December 92 - KON & BAL'S PUZZLE PAGE
KON & BAL'S PUZZLE PAGE'
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!KONSTANTIN OTHMER AND BRUCE LEAK›
GKONSTANTIN OTHMER AND BRUCE LEAKSee if you can solve this programming
Tpuzzle, presented in the form of a dialog between Konstantin Othmer (KON) and Bruce
WLeak (BAL). The dialog gives clues to help you. Try to guess this one before BAL does.
4To figure out your score, see "Scoring" at the end.
$KON Have you heard of Spaceward Ho!?
QBAL Yeah, it's that awesome conquer-the-galaxy game from Delta Tao. That game has
8done more to hurt productivity around here than pinball.
XKON After they released it, they got several calls complaining about a crash. They tried
$to reproduce the crash but couldn't.
=BAL They don't have that SADE MultiFinder installed, do they?
KON Very funny.
UBAL How is their configuration different from the configuration of customers with the
problem?
PKON Everyone who complained had a 4-meg IIsi, ci, or fx. And the Delta Tao folks