From bagleyd@source.asset.com Fri May 27 13:46:56 1994 Return-Path: Received: from source.asset.com by life.ai.mit.edu (4.1/AI-4.10) for /com/archive/cube-lovers id AA28346; Fri, 27 May 94 13:46:56 EDT Received: by source.asset.com (AIX 3.2/UCB 5.64/4.03) id AA64537; Fri, 27 May 1994 13:42:15 -0400 Date: Fri, 27 May 1994 13:42:15 -0400 From: bagleyd@source.asset.com (David A. Bagley) Message-Id: <9405271742.AA64537@source.asset.com> To: cube-lovers@ai.mit.edu Subject: xrubik Hi I just finished up "xrubik", a UNIX-X Rubik's cube. It has been tested on Linux, SunOS, and HP-UX. It currently resides on ftp.x.org at /contrib/games/puzzles. Here's the blurb from the README in that directory: ------------------------------------------------------------- xrubik has been converted from xmrubik. New features: hold down control key to move whole cube letters that represent colors can now be changed in mono-mode Bug fix: when xmrubik did not recognize when the cube was solved nontrivially (i.e. the number of cubes on an edge > 1 OOPS.) The /R5contrib/xmpuzzles: xmpyramid xmoct xmskewb xmcubes xmtriangles xmhexagons are currently being changed to exclude Motif dependencies. The Motif versions will no longer be maintained. The proposed collection includes: SLIDING BLOCK PUZZLES xcubes: expanded 15 puzzle xtriangles: same complexity as 15 puzzle xhexagons: 2 modes: one ridiculously easy, one harder than 15 puzzle ROTATIONAL 3D PUZZLES xrubik: a nxnxn rubik's cube xpyramid: a nxnxn tetrahedron (a nxnxn pyraminx) with Period 2, Period 3, and Combined cut modes xoct: a nxnxn octahedron with Period 3, Period 4, and Combined cut modes xskewb: a cube with diagonal cuts The rest of the platonic solids (the dodecahedron and the icosahedron) seem too hard for me. These programs do not have self-solvers like "magiccube" (Motif) or "puzzle" (X). ----------------------------- Have fun David (the newbie)