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Joy of hex #2 - a nice game of chess Mystery Cache

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jonnosan: Did a cache check today and cache had definitely been muggled. As this is the 3rd time I will take that as a hint from the universe it's time for this one to be retired. Thanks to everyone who took the time to tell me that they tried and/or succeeded in looking for this in the last 12 years!

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Hidden : 11/2/2011
Difficulty:
4.5 out of 5
Terrain:
3 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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BDOS            EQU 5
WRITESTR        EQU 9
READSTR         EQU 10


ORG 0100H

        JMP     PR$LGN
PR$ERR:
        LXI     D,ERR
        MVI     C,WRITESTR
        CALL    BDOS
PR$LGN:
        LXI     D,LGN
        MVI     C,WRITESTR
        CALL    5

        LXI     D,BUFFER
        MVI     C,READSTR
        CALL    BDOS

        MVI     C,6
        LXI     H,BUFFER+2
        MVI     B,0DFh
UCASE$LOOP:
        MOV     A,M     
        ANA     B
        MOV     M,A
        INX     H
        DCR     C
        JNZ     UCASE$LOOP


        LDA     BUFFER+3
        CPI     'O'
        JNZ     PR$ERR


        LDA     BUFFER+1
        CPI     6       
        JNZ     PR$ERR



        MVI     C,6
        MVI     A,0
        LXI     H,BUFFER+2

CHK$LOOP:
        MOV     B,M     
        ADD     B
        RLC
        INX     H
        DCR     C
        JNZ     CHK$LOOP


        CPI     0B7H
        JNZ     PR$ERR

        MVI     A,'8'
        MOV     M,A
        INX     H


        MVI     A,'0'
        MOV     M,A

        LXI     H,RCC
        MVI     C,213
        MVI     D,0
        

DEC$LOOP:
        PUSH    H
        LXI     H,BUFFER+2
        MOV     A,L
        ADD     D
        MOV     L,A
        MVI     A,0
        ADC     H
        MOV     H,A

        
        MOV     A,M
        

        POP     H
        
        MOV     B,M
        XRA     B

        MOV     M,A

        INR     D
        MVI     A,7
        ANA     D
        MOV     D,A

        INX     H
        DCR     C
        JNZ     DEC$LOOP

        LXI     D,RCC
        MVI     C,WRITESTR

        CALL    BDOS

        JMP     0               ;DONE



LGN:

        DB 00Dh, 00Ah, 04Ch, 06Fh, 067h, 069h, 06Eh, 03Ah
        DB 020h, 024h   
ERR:

        DB 00Dh, 00Ah, 049h, 044h, 045h, 04Eh, 054h, 049h
        DB 046h, 049h, 043h, 041h, 054h, 049h, 04Fh, 04Eh
        DB 020h, 04Eh, 04Fh, 054h, 020h, 052h, 045h, 043h
        DB 04Fh, 047h, 04Eh, 049h, 053h, 045h, 044h, 020h
        DB 042h, 059h, 020h, 053h, 059h, 053h, 054h, 045h
        DB 04Dh, 00Dh, 00Ah, 02Dh, 02Dh, 043h, 04Fh, 04Eh
        DB 04Eh, 045h, 043h, 054h, 049h, 04Fh, 04Eh, 020h
        DB 054h, 045h, 052h, 04Dh, 049h, 04Eh, 041h, 054h
        DB 045h, 044h, 02Dh, 02Dh, 024h 
RCC:

        DB 047h, 045h, 014h, 01Ah, 010h, 004h, 06Ch, 079h
        DB 004h, 008h, 000h, 068h, 005h, 013h, 077h, 076h
        DB 00Fh, 01Ch, 000h, 007h, 007h, 061h, 07Eh, 071h
        DB 006h, 004h, 016h, 006h, 07Bh, 04Ch, 032h, 063h
        DB 002h, 00Eh, 01Fh, 004h, 075h, 016h, 07Dh, 010h
        DB 01Ah, 003h, 012h, 011h, 075h, 000h, 018h, 077h
        DB 00Bh, 002h, 016h, 077h, 058h, 04Bh, 061h, 07Fh
        DB 01Fh, 01Dh, 073h, 01Ch, 014h, 013h, 07Fh, 075h
        DB 01Eh, 06Fh, 01Ah, 01Bh, 075h, 000h, 06Ch, 010h
        DB 019h, 07Ch, 060h, 068h, 061h, 073h, 016h, 005h
        DB 07Fh, 078h, 073h, 00Dh, 064h, 074h, 008h, 010h
        DB 078h, 07Ah, 07Dh, 07Dh, 064h, 078h, 035h, 03Ah
        DB 00Fh, 017h, 007h, 01Ah, 014h, 061h, 070h, 079h
        DB 004h, 01Bh, 069h, 068h, 004h, 003h, 072h, 071h
        DB 06Ah, 016h, 011h, 002h, 075h, 003h, 079h, 010h
        DB 002h, 00Ch, 006h, 01Eh, 00Ch, 018h, 018h, 076h
        DB 01Ch, 01Eh, 001h, 045h, 05Fh, 015h, 070h, 075h
        DB 06Ah, 00Ch, 012h, 00Bh, 01Dh, 004h, 018h, 073h
        DB 005h, 001h, 007h, 009h, 01Ch, 00Fh, 06Bh, 010h
        DB 00Bh, 06Fh, 010h, 009h, 007h, 005h, 018h, 067h
        DB 003h, 01Bh, 01Bh, 068h, 014h, 061h, 068h, 078h
        DB 018h, 00Eh, 000h, 00Dh, 058h, 04Bh, 077h, 07Eh
        DB 06Ah, 006h, 007h, 068h, 001h, 009h, 079h, 064h
        DB 06Ah, 002h, 01Ah, 00Fh, 01Dh, 015h, 018h, 073h
        DB 005h, 002h, 016h, 068h, 01Ch, 00Fh, 018h, 078h
        DB 00Bh, 001h, 017h, 011h, 075h, 00Dh, 079h, 064h
        DB 00Fh, 01Dh, 05Eh, 042h, 071h
BUFFER: DB      255     
        DB      0       
        DS      255     


END     

This can be done 'by hand', or maybe you have a suitable tool that you put in your attic because you thought you'd never use it again. In which case you may find some of the cache contents particularly useful.

If you park at the suggested waypoint you should allow about 1 hour for the round trip. There is no need to leave well-formed paths.

Make sure you conceal the container just as you found it, and especially check it is not visible from the northern approach

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

V'z va qrfcrengr arrq bs n cnyrbagbybtvfg.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
-------------------------
N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)