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SAT1 Geomaster Masterball by Dr. Geza
Gyovai - 
Here you find other
vintage computer collectors items.
Here you can buy an original Geomaster Masterball (aka:
Rainbow) - also known as "Sat1 - Masterball".
Production date unknown, in good condition, solved.
(View the photos) The puzzle can
be turned along any slice. There are two types of move:
A half turn of half the ball along any of the lines
of longitude, called a slice move, or a 1/8 turn of
one of the 4 layers. The Masterball Masterball was invented
by Dr. Geza Gyovai, a 46 year old Hungarian-born engineer
and lawyer now living in Zurich, Switzerland. He spent
6 years and over 1.4 million Swiss francs to design,
develop and patented on 15 August 1989,
US 4,856,786. his amazing invention. An absolute
must for the collection of any serious puzzle enthusiast.
I also sell a Rubik´s-
Magic -
Tangle - Signed
Master Cube - Clock
- Babylon Tower
- Link Puzzler and
more!
355,682,548,566,633,480,192,000,000
combinations - 1 solution
Masterball is a 3-D puzzle made of 58 high precision,
injection molded plastic parts. The design is unique
because there are no fixed segments. All of the 32 outer
segments can move along both the horizontal and vertical
axes. The original puzzle has 8 sectors on a sphere
(longitudinal cuts), with each sector divided into 4
segments (latitudinal cuts). It is a permutation puzzle
of colored tiles confined to the surface of a sphere.
Like its better known relative, Rubik's Cube, the Masterball
can be thought of as a group acting on a set of 32 points.
A few principles of elementary group theory can be used
to cook up solutions to the puzzle.
There are essentially 3 varieties: Geomaster 8 colors
(beachball, default colors in this puzzle), Duomaster
2 colors (black and white beachball), and a variety
of picture Masterballs. For some reason, they say the
Geomaster is easier than the Duomaster. The picture
Masterballs are the hardest since all the pieces have
a set solved postion. On the Duo and Geo Masterballs
pieces could be swapped or in a different order and
still be in a solved postion. Zurick University's Mathematics
faculty has calculated that Masterball's 32 segments
can be arranged in 355,682,548,566,633,480,192,000,000
different possible combinations. Masterball was invented
by Dr. Geza Gyovai, a 46 year old Hungarian-born engineer
and lawyer now living in Zurich, Switzerland. He spent
6 years and over 1.4 million Swiss francs to design,
develop and patent his amazing invention, manufactured
by Whole Systems Design, Inc.
See what David Joyner (Assoc. Prof., Mathematics, US
Naval Academy) has to say about solving Masterball at
his
web site.
Masterball is available in a variety of exciting styles.
Try the Geomaster or rainbow (pictured
above) first. It's the easiest to learn how to solve.
The black and white Duomaster is next hardest, followed
by the USAmaster. The picture balls, such as the Dragonmaster,
Catmaster, Soccermaster, Tennismaster, Globemaster and
Circusmaster are the most difficult to solve. Download
a (German) windows
application to solve the Masterball - you
can download it here.
External links:
SAT1 "Geomaster" Masterball
von Dr. Geza Gyovai - 
Hier finden Sie meine anderen
Computer Sammlerstücke.
Ich biete hier den "Masterball" von SAT1
an, auch bekannt als Geomaster Masterball (aka: Rainbow).
Es handelt sich um einen "Zauberwürfel"
jedoch in Ballform (siehe Bild). Sehr kniffelig, der
Vorbesitzer hat ihn nur einmal wieder hinbekommen. Ball
ist in den Farben von SAT1 und ist auch im Moment sortiert.
Der Masterball wurde erfunden vom ungarischen Ingenieur
Geza Gyovai am 15. August 1989, Patent
US 4,856,786. Das Spiel hat 355,682,548,566,633,480,192,000,000
mögliche Positionen - und eine Lösung.
Es gibt ein kleines Windows
Rrogramm um den Masterball zu lösen (von Jochen
Brunhorn) - Sie können mballsover.zip hier
downloaden. Hier gibt es eine englische Lösung
für den Masterball.
Ich verkaufe auch noch Rubiks-
Zauberwürfel
- Signierter
Master Cube - Magic
- Tangle - Clock
- Link Puzzler und
mehr!
Photo
The "Masterball" - was a gift by German TV
Channel "SAT1", sold solved :-)
Der SAT1 "Masterball" aka Geomaster Masterball,
wird im Urzustand geliefert :-)
The "Masterball" comes in its original box
Der SAT1 "Masterball" aka Geomaster Masterball,
kommt in der original OVP |
