T.TAN 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: 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 D4 20 C1 20 CE 20 C7 20 | . . . . | 00000020: D2 20 C1 20 CD 0D 0D 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |. . ... | 00000030: 20 20 42 59 20 C2 41 52 42 41 52 41 20 D3 43 48 | BY .ARBARA .CH| 00000040: 55 4C 41 4B 0D 0D 20 20 20 20 CD 41 4E 59 20 4D |ULAK.. .ANY M| 00000050: 4F 44 45 52 4E 20 50 48 49 4C 4F 53 4F 50 48 45 |ODERN PHILOSOPHE| 00000060: 52 53 20 42 45 4C 49 45 56 45 0D 54 48 41 54 20 |RS BELIEVE.THAT | 00000070: 57 45 20 41 52 45 20 4D 55 43 48 20 4D 4F 52 45 |WE ARE MUCH MORE| 00000080: 20 53 4F 50 48 49 53 54 49 43 41 54 45 44 0D 54 | SOPHISTICATED.T| 00000090: 48 41 4E 20 4F 55 52 20 41 4E 43 45 53 54 4F 52 |HAN OUR ANCESTOR| 000000A0: 53 2E 20 20 C1 46 54 45 52 20 41 4C 4C 2C 20 57 |S. .FTER ALL, W| 000000B0: 45 0D 49 4E 56 45 4E 54 45 44 20 43 4F 4D 50 55 |E.INVENTED COMPU| 000000C0: 54 45 52 53 20 41 4E 44 20 53 50 4C 49 54 20 54 |TERS AND SPLIT T| 000000D0: 48 45 0D 41 54 4F 4D 2C 20 44 49 44 4E 27 54 20 |HE.ATOM, DIDN'T | 000000E0: 57 45 3F 20 20 D9 45 54 20 53 4F 4D 45 20 4F 46 |WE? .ET SOME OF| 000000F0: 20 54 48 45 0D 4F 4C 44 45 53 54 20 50 55 5A 5A | THE.OLDEST PUZZ| 00000100: 4C 45 53 20 49 4E 20 54 48 45 20 57 4F 52 4C 44 |LES IN THE WORLD| 00000110: 20 41 52 45 20 53 54 49 4C 4C 0D 41 53 20 54 4F | ARE STILL.AS TO| 00000120: 55 47 48 20 41 53 20 54 48 45 59 20 57 45 52 45 |UGH AS THEY WERE| 00000130: 20 57 48 45 4E 20 54 48 45 59 20 57 45 52 45 0D | WHEN THEY WERE.| 00000140: 49 4E 56 45 4E 54 45 44 20 2D 2D 20 4D 41 59 42 |INVENTED -- MAYB| 00000150: 45 20 45 56 45 4E 20 54 4F 55 47 48 45 52 2E 0D |E EVEN TOUGHER..| 00000160: D4 C1 CE C7 D2 C1 CD 2C 20 4F 55 52 20 4D 4F 44 |......., OUR MOD| 00000170: 45 52 4E 20 4E 41 4D 45 20 46 4F 52 20 54 48 45 |ERN NAME FOR THE| 00000180: 0D 41 4E 43 49 45 4E 54 20 C3 48 49 4E 45 53 45 |.ANCIENT .HINESE| 00000190: 20 50 55 5A 5A 4C 45 53 2C 20 22 C3 48 27 49 20 | PUZZLES, ".H'I | 000001A0: C3 48 49 53 4F 0D D0 41 4E 22 2C 20 49 53 20 44 |.HISO..AN", IS D| 000001B0: 45 46 49 4E 49 54 45 20 50 52 4F 4F 46 20 54 48 |EFINITE PROOF TH| 000001C0: 41 54 20 57 45 20 41 52 45 0D 4E 4F 54 20 47 45 |AT WE ARE.NOT GE| 000001D0: 54 54 49 4E 47 20 41 4E 59 20 53 4D 41 52 54 45 |TTING ANY SMARTE| 000001E0: 52 20 41 53 20 54 48 45 0D 4D 49 4C 4C 45 4E 4E |R AS THE.MILLENN| 000001F0: 49 41 20 52 4F 4C 4C 20 50 41 53 54 2E 0D 0D 0D |IA ROLL PAST....