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From: jeffb@world.std.com (Jeffrey T Berntsen)
Subject: Re: Zork 69105
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Date: Mon, 10 Apr 1995 03:34:56 GMT
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jgt2@Lehigh.EDU (JESSE THILO) writes:

>Tim Llewellyn (fu285@cleveland.Freenet.Edu) wrote:

>: Has anyone else noticed this number appearing often in all the
>: Zork games? I've seen it in 0,I,III, and Beyond.

>: Does anyone know what significance this number has?

>69 and 105 are popular magic numbers to us computer geeks.  In addition
>to the obvious meaning of 69, the two numbers have a special relationship:

>69 decimal = 105 octal     69 hex = 105 decimal

What's 69 octal equal ? ;-)

Jeff Berntsen
jeffb@world.std.com
