Start of a transcript of JIGSAW An Interactive History Copyright (c) 1995 by Graham Nelson Release 3 / Serial number 951129 / Inform v1600 Library 6/1 Standard interpreter 1.1 Interpreter 1 Version C / Library serial number 951024 >look Inside the Monument A sloping crevice of metal, sunken into the ground some way to make a larger-than-expected room. Short flights of steps lead up to west and southeast. The air is frigid. At the centre is a heavy old table whose top is a beautiful mahogany jigsaw-board, with room for sixteen pieces arranged in a square. On a kind of steel mantelpiece sits a late Victorian ormolu clock, with a curious single hand on the sixty-minute dial, pointed upwards in the zero position. >x clock The ormolu clock sits on the mantelpiece, but might well be portable. On the base of the ormolu clock is engraved "Labuntur et imputantur" together with the maker's mark (William Snelson the Clockmaker). Via clockwork you can set the position of the single hand, and around the back is a small latch with two positions: to judge from the engraved icons, alarm on and alarm off. Presently, the latch is on. The clock stands at 0. >get clock (putting the tagged key into the canvas rucksack to make room) Taken. >set clock to 2 The clock starts, silently and slowly. >x clock On the base of the ormolu clock is engraved "Labuntur et imputantur" together with the maker's mark (William Snelson the Clockmaker). Via clockwork you can set the position of the single hand, and around the back is a small latch with two positions: to judge from the engraved icons, alarm on and alarm off. Presently, the latch is on. The clock is running and stands at 2. The ormolu clock chimes a more insistent warning. >z Time passes. >z Time passes. >z Time passes. >z Time passes. >z Time passes. >z Time passes. >x clock On the base of the ormolu clock is engraved "Labuntur et imputantur" together with the maker's mark (William Snelson the Clockmaker). Via clockwork you can set the position of the single hand, and around the back is a small latch with two positions: to judge from the engraved icons, alarm on and alarm off. Presently, the latch is on. The clock stands at 0. >set clock to 1 The clock starts, silently and slowly. >x clock On the base of the ormolu clock is engraved "Labuntur et imputantur" together with the maker's mark (William Snelson the Clockmaker). Via clockwork you can set the position of the single hand, and around the back is a small latch with two positions: to judge from the engraved icons, alarm on and alarm off. Presently, the latch is on. The clock is running and stands at 1. >x clock On the base of the ormolu clock is engraved "Labuntur et imputantur" together with the maker's mark (William Snelson the Clockmaker). Via clockwork you can set the position of the single hand, and around the back is a small latch with two positions: to judge from the engraved icons, alarm on and alarm off. Presently, the latch is on. The clock stands at 0. >turn on alarm The latch on the clock is now on. >turn on alarm The latch on the clock is now on. >set clock to 1 The clock starts, silently and slowly. >x clock On the base of the ormolu clock is engraved "Labuntur et imputantur" together with the maker's mark (William Snelson the Clockmaker). Via clockwork you can set the position of the single hand, and around the back is a small latch with two positions: to judge from the engraved icons, alarm on and alarm off. Presently, the latch is on. The clock is running and stands at 1. >x clock On the base of the ormolu clock is engraved "Labuntur et imputantur" together with the maker's mark (William Snelson the Clockmaker). Via clockwork you can set the position of the single hand, and around the back is a small latch with two positions: to judge from the engraved icons, alarm on and alarm off. Presently, the latch is on. The clock stands at 0. >x table A heavy old table, high and wide over a doubtless dusty floor, with fine inlaid marquetry decoration. On one side is a brass plaque, declaring it to be "by Mr Gm. Nelson, begun at the Holywell Stables, MCMXCIII; completed at the Waynflete and Summertown, MCMVC". >x decoration You can't see any such thing. >x grid "Nec deus intersit nisi dignus vindice nodus inciderit" [Note: to put a jigsaw piece onto the frame, try "put piece at c3", for instance: if