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

Author: Côme

Date: 20:48:16 04/18/00

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On April 18, 2000 at 21:34:49, James Robertson wrote:

>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

If Remus is a real program why the operator give you a false url ???????
Best Regards
Alexandre Côme



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