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- L E T T E R D R O P
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- by Robert Markland
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- LETTER DROP is the computerized
- version of a familiar matrix type
- puzzle regularly found in most paper
- and pencil puzzle magazines. From top
- to bottom, the screen consists of:
- the letter storage area, puzzle
- matrix, and command/dialogue area.
-
- Begin by selecting LOAD, choose a
- drive, and decide which puzzle you
- would like to solve. The puzzles are
- quotations that are more or less
- memorable. Most of them came from Jon
- Winokur's THE PORTABLE CURMUDGEON,
- New American Library, 1987.
-
- With a puzzle in place, you will
- notice columns of letters in the
- storage area. The letters in each
- column fit a box directly below to
- form words. The order of the stored
- letters may or may not correspond to
- the correct boxes. Blank squares
- indicate the end of words.
-
- Using either the cursor keys or
- the joystick in port 2, move the
- cursor over any letter in the storage
- area. Press RETURN or FIRE to pick up
- the letter, then move down to an empty
- box and press RETURN or FIRE again to
- drop the letter. You will find that
- the empty cursor will move freely in
- all four directions, but will not
- leave the column when it carries a
- letter.
-
- If you really get stuck, move the
- empty cursor over any empty box and
- press <H> for a letter hint. Provided
- the correct letter is in storage, it
- is placed in the box under the
- cursor. If nothing happens, one or
- more of the letters placed in that
- column is incorrect. Move a letter
- back to the storage area and request
- the hint again.
-
- Should the situation become
- hopeless you can request the complete
- solution by pressing <S>.
-
- The "hot" keys are printed in
- white in the command area so you can
- always tell what keys to press.
-
- RM
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- DMM
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