| 00000200: 0D 20 20 20 20 C9 4D 41 47 49 4E 45 20 59 4F 55 |. .MAGINE YOU| 00000210: 52 53 45 4C 46 20 41 53 20 41 20 C3 48 49 4E 45 |RSELF AS A .HINE| 00000220: 53 45 0D 53 41 49 4C 4F 52 20 53 4F 4D 45 54 49 |SE.SAILOR SOMETI| 00000230: 4D 45 20 49 4E 20 54 48 45 20 31 33 54 48 20 C3 |ME IN THE 13TH .| 00000240: 45 4E 54 55 52 59 0D C2 2E C3 2E 20 20 D9 4F 55 |ENTURY..... .OU| 00000250: 20 48 41 56 45 20 4A 55 53 54 20 53 50 45 4E 54 | HAVE JUST SPENT| 00000260: 20 54 57 4F 20 4D 4F 4E 54 48 53 0D 41 54 20 53 | TWO MONTHS.AT S| 00000270: 45 41 20 41 4E 44 20 59 4F 55 27 52 45 20 42 41 |EA AND YOU'RE BA| 00000280: 43 4B 20 49 4E 20 CD 55 4E 47 20 C3 48 4F 49 0D |CK IN .UNG .HOI.| 00000290: 46 4F 52 20 41 20 42 49 54 20 4F 46 20 D2 20 26 |FOR A BIT OF . &| 000002A0: 20 D2 2E 20 20 D9 4F 55 20 45 4E 54 45 52 20 4F | .. .OU ENTER O| 000002B0: 4E 45 20 4F 46 0D 59 4F 55 52 20 46 41 56 4F 52 |NE OF.YOUR FAVOR| 000002C0: 49 54 45 20 4A 4F 59 48 4F 55 53 45 53 20 41 4E |ITE JOYHOUSES AN| 000002D0: 44 20 50 4C 55 4E 4B 0D 44 4F 57 4E 20 41 20 54 |D PLUNK.DOWN A T| 000002E0: 48 49 52 44 20 4F 46 20 59 4F 55 52 20 43 41 53 |HIRD OF YOUR CAS| 000002F0: 48 20 46 4F 52 20 41 4E 0D 41 4C 4C 2D 4E 49 47 |H FOR AN.ALL-NIG| 00000300: 48 54 45 52 20 41 4E 44 20 54 48 45 20 43 4F 4D |HTER AND THE COM| 00000310: 45 4C 59 20 43 4F 55 52 54 45 53 41 4E 0D 53 41 |ELY COURTESAN.SA| 00000320: 59 53 2C 20 22 D3 4F 4C 4C 59 2C 20 C3 48 4F 4C |YS, ".OLLY, .HOL| 00000330: 4C 59 2C 20 59 4F 55 52 20 4D 4F 4E 45 59 20 4E |LY, YOUR MONEY N| 00000340: 4F 0D 47 4F 4F 44 20 48 45 52 45 2E 20 20 C9 46 |O.GOOD HERE. .F| 00000350: 20 59 4F 55 20 57 41 4E 54 20 44 41 4E 43 45 20 | YOU WANT DANCE | 00000360: 4F 46 20 54 48 45 0D 54 57 49 53 54 59 20 53 49 |OF THE.TWISTY SI| 00000370: 53 54 45 52 20 59 4F 55 20 4D 55 53 54 20 46 49 |STER YOU MUST FI| 00000380: 52 53 54 20 53 4F 4C 56 45 0D C3 48 27 49 20 C3 |RST SOLVE..H'I .