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Subject: Re: CM8000 Question

Author: John Merlino

Date: 11:38:17 11/26/00

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On November 26, 2000 at 01:11:54, Terry Ripple wrote:

>On November 25, 2000 at 18:09:55, Lenard Spencer wrote:
>
>>On November 25, 2000 at 13:45:53, John Merlino wrote:
>>
>>>On November 25, 2000 at 13:41:53, Pete Melissakis wrote:
>>>
>>>>Does the new CM8000 "require" the CD to be installed in order to operate it?
>>>>Thanks
>>>
>>>By "installed" I assume you mean "Does a Chessmaster 8000 CD have to be in a CD
>>>drive in order for the program to work? If so, then the answer is yes....
>>>
>>>jm
>>
>>Sorry, John, but I am able to run it just fine without the CD in the drive.  The
>>only thing I don't see (so far) is the opening title video.  Perhaps an 'Oh,
>>$*@#' on somebody's part?
>----------------
>
>The help menue states that you won't have the video at the start if the program
>determines that your video card is lacking! It states that it will go right in
>to the log in.
>
>Regards,Terry

Also, if for some reason the program IS running without the CD in the drive, and
you did NOT perform an install that PUT the intro video on your hard drive, then
you will not see the video.

And, actually, it is the CPU speed that determines whether the video will play,
not the video card.

jm



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