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- TOMMY'S CRYPTOQUIPS (C) COPYRIGHT 1992 BY TOMMY'S TOYS
- P. O. BOX 11261, DENVER, CO 80211 USA. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
- CATALOG #TM-139-1A
-
- INSTRUCTIONS:
-
- DO YOU LIKE SOLVING CRYPTOGRAMS FOR LAUGHS? THIS NEAT TOY IS A TOOL FOR
- SOLVING CRYPTOQUIPS FROM THE NEWSPAPERS OR OTHER SOURCES, AND FOR COMPOSING
- YOUR OWN. HUNDREDS OF CRYPTOQUIPS ARE PROVIDED FREE WITH THIS TOY.
-
- THE BASIC IDEA:
- THE CRYPTO ALGORITHM USED IS A SIMPLE ONE-TO-ONE LETTER MAPPING. SOME LETTERS
- MAY BE MAPPED TO THEMSELVES, BUT MOST AREN'T. TO "SOLVE" THE CRYPTOGRAM, YOU
- JUST HAVE TO FIGURE OUT THE MAPPINGS FOR ALL THE LETTERS USED IN THE CRYPTOQUIP.
-
- ONE MAPPING IS ALWAYS GIVEN FREE AS A HELP, E.G., A EQUALS O.
-
- TO SOLVE THE CRYPTOQUIP:
- USE THE LEFT/RIGHT ARROW KEYS ON THE NUMERIC KEY PAD TO SELECT A LETTER FROM
- A TO Z ON THE GUESS MAP, THEN TYPE YOUR GUESS (A TO Z). THE COMPUTER WILL
- SUBSTITUTE YOUR GUESS INTO THE CRYPTOQUIP AUTOMATICALLY AND DISPLAY IT.
-
- THE DISPLAY SCREEN:
- THE TOP OF THE SCREEN SHOWS THE CRYPTOQUIP, AND ABOVE IT, YOUR CURRENT GUESS
- FOR THE TRUE QUIP AFTER SUBSTITUTING LETTERS.
-
- BELOW THIS IS A 2-LINE LETTER DISPLAY, THE BOTTOM LINE IS THE LETTERS A-Z,
- THE TOP LINE IS YOUR CURRENT GUESSES FOR THE MAPPING FOR THE CORRESPONDING
- LETTER BELOW. NOTE THAT LETTERS THAT DON'T APPEAR IN THE ORIGINAL
- CRYPTOQUIP ARE LEFT BLANK BECAUSE THEY AREN'T USED. A LETTER NOT USED IN A
- GUESS YET IS HIGHLIGHTED ON THE BOTTOM LINE; ON THE TOP LINE, A LETTER
- REVEALED FOR YOU BY THE COMPUTER DURING TEAM PLAY IS ALSO SHOWN HIGHLIGHTED.
-
- THE ARROW CURSOR IS SHOWN FLASHING.
-
- SOLO GAME (1 PLAYER):
- IN THE SOLO GAME YOU PLAY AGAINST THE CLOCK, TRYING FOR THE MINIMUM TIME ON
- 10 PUZZLES. YOU CAN GIVE UP ON A PUZZLE (BY HITTING FUNCTION KEY F9) BUT YOU
- GET ZERO POINTS! IF YOU DON'T GIVE UP, YOUR SCORE IS BASED ON THE NUMBER OF
- SECONDS YOU TOOK, MAXIMUM IS 1000. IF YOU CAN'T GET IT RIGHT IN 2000 SECONDS
- (APPROX 30 MINUTES) YOU GET A SCORE OF ZERO. AT ANY TIME YOU CAN HIT THE ESC
- KEY CAUSING THE COMPUTER TO REVEAL ONE LETTER MAPPING FOR YOU AT THE COST OF
- HALVING YOUR SCORE. HIGH SCORES ARE AUTOMATICALLY KEPT BY THE COMPUTER ON
- DISK ON THE FILE TOMCRYPT.SCR, WHICH YOU CAN ERASE IF YOU WANT TO CLEAR THE
- HIGH SCORES.