| 00000390: 48 49 53 4F 20 D0 41 4E 2E 22 0D 0D 20 20 20 20 |HISO .AN.".. | 000003A0: D4 48 45 4E 20 53 48 45 20 4C 41 59 53 20 4F 55 |.HEN SHE LAYS OU| 000003B0: 54 20 54 48 45 53 45 20 53 45 56 45 4E 0D 50 49 |T THESE SEVEN.PI| 000003C0: 45 43 45 53 20 4F 46 20 46 4C 41 54 20 4A 41 44 |ECES OF FLAT JAD| 000003D0: 45 20 41 4E 44 20 59 4F 55 27 52 45 0D 45 58 50 |E AND YOU'RE.EXP| 000003E0: 45 43 54 45 44 20 54 4F 20 41 52 52 41 4E 47 45 |ECTED TO ARRANGE| 000003F0: 20 54 48 45 4D 20 54 4F 20 46 4F 52 4D 20 41 0D | THEM TO FORM A.| 00000400: 50 41 52 54 49 43 55 4C 41 52 20 53 48 41 50 45 |PARTICULAR SHAPE| 00000410: 2E 0D 0D 20 20 20 20 C4 4F 20 59 4F 55 20 53 45 |... .O YOU SE| 00000420: 45 20 57 48 41 54 20 C9 20 4D 45 41 4E 3F 20 20 |E WHAT . MEAN? | 00000430: C9 46 20 54 48 45 0D 43 55 53 54 4F 4D 20 4F 46 |.F THE.CUSTOM OF| 00000440: 20 C3 48 27 49 20 C3 48 49 53 4F 20 D0 41 4E 20 | .H'I .HISO .AN | 00000450: 57 45 52 45 20 53 54 49 4C 4C 0D 41 52 4F 55 4E |WERE STILL.AROUN| 00000460: 44 20 54 4F 44 41 59 20 54 48 45 20 45 43 4F 4E |D TODAY THE ECON| 00000470: 4F 4D 49 45 53 20 4F 46 20 CE 4F 52 46 4F 4C 4B |OMIES OF .ORFOLK| 00000480: 2C 0D D6 49 52 47 49 4E 49 41 20 41 4E 44 20 D3 |,..IRGINIA AND .| 00000490: 41 4E 20 C4 49 45 47 4F 2C 20 C3 41 4C 49 46 4F |AN .IEGO, .ALIFO| 000004A0: 52 4E 49 41 0D 57 4F 55 4C 44 20 48 41 56 45 20 |RNIA.WOULD HAVE | 000004B0: 43 4F 4C 4C 41 50 53 45 44 20 59 45 41 52 53 20 |COLLAPSED YEARS | 000004C0: 41 47 4F 2E 0D 0D 20 20 20 20 CC 55 43 4B 49 4C |AGO... .UCKIL| 000004D0: 59 20 46 4F 52 20 55 53 2C 20 57 45 20 43 41 4E |Y FOR US, WE CAN| 000004E0: 20 45 4E 4A 4F 59 0D D4 C1 CE C7 D2 C1 CD 20 57 | ENJOY........ W| 000004F0: 49 54 48 4F 55 54 20 53 4F 20 4D 55 43 48 20 41 |ITHOUT SO MUCH A| 00000500: 54 20 53 54 41 4B 45 2E 0D D4 48 45 20 53 48 41 |T STAKE...HE SHA| 00000510: 50 45 53 20 41 52 45 20 41 4C 4C 20 4F 4E 20 59 |PES ARE ALL ON Y| 00000520: 4F 55 52 20 53 43 52 45 45 4E 0D 41 4E 44 2C 20 |OUR SCREEN.AND, | 00000530: 55 53 49 4E 47 20 C2 41 52 42 41 52 41 20 D3 43 |USING .ARBARA .C| 00000540: 48 55 4C 41 4B 27 53 0D 45 58 43 45 4C 4C 45 4E |HULAK'S.EXCELLEN| 00000550: 54 20 49 4E 54 45 52 46 41 43 45 2C 20 45 41 53 |T INTERFACE, EAS| 00000560: 59 20 54 4F 20 4D 4F 56 45 0D 41 52 4F 55 4E 44 |Y TO MOVE.AROUND| 00000570: 2E 20 20 D5 4E 4C 49 4B 45 20 50 45 4E 54 4F 4D |. .NLIKE PENTOM| 00000580: 49 4E 4F 45 53 2C 20 54 41 4E 47 52 41 4D 53 0D |INOES, TANGRAMS.