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Subject: Re: Chess Master 6000 problem

Author: Stephen A. Boak

Date: 12:37:13 02/08/04

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On February 08, 2004 at 13:15:01, George J. Cuolahan wrote:

>Recently I upgraded my operating system to MS 2000 PROFESSIONAL and discovered I
>could no longer use my chess program, Chess Master 6000.
>
>Has anyone else run into this problem? Is there a patch or other fix available.
>If not do you know of a recommended comparable chess program that is compatible
>with MS 2000 Professional>
>
>Thanks for any help you may be able to offer.
>
>George

I had a similar problem (perhaps) using both CM6000 & CM8000 with MS Win 2000
PRO.

MY SOLUTION:

Some special debug code (see below) suggested by John Merlino for CM6000 use
with Win 2000 PRO was added to the cm.ini file [located under c:\Programs\CM6000
or CM8000\ folder].

This fix turned off the problem sound routines (apparent source of the startup
problem--probably incompatible with my sound card or motherboard with onboard
sound) and allowed the program to startup and run.

I only do overnight game analysis, so sounds are not important to me.

Here's my debug code (I located it at the top of my cm & cmDefault files):

[debug]
check_cd=0
NoAudio=1

Also, if I recall correctly, sometimes it may not run if it is looking for the
startup Josh Waitzkin video, if that file hasn't been saved on your harddrive,
or isn't on a CD in your CDROM drive.  You can turn off CM6000 so it doesn't try
to load & run this video, also by tweaking the cm.ini file.

Hope this helps,
--Steve



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