |RAM TRANSFORMS A|
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00000180: 52 49 45 46 4C 59 20 44  49 53 50 4C 41 59 53 0D  |RIEFLY DISPLAYS.|
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000001B0: 53 20 54 48 45 0D 53 43  52 41 4D 42 4C 45 44 20  |S THE.SCRAMBLED |
000001C0: 50 55 5A 5A 4C 45 2E 0D  0D 20 20 D4 48 45 52 45  |PUZZLE...  .HERE|
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000001E0: 20 54 4F 20 4E 4F 54 49  43 45 20 49 4E 0D 54 48  | TO NOTICE IN.TH|
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00000210: 45 52 0D 57 48 49 43 48  20 49 53 20 4D 4F 56 45  |ER.WHICH IS MOVE|
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00000240: 53 4F 52 20 4B 45 59 53  2E 20 20 28 C1 20 4A 4F  |SOR KEYS.  (. JO|
00000250: 59 53 54 49 43 4B 20 50  4C 55 47 47 45 44 0D 49  |YSTICK PLUGGED.I|
00000260: 4E 54 4F 20 D0 4F 52 54  20 32 20 41 4C 53 4F 20  |NTO .ORT 2 ALSO |
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00000310: 20 D2 C5 D4 D5 D2 CE 0D  28 4F 52 20 54 48 45 20  | .......(OR THE |
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00000460: 45 44 20 41 52 4F 55 4E  44 20 54 48 45 20 53 43  |ED AROUND THE SC|
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000004A0: 4F 56 45 20 50 49 45 43  45 53 20 41 4E 59 57 48  |OVE PIECES ANYWH|
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000004D0: 45 2C 20 48 4F 57 45 56  45 52 2C 20 59 4F 55 0D  |E, HOWEVER, YOU.|
000004E0: 43 41 4E 20 4D 4F 56 45  20 4F 4E 4C 59 20 54 48  |CAN MOVE ONLY TH|
000004F0: 4F 53 45 20 50 49 45 43  45 53 20 54 48 41 54 20  |OSE PIECES THAT |
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00000510: 52 4F 57 20 4F 52 20 43  4F 4C 55 4D 4E 20 41 53  |ROW OR COLUMN AS|
00000520: 20 54 48 45 0D 45 4D 50  54 59 20 42 4F 58 2E 20  | THE.EMPTY BOX. |
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00000540: 22 D7 49 4C 44 45 52 4E  45 53 53 20 D3 43 45 4E  |".ILDERNESS .CEN|
00000550: 45 22 20 4A 49 47 53 41  57 20 49 53 20 41 20 22  |E" JIGSAW IS A "|
00000560: 53 4C 49 44 45 0D 54 48  45 20 54 49 4C 45 22 20  |SLIDE.THE TILE" |
00000570: 50 55 5A 5A 4C 45 20 41  53 20 57 45 4C 4C 2E 0D  |PUZZLE AS WELL..|
00000580: 0D 0D C6 49 4E 41 4C 20  CE 4F 54 45 53 0D 2D 2D  |...INAL .OTES.--|
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000005A0: 59 4F 55 27 56 45 20 50  52 4F 42 41 42 4C 59 20  |YOU'VE PROBABLY |
000005B0: 47 55 45 53 53 45 44 2C  20 53 4F 4C 56 49 4E 47  |GUESSED, SOLVING|
000005C0: 0D 54 48 45 20 57 49 4C  44 45 52 4E 45 53 53 20  |.THE WILDERNESS |
000005D0: 50 55 5A 5A 4C 45 20 4D  49 47 48 54 20 54 41 4B  |PUZZLE MIGHT TAK|
000005E0: 45 20 4D 4F 52 45 0D 54  48 41 4E 20 41 20 46 45  |E MORE.THAN A FE|
000005F0: 57 20 4D 49 4E 55 54 45  53 2E 20 20 C6 4F 52 54  |W MINUTES.  .ORT|
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00000610: D5 DA DA CC C5 D2 20 41  4C 4C 4F 57 53 20 59 4F  |...... ALLOWS YO|