| 00000590: 44 4F 20 4E 4F 54 20 4E 45 45 44 20 54 4F 20 42 |DO NOT NEED TO B| 000005A0: 45 20 46 4C 49 50 50 45 44 3B 20 54 48 45 59 20 |E FLIPPED; THEY | 000005B0: 4F 4E 4C 59 0D 4E 45 45 44 20 54 4F 20 42 45 20 |ONLY.NEED TO BE | 000005C0: 52 4F 54 41 54 45 44 20 41 4E 44 20 4D 4F 56 45 |ROTATED AND MOVE| 000005D0: 44 2E 0D 0D 20 20 20 20 C2 41 52 42 41 52 41 20 |D... .ARBARA | 000005E0: 48 41 53 20 49 4E 53 54 52 55 43 54 49 4F 4E 53 |HAS INSTRUCTIONS| 000005F0: 20 49 4E 20 54 48 45 0D 50 52 4F 47 52 41 4D 20 | IN THE.PROGRAM | 00000600: 53 4F 20 C9 20 57 4F 4E 27 54 20 47 4F 20 49 4E |SO . WON'T GO IN| 00000610: 54 4F 20 41 4E 59 20 44 45 54 41 49 4C 0D 48 45 |TO ANY DETAIL.HE| 00000620: 52 45 2E 20 20 CA 55 53 54 20 53 54 41 59 20 41 |RE. .UST STAY A| 00000630: 57 41 59 20 46 52 4F 4D 20 54 48 45 20 D3 20 4B |WAY FROM THE . K| 00000640: 45 59 0D 28 53 4F 4C 55 54 49 4F 4E 29 20 55 4E |EY.(SOLUTION) UN| 00000650: 4C 45 53 53 20 59 4F 55 27 52 45 20 53 54 55 4D |LESS YOU'RE STUM| 00000660: 50 45 44 2E 0D 0D 20 20 20 20 C9 46 20 59 4F 55 |PED... .F YOU| 00000670: 20 41 52 45 20 4E 45 57 20 54 4F 20 CC CF C1 C4 | ARE NEW TO ....| 00000680: D3 D4 C1 D2 20 C9 27 4D 0D 53 55 52 45 20 59 4F |.... .'M.SURE YO| 00000690: 55 20 57 49 4C 4C 20 46 49 4E 44 20 54 48 45 20 |U WILL FIND THE | 000006A0: 50 52 4F 47 52 41 4D 20 56 45 52 59 0D 45 41 53 |PROGRAM VERY.EAS| 000006B0: 59 20 54 4F 20 55 53 45 2E 20 20 C2 41 52 42 41 |Y TO USE. .ARBA| 000006C0: 52 41 20 48 41 53 20 4D 4F 56 45 44 20 55 50 20 |RA HAS MOVED UP | 000006D0: 54 4F 0D 4D 41 43 48 49 4E 45 20 4C 41 4E 47 55 |TO.MACHINE LANGU| 000006E0: 41 47 45 20 46 4F 52 20 4D 4F 53 54 20 4F 46 20 |AGE FOR MOST OF | 000006F0: 48 45 52 0D 47 41 4D 45 53 20 41 4E 44 20 50 55 |HER.GAMES AND PU| 00000700: 5A 5A 4C 45 53 20 42 55 54 20 CC CF C1 C4 D3 D4 |ZZLES BUT ......| 00000710: C1 D2 20 52 45 41 4C 4C 59 0D 4C 49 4B 45 53 20 |.. REALLY.LIKES | 00000720: 48 45 52 20 53 54 59 4C 45 20 41 4E 44 20 52 45 |HER STYLE AND RE| 00000730: 43 4F 4D 4D 45 4E 44 53 20 49 54 20 46 4F 52 0D |COMMENDS IT FOR.