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+"""
+NICOMACHUS
+
+Math exercise/demonstration
+
+Ported by Dave LeCompte
+"""
+
+"""
+PORTING NOTE
+
+The title, as printed ingame, is "NICOMA", hinting at a time when
+filesystems weren't even 8.3, but could only support 6 character
+filenames.
+"""
+
+import time
+
+def print_with_tab(spaces_count, msg):
+    if spaces_count > 0:
+        spaces = " " * spaces_count
+    else:
+        spaces = ""
+    print(spaces + msg)
+
+def get_yes_or_no():
+    while True:
+        response = input().upper()
+        if response == "YES":
+            return True
+        elif response == "NO":
+            return False
+        print(f"EH?  I DON'T UNDERSTAND '{response}'  TRY 'YES' OR 'NO'.")
+
+
+def play_game():
+    print("PLEASE THINK OF A NUMBER BETWEEN 1 AND 100.")
+    print("YOUR NUMBER DIVIDED BY 3 HAS A REMAINDER OF")
+    a = int(input())
+    print("YOUR NUMBER DIVIDED BY 5 HAS A REMAINDER OF")
+    b = int(input())
+    print("YOUR NUMBER DIVIDED BY 7 HAS A REMAINDER OF")
+    c = int(input())
+    print()
+    print("LET ME THINK A MOMENT...")
+    print()
+
+    time.sleep(2.5)
+
+    d = (70 * a + 21 * b + 15 * c) % 105
+
+    print(f"YOUR NUMBER WAS {d}, RIGHT?")
+
+    response = get_yes_or_no()
+
+    if response:
+        print("HOW ABOUT THAT!!")
+    else:
+        print("I FEEL YOUR ARITHMETIC IS IN ERROR.")
+    print()
+    print("LET'S TRY ANOTHER")
+    
+
+def main():
+    print_with_tab(33, "NICOMA")
+    print_with_tab(15, "CREATIVE COMPUTING  MORRISTOWN, NEW JERSEY")
+    print()
+    print()
+    print()
+    
+    print("BOOMERANG PUZZLE FROM ARITHMETICA OF NICOMACHUS -- A.D. 90!")
+    print()
+    while True:
+        play_game()
+        
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()