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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
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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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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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