"Remote Tecibon"
On "Charon Doesn't Make Change" there are three Pfhor terminals on
which an identical block of hexadecimal is displayed.
$"0000 0000 000F F800 001F FF00 0071 FF80"
$"00C1 FFE0 0181 FDF0 0901 FCF8 1203 FE78"
$"3A01 FF7C 3C07 FF7C 7C0B FF3E 7CFF FF3E"
$"FCFF FF7E FCFF FF7E FE7F FE7F FE7F FEFF"
$"FF3F FCFF FF9F F9FE FFE7 C7FF 7FF8 1FFE"
$"7FFE 7FFE 7FFE 7FFE 3FFE 7FFC 3FFE 7FFC"
$"1FFE 7FF8 1FFE 7FF8 0FFE 7FF0 07FE 7FE0"
$"01FE 7F80 00FE 7F00 001E 7800 0000 0000"
$"0007 F000 003F FE00 00FF FF80 03FF FFC0"
$"07FF FFE0 0FFF FFF0 1FFF FFF8 3FFF FFFC"
$"3FFF FFFC 7FFF FFFE 7FFF FFFE FFFF FFFF"
$"FFFF FFFF FFFF FFFF FFFF FFFF FFFF FFFF"
$"FFFF FFFF FFFF FFFF FFFF FFFF FFFF FFFF"
$"FFFF FFFF 7FFF FFFE 7FFF FFFE 3FFF FFFC"
$"3FFF FFFC 1FFF FFF8 0FFF FFF8 07FF FFE0"
$"03FF FFC0 01FF FF80 007F FE00 0000 0000"
Does this mean anything?
Simon Rowland <simon@eagle.ca> writes:
" This is hexadecimal, a standard format for computers. Each "slot" can be a 0-9, A-F. A-F stand for 10-15. Therefore the highest value available for each slot is 15, or letter "f". Each 4-letter string contains 2 numbers, from 0-255 (like 7-bit binary). Both binary and Hex can be converted into ASCII text. Of the 4-letter packets, it is divided like this-"
------------------------------------ | # 16s | # 1's |,| # 16's | # 1's | ------------------------------------"So this way, you can have up to 15 16's and 15 1's. (15 x 16) + (15 x 1) = 255"
"Converted into decimal format (out of 255)"
0,0 0,0 0,15 248,0 0,31 255,0 0,113 255,128 0,193 255,224 1,129 253,240 9,1 252,248 18,3 254,120 58,1 255,124 60,7 255,124 124,11 255,62 124,255 255,62 252,255 255,126 252,255 255,126 254,127 254,127 254,127 254,255 255,63 252,255 255,159 159,254 255,231 199,255 127,248 31,254 127,254 127,254 127,254 127,254 63,254 127,252 63,255 127,252 31,254 127,248 31,254 127,248 15,254 127,240 7,254 127,224 1,254 127,128 0,254 127,0 0,30 120,0 0,0 0,0 0,7 240,0 0,64 254,0 0,255 255,128 3,255 255,192 7,255 255,224 15,255 255,240 31,255 255,248 63,255 255,252 63,255 255,252 127,255 255,254 127,255 255,54 255,255 255,255 255,255 255,255 255,255 255,255 255,255 255,255 255,255 255,255 255,255 255,255 255,255 255,255 255,255 255,255 255,255 255,255 255,255 255,255 127,255 255,254 127,255 255,254 63,255 255,252 63,255 255,252 31,255 255,248 15,255 255,248 7,255 255,224 3,255 255,252 31,255 255,128 0,127 254,0 0,0 0,0"Converted into ASCII and put into the standard 8-character segments:"
"As you can see, most of the characters are undisplayable. (a "box" means there's no ASCII character for that 0-255 number).I don't know if this means something or not. Not a secret string of text, though. :) "
Matthew Smith <matthew@quest.net> writes concerning the Hexadecimal Term. Message:
"I noticed that it was 512 bytes long, which is the size of the data in a black and white Mac icon. Surprise! I opened up Marathon 2 in ResEdit and confirmed that the icon for the game (ICN# ID=128) has the same data as seen in the terminals."
"I have taken the liberty to enclose a gif of what the icon looks like."
Nice one Matthew. Brought a smile to my face :-)