00000620: 55 20 54 4F 20 53 41 56  45 20 41 0D 50 55 5A 5A  |U TO SAVE A.PUZZ|
00000630: 4C 45 20 54 4F 20 44 49  53 4B 2C 20 54 48 45 4E  |LE TO DISK, THEN|
00000640: 20 52 45 4C 4F 41 44 20  49 54 20 4C 41 54 45 52  | RELOAD IT LATER|
00000650: 2E 0D C4 4F 20 4E 4F 54  20 53 41 56 45 20 D0 49  |...O NOT SAVE .I|
00000660: 58 45 4C 20 D0 55 5A 5A  4C 45 52 20 54 4F 20 54  |XEL .UZZLER TO T|
00000670: 48 45 0D CC 4F 41 44 53  54 41 52 20 44 49 53 4B  |HE..OADSTAR DISK|
00000680: 2C 20 55 53 45 20 41 20  46 4F 52 4D 41 54 54 45  |, USE A FORMATTE|
00000690: 44 20 42 4C 41 4E 4B 0D  44 49 53 4B 20 49 4E 53  |D BLANK.DISK INS|
000006A0: 54 45 41 44 2E 0D 0D 0D  20 20 C8 45 52 45 20 49  |TEAD....  .ERE I|
000006B0: 53 20 41 20 43 4F 4D 50  4C 45 54 45 20 4C 49 53  |S A COMPLETE LIS|
000006C0: 54 20 4F 46 20 D0 C9 D8  C5 CC 0D D0 D5 DA DA CC  |T OF ...........|
000006D0: C5 D2 20 43 4F 4D 4D 41  4E 44 53 3A 0D 0D 22 C8  |.. COMMANDS:..".|
000006E0: 22 20 2D 2D 20 44 49 53  50 4C 41 59 53 20 54 48  |" -- DISPLAYS TH|
000006F0: 45 20 48 45 4C 50 20 53  43 52 45 45 4E 2E 0D 0D  |E HELP SCREEN...|
00000700: 22 D3 22 20 2D 2D 20 53  41 56 45 53 20 54 48 45  |"." -- SAVES THE|
00000710: 20 47 41 4D 45 20 49 4E  20 50 52 4F 47 52 45 53  | GAME IN PROGRES|
00000720: 53 2E 0D 0D 22 CD 22 20  2D 2D 20 52 45 54 55 52  |S..."." -- RETUR|
00000730: 4E 53 20 54 4F 20 54 48  45 20 4D 45 4E 55 2E 0D  |NS TO THE MENU..|
00000740: 0D 22 D6 22 20 2D 2D 20  56 49 45 57 53 20 54 48  |."." -- VIEWS TH|
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00000760: 4C 45 2E 0D 0D 0D C4 C9  D3 CB 20 C6 C9 CC C5 D3  |LE........ .....|
00000770: 20 D4 C8 C9 D3 20 D0 D2  CF C7 D2 C1 CD 20 D5 D3  | .... ....... ..|
00000780: C5 D3 3A 0D 0D D0 D5 DA  DA CC C5 D2 20 C2 CF CF  |..:......... ...|
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000007B0: 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20  20 C8 C1 CE C4 2E D3 D0  |         .......|
000007C0: D2 0D D0 D0 2E C7 C9 D0  20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20  |........        |
000007D0: 20 20 20 20 20 D7 C9 CC  C4 C5 D2 CE C5 D3 D3 2E  |     ...........|
000007E0: CC CE CB 0D D5 CE D0 C1  C3 CB C5 D2 20 20 20 20  |............    |
000007F0: 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 D4  2E D0 D5 DA DA CC C5 D2  |       .........|
00000800: 20 C2 CF CF D4 0D 0D 20  20 20 20 20 20 20 20 2A  | ......        *|
00000810: 2A 2A 2A 20 C5 4E 44 20  CF 46 20 D4 45 58 54 20  |*** .ND .F .EXT |
00000820: 2A 2A 2A 2A 0D                                    |****.           |

..^U:PICTURE...            PIXEL PUZZLER
.                  BY.             ALAN 
GARDNER...  THIS MONTH'S PIXEL PUZZLER T
AKES.YOU TO THE GREAT OUTDOORS: THE.PROG
RAM TRANSFORMS A HI-RES."WILDERNESS SCEN
E" INTO A 42-PIECE.JIGSAW PUZZLE...  THE
 PIXEL PUZZLER MENU HAS THREE.OPTIONS: W
INNER, INTERMEDIATE, AND.LOSER.  WINNER 
MODE DISPLAYS THE.ORIGINAL WILDERNESS SC
ENE..INTERMEDIATE MODE BRIEFLY DISPLAYS.
