From diamond@jrdv04.enet.dec-j.co.jp Sun Aug 20 21:45:11 1995 Return-Path: Received: from jnet-gw-1.dec-j.co.jp by life.ai.mit.edu (4.1/AI-4.10) for /com/archive/cube-lovers id AA09041; Sun, 20 Aug 95 21:45:11 EDT Received: by jnet-gw-1.dec-j.co.jp (8.6.12+usagi/JNET-GW-940327.1); id KAA27528; Mon, 21 Aug 1995 10:40:51 +0900 Message-Id: <9508210145.AA21282@jrdmax.jrd.dec.com> Received: from jrdv04.enet.dec.com by jrdmax.jrd.dec.com (5.65/JULT-4.3) id AA21282; Mon, 21 Aug 95 10:45:32 +0900 Received: from jrdv04.enet.dec.com; by jrdmax.enet.dec.com; Mon, 21 Aug 95 10:45:34 +0900 Date: Mon, 21 Aug 95 10:45:34 +0900 From: Norman Diamond 21-Aug-1995 1039 To: cube-lovers@ai.mit.edu Apparently-To: cube-lovers@ai.mit.edu Subject: Re: 5 X 5 X 5 Rubik's Cubes Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=ISO-2022-JP At 4:19 PM 19/08/95, der Mouse wrote: >> I am new to this list, and i would like to ask if anyone knows where >> I can get a 5 X 5 X 5 Rubik's Cube. > >Can't help with this...unless you're in Montreal, in which case you >might give Valet de Coeur a try. I think that's where I got mine. Puzzletts in Seattle, USA also has them, I think for $32 each. It's time I should write to Dr. Bandelow in Germany too; his company used to be the primary distributor for these. >> I have already mastered the 3 and 4 cubes, and I don't think that the >> 5 will be much different. >You're right; it won't. If you can handle the 3-cube and 4-cube, >you've got all the necessary skills. True, you've got all the necessary skills. However, there is a pattern that can occur on the 5x5x5 which needs a new algorithm which can be found rather easily using the same old skills. Now, Nob Yoshigahara told me that he has seen a working 6x6x6, and he received a business card from the person who had manufactured the 6x6x6, and he was playing with the business card and then lost the business card. The maker was in Europe. Anyone know who and where? -- Norman Diamond diamond@jrdv04.enet.dec-j.co.jp [Speaking for Norman Diamond not for Digital.]