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Article #42038Re: Attention, players of Cairo Shootout & Shareware/PD software distributors
From: Matthew T. Russotto
Date: Fri, 05 May 1989 15:32
Date: Fri, 05 May 1989 15:32
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In article <8075@fluke.COM> moriarty@tc.fluke.COM (Jeff Meyer) writes:
>A co-worker asked me to bring this to the attention of the net -- please
>pass this information around to as many distributors of Shareware software
>as possible.
>[much deleted]
>Keycode solution: They mention that the formula for the Cairo #2 keycode is
>this:
>
> You apparently have a "#1 Keycode" (again, I haven't played the game
> much), which is a five or six-digit code. Let the last two digits of
> the number = X; let the next-to-last two digits = Y; let the first digit
> (if five digits long) or the first two digits (if six digits long) = Z.
> The #2 Keycode is equal to (Z + 1) * ((Y * X) + 18). For example, if
> your #1 keycode == 92338, the #2 Keycode == (9 + 1) * ((23 * 38) + 18)
> [the actual calculation is left as an exercise for the reader :-)]
>
> Enter the #2 keycode into the "Unlock..." dialog under the 'Options'
> Menu and click the "Unlock All Features" button to unlock Cairo
> Shootout.
>
>Duane's parent could not find the solution to the PUZZ'L #2 keycode.
>
>-----
>
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>
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I have had both solutions for a while now-- I'll try and remember to post
them on Monday. Puzz'l works about the same way, but different constants.
(I have the Uptime version of Cairo, and I don't use puzz'l--
I just figured it out for the fun of it--so no flames, please.)
--
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Matthew T. Russotto
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!husc6!rutgers!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!decwrl! From: res12@snoopy.UMD.EDU (Matthew T. Russotto) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Attention, players of Cairo Shootout & Shareware/PD software distributors Message-ID: <8905051532.AA01425@snoopy.UMD.EDU> Date: 5 May 89 15:32:47 GMT References: <8075@fluke.COM> Organization: University of Maryland, College Park Lines: 46