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Crypto-King
Version 1.0
by
Robert Bromley
December 5, 1991
If you would like to make a print-out of this documentation,
I would recommend that you print out the file "CK_printme.doc".
It will make a neater print job. This file is the same, except it
has all of those messy ANSI codes removed.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 INTRODUCTION ........................................... 1
1.1 What are Cryptograms? ............................ 1
1.2 What is Crypto-King? ............................ 1
1.3 Feature Summary .................................. 1
1.4 Hardware Requirements ............................ 1
1.5 Software Requirements ............................ 1
1.6 Restrictions ..................................... 2
1.7 Copyright ........................................ 2
1.8 Starting Crypto-King ............................ 2
2 SHAREWARE .............................................. 2
3 HOW TO SOLVE A CRYPTOGRAM .............................. 3
4 THE SCREEN LAYOUT ...................................... 3
5 PLAYING CRYPTO-KING .................................... 4
5.1 Using the Keyboard ............................... 4
5.2 Using the Mouse .................................. 6
6 THE TRIED/WON INDICATORS ............................... 6
7 THE MENUS .............................................. 7
7.1 Project Menu ..................................... 7
7.1.1 New Game (F1) .............................. 7
7.1.2 Start This Game Over (F2) .................. 7
7.1.3 Enter Your Own (F3) ........................ 7
7.1.4 Quit <Esc> ................................. 7
7.2 Help Menu ........................................ 8
7.2.1 Frequency Table (F6) ....................... 8
7.2.2 Most Common Letters (F7) ................... 8
7.2.3 Most Common Words (F8) ..................... 8
7.2.4 Patterns (3 Letter) (F9) ................... 8
7.2.5 Patterns (4 Letter) (F10) .................. 8
7.2.6 Gimme a Hint! <Help> ....................... 8
7.2.7 I Give Up. Show Me!! (F5) .................. 8
7.3 About Menu ....................................... 8
7.3.1 The Program ................................. 8
7.3.2 Shareware ................................... 8
8 ALT.DB .................................................
9 THE "SCRAMBLER" PROGRAM ................................ 9
10 INCLUDED FILES ......................................... 9
10.1 Registered Version .............................. 9
10.2 This Version .................................... 9
11 GENERAL ................................................ 10
12 REVISION HISTORY ....................................... 10
1 INTRODUCTION
1.1 What are Cryptograms?
Cryptograms are those strange loking groups of gibberish that you
often see in newspapers and magazines, usually on the same page as the
Crossword puzzles. They are essentially scrambled (or coded) messages
that must be de-coded to be understood. This is done by substituting
all occurances of an existing letter with a different letter. If the
correct substitutions are made, the message becomes readable.
1.2 What is Crypto-King?
Crypto-King (CK) is a program that allows you to solve Cryptograms
more easily and more neatly. A coded message is randomly picked from
a database of 100 such messages, and displayed on the screen. You
select a letter you want to replace, and the letter you want to
replace it with, and all letter substitutions are made automatically.
If you decide you have substituted the wrong letter, you don't need
an eraser. Just "give back" the letter, and choose another.
Crypto-King was written in HiSoft BASIC Version 1.05, and compiled
using the HiSoft BASIC Professional compiler.
1.3 Feature Summary
Some of the features of Crypto-King are:
- Fully intuitionized.
- All features may be accessed by either the keyboard or the mouse.
- Help windows to assist you in making the right decisions.
- Enter your own Cryptograms from within the program.
- If things are really tough, CK will provide you with "Hints".
- If things are desperate, CK will give you the solution.
- Two (so far) databases of 100 Cryptograms each.
- A "Scrambler" program that will allow you to easily scramble
quotations, etc., and write them to a file. You can create your
own Cryptogram databases.
- Well-behaved in a multi-tasking environment.
1.4 Hardware Requirements
There are no special hardware requirements for this program.
1.5 Software Requirements
CK assumes the presence of a normal libs: directory. Specifically,
the following libraries are required:
- diskfont.library
- exec.library
- graphics.library
- intuition.library
In addition, the database file "CK.db" must be in the
Current Directory when CK is run.
1.6 Restrictions
As of this version, CK will only load a Cryptogram of a maximum
of 76 characters, on 2 lines of 38 characters each. Try a sample
from the database provided to see how this looks.
1.7 Copyright
Crypto-King is Copyright (1991) by Robert Bromley.
All rights are retained by the author.
This program is Shareware, and may be distributed free of charge.
Nominal charges for copy media only are permitted.
1.8 Starting Crypto-King
From the Workbench; just click on the icon.
From the CLI; usage is: [Run] CK
NOTE
Refer to Section 1.5 - "Software Requirements".
2 SHAREWARE
Shareware is (usually) good software at reasonable prices. I hope
you consider Crypto-King to be in this catagory. My previous programs
were released as Freeware, but as I have invested 800 to 1000 hours
in Crypto-King over the last 16 months, I decided to see if anyone
thinks my efforts to be worthwhile.
Therefore, if you think CK is worth it, I am requesting a Shareware
contribution of $12.00.
In return, I will send you a disk with a fully operating version of
Crypto-King (Refer to Section 10 - "INCLUDED FILES"), the Scrambler
program, (Refer to Section 9 - THE "SCRAMBLER" PROGRAM), and my
undying gratitude, (not for the money so much as for knowing I'm not
wasting my time).
The address is:
Robert Bromley Robert Bromley
4080 Longo Circle or, after April, 1992 1168 Timber Lane
Malton, Ontario Victoria, B.C.
CANADA L4T 4C7 CANADA V8Y 1E4
If you don't think CK is worth $12.00, you can send what you think it
is worth. (I just hope it covers the cost of a disk and postage!).
If you can't, or won't, send anything, well, God bless you, and I hope
you enjoy it anyway.
By the way, if anyone sends me a usable database for CK, created with
the Scrambler program or any other means, I will be happy to refund
their Shareware contribution.
3 HOW TO SOLVE A CRYPTOGRAM
This section is purely subje