From serge@nexen.com Thu Dec 14 13:17:04 1995 Return-Path: Received: from guelah.nexen.com by life.ai.mit.edu (4.1/AI-4.10) for /com/archive/cube-lovers id AA27230; Thu, 14 Dec 95 13:17:04 EST Received: from maelstrom.nexen.com (maelstrom.nexen.com [204.249.98.5]) by guelah.nexen.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id NAA20551 for ; Thu, 14 Dec 1995 13:00:45 -0500 Received: from spank.nexen.com (spank.nexen.com [204.249.98.79]) by maelstrom.nexen.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id NAA02709 for ; Thu, 14 Dec 1995 13:17:05 -0500 Received: (from serge@localhost) by spank.nexen.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) id NAA28270; Thu, 14 Dec 1995 13:16:04 -0500 Date: Thu, 14 Dec 1995 13:16:04 -0500 From: Serge Kornfeld Message-Id: <199512141816.NAA28270@spank.nexen.com> To: Cube-Lovers@ai.mit.edu Subject: Re Twist Torus > It will test my ability to describe it in words but here goes. > It is torus shaped (dough nut shaped). At first glance it looks > like a bracelet. It has one slice made the same way a bagel is > sliced. The puzzle can turn along this cut. There are eight > differently colored sections separated by fixed black sections > around the circumference of the torus. Each colored section is > subdivided into 4 sub-segments that can turn at right angles to > the main circumference. As a segment is turned, different parts > of the segment are brought to the other side of the main cut. I came to US 4 years ago from Russia. Living in Russia I use to collect mechanical puzzles. I remember the article in magazine and a picture of the puzzle you described. I think it was 1987 ????. Article was saying that there are some problems to actually make this type of puzzle and ..... I cant remember the end of the article and I never saw this toy in real. Serge serge@nexen.com