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From: eric@parallel.uucp (Eric Griswold)
Newsgroups: net.games
Subject: Re: HHGttG Query  ** SEMI-SPOILER **
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Date: Wed, 8-May-85 13:11:23 EDT
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Posted: Wed May  8 13:11:23 1985
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>Argh! (growl grumble).  Well, a team of three relatively
>good Infocom game players (including me) have been stuck
>for some time trying to get the Babel fish early in HHGttG.
>We've gone through the whole scenerio of having the fish
>pass through the coat, on the towel, etc etc until the
>upper-half-of-the-room cleaning robot gets it, and I now
>believe that this is a red herring.  The most promising
>strategy seems to be to lie down in front of the dispenser,
>but pressing the button suddenly becomes a problem.  Any
>hints on how to get one of these squirmy little things would
>be greatly appreciated.

You are on the right track. Keep going.  Junk Mail is important.

					eric