Decrypto 3.0

File	decrypto-30.hqx
Size	457.9 KB
Version	3.0
Category	Word Game
Architecture	PowerPC, 68K

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Decrypto v3.0 by Ed Olson is a fast cryptoquip solver for the Macintosh, distributed as fat-binary shareware with the playful price of pizza-and-coke. Rather than acting as an interactive aid, Decrypto cracks the substitution cipher puzzles found in newspaper games sections entirely on its own.How the solver worksVersion 3.0 introduces a faster, more reliable algorithm than the earlier 2.2 release. On a PowerMac 7500/100 it averages roughly ten seconds to crack a typical newspaper cryptoquip end-to-end without user intervention.System supportThe application is a fat binary that runs on any Macintosh with a 68020 or better processor, as well as natively on PowerPC machines, making it usable across the full mid-1990s Mac line.Distribution and licensingDecrypto is shareware authored by Ed Olson at MIT. The archive may not be redistributed except in its complete, unmodified form and at no charge; commercial or bundled distribution requires contacting the author. PC and UNIX builds were also offered on request.