Author: James Robertson
Date: 18:34:49 04/18/00
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On April 18, 2000 at 15:21:44, Côme wrote: >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 www.chess.hypermart.net www.chess.hypermart.net/stats/chess/remus.exe The account name is Azkikr(C). I recieved a message from the operator of Azkikr and apparently Remus is a real program. A reference to it came up in some titles listed in the Crafty newsletter. James
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