Thank you for taking The Cryptogram Challenge!  This version 
is written for 16-bit Windows but also works well on '95.


Please direct comments, suggestions and bug reports to:

	e-mail	Crypto@ayecor.com

	- or -

	visit our web site at:  http://ayecor.com



Directions for use:

Cryptogram - A writing in cipher or code; a cryptograph.  (Webster's New 
Universal Unabridged Dictionary)

 Your challenge is to decipher the short messages which will be encrypted 
and displayed to you.  They have been encoded by replacing the correct 
letter with a letter chosen at random from the alphabet.  The replacement 
letter may in fact be the same letter by the way, but probably is a 
different letter.

 You will see letters on the board which don't make sense as they are 
written, yet are in the form of an sentence in English.  Clicking on one 
of the encoded letters will bring up an entry box which you can use to 
guess at the correct letter which this coded letter represents.  Once 
you enter your guess, it will be placed beneath the coded letter on the 
board.

The score you receive for each puzzle completed is dependant on:
(a) the ammount of time you take to complete it, 
(b) the number of unique letters in a particular phrase and
(c) its length (inversely proportional).


Some specific rules:

1.)  If you attempt to define a coded letter with a letter which you have 
already chosen for another, you will be asked about this.  Only one letter 
may represent or be represented by another.

2.)  When you change a guess, you will be asked, just to be sure.

3.)  You can clear a guess by clicking on the coded letter and entering a 
space for your guess of its value.

4.)  All guesses can be cleared by selecting "Clear All Guesses" from under 
the "Games" pull-down.

5.)  There are no numerals in the phrases used.  All numbers are spelled out, 
for example; 8 would be written out as "eight".



Registering the Cryptogram Challenge:

Why register?  

First, is the program useful?  Does it perform a task that you find valuable?  
Of course you'll get that good feeling that comes with "doing the right thing", 
but you'll also get fast responses to questions via e-mail.  Additionally, you 
may get the occasional free upgrade.

Of course you'll also have the program start without the opening screen and 
you'll receive 3 more cryptogram databases; bible quotes, dictionary 
definitions, and chemistry... all very difficult.



Pricing.

Whether you purchase through the mail, via check or money order and have the 
program mailed back, or register online with a credit card or by other means, 
the price will be the same; $14.95.  Initially we tried to charge a base price and 
adding charges for shipping and disks, or online registration fees.  Finally (a) 
it became too complicated and (b) one couldn't actually purchase the program 
for the base price anyway (unless they came here and picked it up personally).  

Addresses and such.

register online by going to the AyeCor Software site at:

	http://ayecor.com

		-OR-

mail a check to:

	AyeCor Software
	2115 Pillsbury Ave. S.
	Minneapolis, MN  55404

Note:  Please note which program you are ordering and whether it is to run on 
Win95/NT or Win3.1/3.11, that is, 32-bit or 16-bit.


