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sorry, but i don't think that's the solve- all the other solves to these cards have been one word/number answers - nile, the phone number, libya, paint...

i think there's something hidden in the names of the computers that will give the final answer (like the hidden phrase in the wordsearch)

**Posted:** Fri Apr 29, 2005 1:00 pm

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fimacmo · Veteran Joined: 05 Jan 2005 Posts: 136

I agree - an anagram or something.

**Posted:** Fri Apr 29, 2005 1:02 pm

dopefiend

yeah or maybe the years they all came out will give us a phone number or something...

**Posted:** Fri Apr 29, 2005 1:07 pm

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JebJoya · Unfettered Joined: 13 Apr 2005 Posts: 679 Location: UK

Could someone transcribe the text at the bottom of the card - i can't quite make it out on the jpg?

Jeb

**Posted:** Fri Apr 29, 2005 1:15 pm

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ellipses

Sure, it says

**Posted:** Fri Apr 29, 2005 1:20 pm

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well done smile..... i was trawling for ages and just didnt get anywhere.... and yes it is the apple IIe - i mention it earlier in previous post

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**Posted:** Fri Apr 29, 2005 2:18 pm

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ah ha!!!

djrazz

im sitting next to a commadore 64 Razz

if that helps

**Posted:** Fri Apr 29, 2005 2:29 pm

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ellipses

Hee Hee - I'm sitting next to a Commodore 64, 5 Spectrums, a ZX81 - ohh and plenty of others not on the list... Very Happy

So - I thought I'd get this puzzle easily - but not quick enough on the Cube!!

**Posted:** Fri Apr 29, 2005 2:45 pm

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no one has actually solved the puzzle what do all these have in common what years were they realesed what is the overall answer?

**Posted:** Fri Apr 29, 2005 4:00 pm

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othuum · Boot Joined: 18 Feb 2005 Posts: 19

Don't think it helps at all but the years of release were:

Atari 2600 - 1977
Sinclair ZX81 - 1981
BBC Micro - 1982
Commodore 64 - 1982
NES - 1983
Apple IIe - 1983
ZX Spectrum - 1982
The Next Cube - 1988

Suppose we could narrow it down to month/year but wouldn't that depend to a degree on which country you were in?

**Posted:** Fri Apr 29, 2005 4:42 pm

ellipses

You missed the Altair (which I think is actually an Altair 8800B) which was March 1976.

And, in case it's important, don't forget the VCS in the name of the Atari.

**Posted:** Fri Apr 29, 2005 4:51 pm

James Lyon · Veteran Joined: 22 Mar 2005 Posts: 92 Location: Edinburgh

There's what looks like the faint outline of letters in box no 8 (the Spectrum). Possibly 'nts'. I'm not entirely sure if this is deliberate or not. Anyone else see this?

**Posted:** Sat Apr 30, 2005 12:00 am

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**Posted:** Sat Apr 30, 2005 7:09 am

dopefiend

you're right james, looks like "ctr..." or "cfr" backwards, very faintly just above the keyboard in no.8... looks like it could be bleed-through from the back of a scan, but that might be intentional... also can someone post the number on the back of the cube in no.9? As that one has a link with the main game (it's called the cube) maybe there's something in that.

this card is worth 35 perplex points- only the flags and the heiroglyphs are woth more- so there is definitely more to it than just naming old computers

**Posted:** Sat Apr 30, 2005 8:15 am

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