it won't fit, try turning it first. To get one back again, try "take c3". To look at a played piece, try "examine c3". Pieces are displayed in a chequerboard-style for contrast on your computer's screen, and their colour has no game significance. Try "style 1" for b/w, "style 2" for a spartan look and "style 3" for colour (on some machines only).] >x piece Which do you mean, the centre piece or the corner piece? >x centre A large jigsaw piece, six inches on a side and square. On one edge, somebody has pencilled "Southwest?". It's a dull grey-white, perhaps depicting a shadow in a charcoal sketch. It is currently this way up: >x corner A large jigsaw piece, six inches on a side and square. It's a dull grey-white, perhaps depicting the side of a battleship. It is currently this way up: >turn corner You turn the piece clockwise, to: >turn corner You turn the piece clockwise, to: >put corner at A4 It fits at a4, and suddenly lights up with a picture: parklands strobed by laser light. [Your score has just gone up by one point.] >undo Inside the Monument [Previous turn undone.] >turn corner You turn the piece clockwise, to: >put corner at a4 It fits in nicely at a4. >x grid "Nec deus intersit nisi dignus vindice nodus inciderit" The board's current state is: 1 2 3 4 +----------------------------------------------------+ | | a | | | | | | b | | | | | | c | | | | | | d | | | | +----------------------------------------------------+ >take corner You can't see any such thing. >take a4 (putting the curious device into the canvas rucksack to make room) Taken. >turn corner You turn the piece clockwise, to: >put corner at a4 It fits in nicely at a4. >x grid "Nec deus intersit nisi dignus vindice nodus inciderit" 1 2 3 4 +----------------------------------------------------+ | | a | | | | | | b | | | | | | c | | | | | | d | | | | +----------------------------------------------------+ >style 1 Ok. >x grid "Nec deus intersit nisi dignus vindice nodus inciderit" 1 2 3 4 +----------------------------------------------------+ | oooooo oooooo| a | oooooooooooo | | ooooooooooooo| | | b | | | | | | c | | | | | | d | | | | +----------------------------------------------------+ >x centre A large jigsaw piece, six inches on a side and square. On one edge, somebody has pencilled "Southwest?". It's a dull grey-white, perhaps depicting the middle of a prison van. It is currently this way up: >style 2 Ok. >x grid "Nec deus intersit nisi dignus vindice nodus inciderit" 1 2 3 4 +----------------------------------------------------+ | oooooo oooooo| a | oooooooooooo | | ooooooooooooo| | | b | | | | | | c | | | | | | d | | | | +----------------------------------------------------+ >take a4 Taken. >turn corner You turn the piece clockwise, to: OOOOOOO OOOOOOO OOOOOO OOOOOOO OOO OOO >turn corner You turn the piece clockwise, to: OOOOOOO OOOOOOO OOOOOO OOOOOOO OOO OOO >put corner at a4 It fits at a4, and suddenly lights up with a picture: parklands strobed by laser light. [Your score has just gone up by one point.] >x grid "Nec deus intersit nisi dignus vindice nodus inciderit" 1 2 3 4 +----------------------------------------------------+ | ooooooooooooo| a | Park o| | oooooo oooooo| | | b | | | | | | c | | | | | | d | | | | +----------------------------------------------------+ [To see a list of pictures revealed so far, try "list".] >list a4 parklands strobed by laser light (solved) >x centre A large jigsaw piece, six inches on a side and square. On one edge, somebody has pencilled "Southwest?". It's a dull grey-white, perhaps depicting the middle of a prison van. It is currently this way up: O OOOOOOO OOOOOOO OOOOOOO OOOOOOO OOO OOO >put centre at c2 It fits in nicely at c2. >take c2 Taken. >turn centre You turn the piece clockwise, to: OOO OOO OOOOOOO OOOOOOO OOOOOOO OOOOOOO O >put centre at c2 It fits at c2, and suddenly lights up with a picture: a horse-drawn state carriage. [Your score has just gone up by one point.] >list a4 parklands strobed by laser light (solved) c2 a horse-drawn state carriage >x grid "Nec deus intersit nisi dignus vindice nodus inciderit" 1 2 3 4 +----------------------------------------------------+ | ooooooooooooo| a | Park o| | oooooo oooooo| | | b | | | | | oooooo oooooo | c | Carriage oo | | ooooooooooooo | | o | d | | | | +----------------------------------------------------+ >save Ok. >