| 00000740: 50 52 4F 47 52 41 4D 53 20 57 52 49 54 54 45 4E |PROGRAMS WRITTEN| 00000750: 20 49 4E 20 41 4E 59 20 4C 41 4E 47 55 41 47 45 | IN ANY LANGUAGE| 00000760: 2E 20 20 C9 46 0D 59 4F 55 20 41 52 45 20 41 20 |. .F.YOU ARE A | 00000770: 50 52 4F 47 52 41 4D 4D 45 52 20 57 48 4F 20 49 |PROGRAMMER WHO I| 00000780: 53 20 49 4E 54 45 52 45 53 54 45 44 0D 49 4E 20 |S INTERESTED.IN | 00000790: 48 41 56 49 4E 47 20 41 20 50 52 4F 47 52 41 4D |HAVING A PROGRAM| 000007A0: 20 50 55 42 4C 49 53 48 45 44 20 4F 4E 0D CC CF | PUBLISHED ON...| 000007B0: C1 C4 D3 D4 C1 D2 2C 20 59 4F 55 20 43 41 4E 27 |......, YOU CAN'| 000007C0: 54 20 47 4F 20 57 52 4F 4E 47 20 49 4E 0D 53 54 |T GO WRONG IN.ST| 000007D0: 55 44 59 49 4E 47 20 48 45 52 20 43 4C 45 41 4E |UDYING HER CLEAN| 000007E0: 2C 20 43 4F 4E 43 49 53 45 20 53 54 59 4C 45 2E |, CONCISE STYLE.| 000007F0: 0D 0D 20 20 20 20 D4 48 45 4E 20 41 4C 4C 20 59 |.. .HEN ALL Y| 00000800: 4F 55 20 48 41 56 45 20 54 4F 20 44 4F 20 49 53 |OU HAVE TO DO IS| 00000810: 20 48 41 4E 47 0D 41 52 4F 55 4E 44 20 C3 48 49 | HANG.AROUND .HI| 00000820: 4E 45 53 45 20 42 4F 52 44 45 4C 4C 4F 53 20 46 |NESE BORDELLOS F| 00000830: 4F 52 20 49 44 45 41 53 0D 46 4F 52 20 50 52 4F |OR IDEAS.FOR PRO| 00000840: 47 52 41 4D 53 2E 20 20 C9 46 20 54 48 41 54 20 |GRAMS. .F THAT | 00000850: 44 4F 45 53 4E 27 54 20 57 4F 52 4B 2C 0D 54 52 |DOESN'T WORK,.TR| 00000860: 59 20 54 48 45 20 4C 49 42 52 41 52 59 2E 0D 0D |Y THE LIBRARY...| 00000870: 0D 0D C4 C9 D3 CB 20 C6 C9 CC C5 D3 20 D4 C8 C9 |...... ..... ...| 00000880: D3 20 D0 D2 CF C7 D2 C1 CD 20 D5 D3 C5 D3 0D 0D |. ....... ......| 00000890: D4 C1 CE 20 C2 CF CF D4 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |... .... | 000008A0: 20 20 20 D4 C1 CE 2E C6 CF CE D4 0D D4 C1 CE 2E | .............| 000008B0: D3 D0 D2 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 D4 |... .| 000008C0: C1 CE C7 D2 C1 CD D3 2E CD CC 0D D4 2E D4 C1 CE |................| 000008D0: 20 C2 CF CF D4 0D 0D 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 2A | ...... *| 000008E0: 2A 2A 2A 20 C5 4E 44 20 4F 46 20 D4 45 58 54 20 |*** .ND OF .EXT | 000008F0: 2A 2A 2A 2A 0D |****. |
..^U:BRAIN. T A N G R A M..
