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Subject: Re: Chessmaster 9000's EGDBs

Author: John Merlino

Date: 14:22:20 08/13/02

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On August 13, 2002 at 16:56:06, Sandi Ordinario wrote:

>On August 13, 2002 at 14:15:43, John Merlino wrote:
>
>>On August 13, 2002 at 13:08:23, Sandi Ordinario wrote:
>>
>>>On August 12, 2002 at 22:22:15, John Merlino wrote:
>>>
>>>>For those of you who have been wondering, Ubi Soft and the Chessmaster team have
>>>>decided, for several reasons, NOT to host the endgame database files for
>>>>Chessmaster 9000 on their servers.
>>>>
>>>>The endgame database generator is going to be available for download (with
>>>>documentation it is only about 200K) when the program is released. If possible,
>>>>I might make it available here a little sooner, for those who want to get
>>>>started early on generating their files.
>>>>
>>>>Our apologies for those of you who were hoping to be able to download these
>>>>files. Unfortunately it is just not feasible at this time.
>>>>
>>>>jm
>>>
>>>Hi John,
>>>I intend to buy from Ubi-soft a CM9K but I think I might be taking the risk of
>>>buying too soon since almost invariably an update comes up as soon as I buy one.
>>>At any rate you mentioned about endgame downloads, these I think I can wait but
>>>my question is how does one download these and from which servers will they come
>>>from? Thanks.
>>>Sandi
>>
>>My post above mentioned that the endgame databases will NOT be available for
>>download. Only the program that can GENERATE these databases will be available
>>for download.
>>
>>jm
>
>Thanks, John. I misunderstood you but now I am clear. I have an CM8000 which I
>bought from CompUSA a couple of months back, will I still be entitled to the $10
>rebate you mentioned earlier? BTW, thanks for giving out the website for
>Ubi-Soft. I will see if it is practical to pre-order or wait for the CM9K
>release say in the same store I got the CM8K.
>Sandi

As long as the mailing address for the rebate check is in the US, then you
qualify for the rebate.

jm



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