Re: Cryptomania
 

Oh i see.

You need all of them, however those 8 with the #s you need to convert.

Re: Cryptomania
 

The marked symbols (HJ HH DI TK) build pairs. Important?

As of conversion:
- Does 'sounds' refer to music, thus # means sharp?
- A letter->letter conversion?

Are dot&space part of the solution, or just part of another step (e.g. morse)?

Re: Cryptomania
 

No pairs. Convert separately.

Sounds was just a hint for well done -> weldon
Not letter to letter. But letter to... # ;)
Think simple with what # means

You already solved dot and space. Dot is a period and space is a space.

Re: Cryptomania
 

Guess we're talking CODE TALKER... interesting.

Re: Cryptomania
 

Code Talker is the answer :winnerthu

How did you find the answer?

Re: Cryptomania
 

Replaced the marked letters by their alphabet position number:
"DHJ.CHHNDI TK" -> "D810.C88N49 2011" (which happens to be a book ID)
Already did that yesterday (since # usually means decimal or position) but only for 0-based index. Forgot to check your 1-based index - ok, I was pretty tired at that time.

Re: Cryptomania
 

Correct :)

It's the book ID for the book at Weldon Library

I didn't spell out the numbers because it would take too long, so I used a shortcut.

Your turn

Re: Cryptomania
 

30 fe eb f1 54 68 a1 35 46 ed 31 e9 2d 3e 1f 8b 08
08 4c 49 4e 4b 02 00 5f 00 73 0d 08 72 f1 76 71 0f
0b 0f 08 0b 54 f0 76 8d 54 f0 0c 56 08 f6 f7 09 0d
f1 f4 f7 53 36 b4 30 00 00 0e 98 c5 92 20 00 00 00

Re: Cryptomania
 

Recycling I see :tongue:

The hint decodes to: START WITH CP1252

CP1252 is Windows-1252

The first string spells out 0þëñTh¡5Fí1é->

Am i supposed to use CP1252 for all of it?

Re: Cryptomania
 

CP1252 was just for the first step (reading the info) which you have accomplished :nod:
The rest (54 byte) is apparently a hex dump...