THE COMPLETED PICTURE, THEN SHOWS THE.SC
RAMBLED PUZZLE...  THERE ARE TWO OBJECTS
 TO NOTICE IN.THE JIGSAW PUZZLE.  ONE IS
 A POINTER.WHICH IS MOVED AROUND THE PUZ
ZLE WITH.THE CURSOR KEYS.  (A JOYSTICK P
LUGGED.INTO PORT 2 ALSO MOVES THE POINTE
R.).THE OTHER IMPORTANT OBJECT IS AN.EMP
TY BOX THE SIZE OF THE OTHER.PUZZLE PIEC
ES...  TO MOVE A PIECE, POSITION THE.POI
NTER OVER IT, THEN PRESS RETURN.(OR THE 
FIRE BUTTON).  THE SELECTED.PIECE WILL M
OVE INTO THE SPACE.PREVIOUSLY OCCUPIED B
Y THE EMPTY BOX;.THE EMPTY BOX WILL APPE
AR IN THE.MOVING PIECE'S FORMER POSITION
...  LOSER MODE DISPLAYS THE WILDERNESS.
PUZZLE JUST LIKE THE OTHER MODES DO..THE
 DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO MODES.LIES I
N THE RULES GOVERNING HOW.PIECES ARE MOV
ED AROUND THE SCREEN...  IN INTERMEDIATE
 MODE, YOU ARE FREE.TO MOVE PIECES ANYWH
ERE ON THE.SCREEN.  IN LOSER MODE, HOWEV
ER, YOU.CAN MOVE ONLY THOSE PIECES THAT 
ARE.ON THE SAME ROW OR COLUMN AS THE.EMP
TY BOX.  IN EFFECT, THE."WILDERNESS SCEN
E" JIGSAW IS A "SLIDE.THE TILE" PUZZLE A
S WELL....FINAL NOTES.-----------..  AS 
YOU'VE PROBABLY GUESSED, SOLVING.THE WIL
DERNESS PUZZLE MIGHT TAKE MORE.THAN A FE
W MINUTES.  FORTUNATELY,.PIXEL PUZZLER A
LLOWS YOU TO SAVE A.PUZZLE TO DISK, THEN
 RELOAD IT LATER..DO NOT SAVE PIXEL PUZZ
LER TO THE.LOADSTAR DISK, USE A FORMATTE
D BLANK.DISK INSTEAD....  HERE IS A COMP
LETE LIST OF PIXEL.PUZZLER COMMANDS:.."H
" -- DISPLAYS THE HELP SCREEN..."S" -- S
AVES THE GAME IN PROGRESS..."M" -- RETUR
NS TO THE MENU..."V" -- VIEWS THE COMPLE
TED PUZZLE....DISK FILES THIS PROGRAM US
ES:..PUZZLER BOOT       PIXEL PUZZLER.TE
XT.3.O           HAND.SPR.PP.GIP        
     WILDERNESS.LNK.UNPACKER           T
.PUZZLER BOOT..        **** END OF TEXT 
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