-
- TEAM GAME (2-6 PLAYERS):
- IN THE TEAM GAME, YOU GUESS THE CRYPTOQUIP COMPETITIVELY. TEAMS PLAY IN
- ROTATION, THE FIRST TEAM UP BEING CHOSEN RANDOMLY BY THE COMPUTER. THE
- PROGRAM HELPS BY REVEALING ONE LETTER MAPPING BEFORE STARTING THE GUESS-CLOCK.
- YOU HAVE 30 SECONDS TO GET THE RIGHT ANSWER OR THE NEXT TEAM IS UP. IF YOU
- GUESS THE ENTIRE CRYPTOQUIP YOU WIN! YOUR TEAM SCORES 1000 PLAY DOLLARS IF
- THE COMPUTER ONLY REVEALED ONE LETTER, 950 DOLLARS IF IT REVEALED TWO LETTERS,
- DOWN TO A MINIMUM OF 100 PLAY DOLLARS. IF YOU WANT TO GIVE UP BEFORE THE 30
- SECONDS IS OVER AND LET THE NEXT TEAM PLAY, JUST HIT FUNCTION KEY F9.
-
- A NEW ROUND IS ALWAYS STARTED BY THE NEXT TEAM IN ROTATION, NOT THE TEAM
- WINNING THE PREVIOUS ROUND. THE FIRST TEAM TO WIN 3 ROUNDS WINS THE GAME AND
- GETS TO PLAY A BONUS ROUND! (NOTE: FUNCTION KEY F8 POPS-UP A CUMULATIVE
- SCORES DISPLAY.)
-
- BONUS ROUND (TEAM GAME):
- THE WINNER OF THE GAME GOES ON TO A BONUS ROUND FOR BIG PRIZES. YOU GET 120
- SECONDS TO SOLVE ANOTHER CRYPTOQUIP WITH 5 MAPPINGS GIVEN TO YOU FOR FREE.
- GOOD LUCK! IF YOU GET IT RIGHT, YOU GET $25,000 (PLAY MONEY, DON'T WRITE US
- ASKING FOR A CHECK - HA HA!).
-
- CLEARING AND STARTING OVER:
- IF YOU HAVE MADE SO MANY CHANGES YOU ARE LOST, YOU CAN START THE PUZZLE OVER
- BY HITTING FUNCTION KEY F4.
-
- DEMO MODE: FUNCTION KEY F2 TOGGLES THE DEMO MODE. IN DEMO MODE, THE COMPUTER
- RUNS THROUGH THE CRYPTOQUIPS BUT DOESN'T ANSWER THEM. NOTE: TO KEEP YOU FROM
- RAISING THE SCORE BY MENUING THE QUESTIONS, THE GAME IS RESTARTED EVERY TIME
- F2 IS PRESSED.
-
- SOUND EFFECTS TOGGLE: FUNCTION KEY F1 TOGGLES THE SOUND EFFECTS ON AND OFF.
-
- TO QUIT: HIT FUNCTION KEY F7 THEN "Y".
-
- TO CHANGE THE SCREEN BORDER COLOR (COLOR MONITORS ONLY): HIT FUNCTION KEY F10.
- FOR MONO MONITORS ONLY: F10 CHANGES THE PSEUDO-COLOR OF THE PUZZLE ENTRIES.
-
- TO DISPLAY THESE INSTRUCTIONS: HIT FUNCTION KEY F5.
-
- CRYPTOQUIP DATA FILES:
- TOMMY'S CRYPTOQUIPS OPERATES ON UP TO 100 MODULAR DATA FILES, WHICH MEANS
- THAT ANY ONE OR MORE OF THEM CAN BE PRESENT AND THE PROGRAM WILL PICK AND
- CHOOSE PUZZLES AT ITS WHIM FROM THOSE THAT ARE; THE CURRENT DATA FILE
- NUMBER (0..99) IN USE IS SHOWN IN THE LOWER RIGHT HAND CORNER OF THE SCREEN
- WHILE PLAYING.
