>Forgive me for simplifying. The program would allow a user to enter a
>password key, plus text to encrypt or decrypt with the given key. The
>2600 would perform the necessary crypto and display the results, which
>could be transcribed by hand and passed to friends or other international
>arms dealers (just kidding...)
>
>Copy protection isn't the point of the exercise. Free, unrestricted
>cryptography in 4K of 2600 code is :)
That would be fun... sorry I was kind of in Saunders mode there. :)
As for input, perhaps it would pay to be creative with the joystick. It
can go eight directions, eight? Well, two joystick movements, "typed"
with the fire button, could yield 8 * 8 == 64 possible "keystrokes".
If you utilize a fire-button press with no movement, you could get 72 or
81 possibilities.
>I'd only sell it to U.S. citizens, but it'll make a hell of a prop during
>upcoming crypto debates in Congress.
Sure. I'll be taping C-span that day.
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