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From: mcooper@s.cs.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Re: Rubiks Cube
Message-ID: <207400042@s.cs.uiuc.edu>
Date: 2 Dec 89 17:38:16 GMT
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/* Written 11:44 am  Nov 29, 1989 by josh@cditi.UUCP in s.cs.uiuc.edu:comp.graphics */
In article <4382.256d6784@uwovax.uwo.ca>, 4237_5202@uwovax.uwo.ca writes:
> I am working on a 3-d graphics application in GKS and C
> on a sun workstation to simulate Rubiks Cube.

     [text deleted]

> Thanks Brian CS UWO third year

Congrats on a good challenge, but Silicon Graphics gives it away as a demo
with any of their machines.  If it doesn't seem like cheating to you, maybe
you could look at it and solve their user interface problem.

josh muskovitz
computer design, inc.

josh@uunet!cditi
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1) SGI doesn't give source to their demos... (or at least I've never seen it.
   If I had, I would have modified 'Insect' to my liking long ago! :-)  )

2) As you pointed out, the interface to actually manipulate the cube on said
   demo is a problem.  Keep in mind, though, that this was probably not 
   written as a real cube simulation that was expected to be used with any
   serious effort at actually SOLVING the darn thing.

3) It will not solve the cube for you once it's scrambled.  The original note
   suggested his program was supposed to simulate and SOLVE the cube...



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