-
- ALL CRYPTOQUIP DATA FILES HAVE THE NAMES "CRYPTDAT.n", WHERE n=0... THE PROGRAM
- KEEPS AUXILIARY FILES "CRYPTAUX.n" TO RECORD WHICH QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN USED SO
- FAR; THE SIZE OF EACH CRYPTAUX.n FILE IS 10+2*m, WHERE m=MAXIMUM NUMBER OF
- PUZZLES ALLOWED PER CRYPTDAT.n FILE; CURRENTLY m=3000 (IF THERE ARE ANY MORE
- PUZZLES THAN THAT IN A FILE, THEY ARE IGNORED).
-
- DOS PATHS:
- THE PROGRAM FIRST ASSUMES THAT THE CRYPTDAT.n FILES ARE ON THE DEFAULT DOS
- PATH (THE ONE YOU GET WITH THE PATH COMMAND). IF IT CAN'T FIND ANY FILES
- THERE, IT ASKS YOU FOR ANOTHER PATH. YOU CAN THEN ENTER, FOR EXAMPLE,
- D:\CRYPT\ OR C:\. UPON EXITING, THE PROGRAM STORES THE CRYPTAUX FILES ON
- THAT PATH, NOT THE DEFAULT PATH; THAT WAY, THE DATA AND ITS USAGE RESIDE ON
- THE SAME PATH, SO, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU CAN HAVE ONE CRYPTDAT.3 FILE ON ONE
- SUBDIRECTORY AND ANOTHER CRYPTDAT.3 ON ANOTHER SUBDIRECTORY, WITH NO CONFLICT.
-
- THE HIGH SCORE FILE, HOWEVER, IS HELD ON THE DEFAULT DOS PATH, SINCE IT
- DOESN'T MATTER WHERE THE DATA CAME FROM WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT HIGH SCORES.
-
- FILE PARAMETER DISPLAY:
- AT THE BOTTOM LEFT OF THE GAME SCREEN THERE ARE SOME NUMBERS DISPLAYED. HERE
- IS WHAT THEY MEAN:
-
- 1. NUMBER OF QUIPS IN CURRENT DATA FILE (THE ONE LISTED ON THE BOTTOM
- RIGHT OF THE SCREEN) THAT HAVE NOT BEEN USED UP. INITIALLY, WHEN THERE'S
- NO AUX FILE FOR THAT DATA FILE AND THE PROGRAM HASN'T SCANNED THROUGH
- THE FILE YET TO COUNT THE NUMBER OF QUIPS, THIS NUMBER IF 3000 (THE
- MAXIMUM FILE CAPACITY m); WHEN THE PROGRAM HAS REACHED END-OF-FILE ON
- THAT DATA FILE, IT FINALLY KNOWS THE TRUE NUMBER OF QUIPS IN THE FILE
- AND ADJUSTS ACCORDINGLY -- HENCE THE SECOND TIME IT STARTS THROUGH THIS
- FILE THE NUMBER OF 'UNUSED' QUIPS MAY JUMP DOWN CONSIDERABLY.
- 2. THE NUMBER OF THE LAST QUIP USED: A DEMO MODE QUESTION IS NOT USED SO
- IT DOESN'T COUNT.
- 3. THE CURRENT QUIP BEING EXAMINED BY THE PROGRAM: WATCH IT SKIP
- THROUGH TO WHAT IT WANTS.
- 4. THE NEXT QUIP IT PLANS TO GO TO (IT HOPS THROUGH THE DATA FILE IN
- RANDOM SIZE HOPS SO IF YOU DELETE THE AUX FILE AND RUN THE PROGRAM
- AGAIN, THE QUIPS WILL COME OUT IN A DIFFERENT ORDER).
-
- COMMAND LINE PARAMETERS:
- S START UP WITH SOUND EFFECTS OFF
- M FORCE MONO DISPLAY MODE
- C FORCE COLOR DISPLAY MODE
- * SKIP THE STARTUP SHOW
-
- EXAMPLE: >TOMCRYPT MS
-
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-
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- FILE FOR USE BY YOUR FRIENDS!
-
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-
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-
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