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From: oleary@ux.acs.umn.edu (Doc O'Leary)
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Subject: Re: Synchronicity 3.0
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Date: 10 Apr 91 04:32:24 GMT
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In article <1991Apr10.032031.13534@lynx.CS.ORST.EDU> mcgredo@prism.cs.orst.edu (Don McGregor) writes:

>In article <9ncg81+@rpi.edu> Abraxas@itsgw.rpi.edu (Yi Sun) writes:
>>Hi, I just got a direct mail ad for Synchronicity 3.0 for
>>$39.95.  
>>
>>Can someone familiar with the game tell me more about it? 

>  It's really quite cool, though not exactly a "game."  It's a
>  computer implementation of the I-Ching; in its original incarnation
>  you tossed yarrow sticks to predict the future.  On Synchronicity,
>  you just hit a few keys and get a "prediction" of the future.
>
>  Aside from any faith you may have in the predictive value of
>  the program, it is nicely done, and just going through the ritual
>  has an odd effect; it encourages you to get all that trash out
>  of your mind.  Great for brain cramps, but Falcon it ain't.

Let me just add that there is (or at least was) a demo version available
for ftp at sumex-aim.

BTW, MacWarehouse lists Synchronicity 2.6 for $45.00, so if you like the
demo enough to order the real thing, it's a fairly good deal.

         ---------   Doc


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