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Subject: Re: Ok, nobody knows anything about Remus, so any speculation?

Author: Côme

Date: 12:21:44 04/18/00

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On April 18, 2000 at 14:36:50, James Robertson wrote:

>A computer account on FICS has been using a winboard program named Remus 3.0.
>Since it was a new program (the account usually uses something else) and I had
>never heard of it, I asked the operator where he had gotten it. He said he had
>been browsing the web and stumbled upon an execute file and a book. No other
>information was available. I got the URL, but by the time I tried to download
>this mysterious engine, not even the directory that had contained it existed.
>
>In any case, this engine is very strong. Positionally it plays very well, and
>has a nice plus score against Insomniac (I can't tell how much of it is based on
>its hardware advantage).
>
>Does anybody have any information about this program? Or is the entire thing a
>hoax? :)
>
>James

Hello James,
Can you post here the "false" URL ?
What is the handle of this engine on fics ?
Best Regards
Alexandre Côme



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