BY BARBARA SCHULAK.. MANY M
ODERN PHILOSOPHERS BELIEVE.THAT WE ARE M
UCH MORE SOPHISTICATED.THAN OUR ANCESTOR
S. AFTER ALL, WE.INVENTED COMPUTERS AND
SPLIT THE.ATOM, DIDN'T WE? YET SOME OF
THE.OLDEST PUZZLES IN THE WORLD ARE STI
LL.AS TOUGH AS THEY WERE WHEN THEY WERE.
INVENTED -- MAYBE EVEN TOUGHER..TANGRAM,
OUR MODERN NAME FOR THE.ANCIENT CHINESE
PUZZLES, "CH'I CHISO.PAN", IS DEFINITE
PROOF THAT WE ARE.NOT GETTING ANY SMARTE
R AS THE.MILLENNIA ROLL PAST..... IMA
GINE YOURSELF AS A CHINESE.SAILOR SOMETI
ME IN THE 13TH CENTURY.B.C. YOU HAVE JU
ST SPENT TWO MONTHS.AT SEA AND YOU'RE BA
CK IN MUNG CHOI.FOR A BIT OF R & R. YOU
ENTER ONE OF.YOUR FAVORITE JOYHOUSES AN
D PLUNK.DOWN A THIRD OF YOUR CASH FOR AN
.ALL-NIGHTER AND THE COMELY COURTESAN.SA
YS, "SOLLY, CHOLLY, YOUR MONEY NO.GOOD H
ERE. IF YOU WANT DANCE OF THE.TWISTY SI
STER YOU MUST FIRST SOLVE.CH'I CHISO PAN
.".. THEN SHE LAYS OUT THESE SEVEN.PI
ECES OF FLAT JADE AND YOU'RE.EXPECTED TO
ARRANGE THEM TO FORM A.PARTICULAR SHAPE
... DO YOU SEE WHAT I MEAN? IF THE.C
USTOM OF CH'I CHISO PAN WERE STILL.AROUN
D TODAY THE ECONOMIES OF NORFOLK,.VIRGIN
IA AND SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA.WOULD HAVE
COLLAPSED YEARS AGO... LUCKILY FOR US
, WE CAN ENJOY.TANGRAM WITHOUT SO MUCH A
T STAKE..THE SHAPES ARE ALL ON YOUR SCRE
EN.AND, USING BARBARA SCHULAK'S.EXCELLEN
T INTERFACE, EASY TO MOVE.AROUND. UNLIK
E PENTOMINOES, TANGRAMS.DO NOT NEED TO B
E FLIPPED; THEY ONLY.NEED TO BE ROTATED
AND MOVED... BARBARA HAS INSTRUCTIONS
IN THE.PROGRAM SO I WON'T GO INTO ANY D
ETAIL.HERE. JUST STAY AWAY FROM THE S K
EY.(SOLUTION) UNLESS YOU'RE STUMPED...
IF YOU ARE NEW TO LOADSTAR I'M.SURE YO
U WILL FIND THE PROGRAM VERY.EASY TO USE
. BARBARA HAS MOVED UP TO.MACHINE LANGU
AGE FOR MOST OF HER.GAMES AND PUZZLES BU
T LOADSTAR REALLY.LIKES HER STYLE AND RE
COMMENDS IT FOR.PROGRAMS WRITTEN IN ANY
LANGUAGE. IF.YOU ARE A PROGRAMMER WHO I
S INTERESTED.IN HAVING A PROGRAM PUBLISH
ED ON.LOADSTAR, YOU CAN'T GO WRONG IN.ST
UDYING HER CLEAN, CONCISE STYLE... TH
EN ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS HANG.AROUND CHI
NESE BORDELLOS FOR IDEAS.FOR PROGRAMS.
IF THAT DOESN'T WORK,.TRY THE LIBRARY...
..DISK FILES THIS PROGRAM USES..TAN BOOT
TAN.FONT.TAN.SPR T
ANGRAMS.ML.T.TAN BOOT.. **** END
OF TEXT ****.
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