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Subject: Re: Strange CM8000 Problem

Author: John Merlino

Date: 18:24:36 12/05/00

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On December 05, 2000 at 21:02:40, John Merlino wrote:

>On December 05, 2000 at 20:49:17, David Dahlem wrote:
>
>>Apparently CM8000 doesn't like winboard personalities that start with the letter
>>"Z". I have two, ZChess and Zephyr. Whenever i select either one in the setup
>>personality menu, to change books or to make any change in settings, i get this
>>message - "File is damaged or is not a chessmaster file". They work ok in a
>>match or tournament. I tried deleting them and importing them again but i still
>>get the same error message. I can rename the personality file to anything that
>>doesn't start with "Z" and i don't get the error message. Anyone else have this
>>problem?
>>
>>Dave
>
>Good catch! That one's a bug and will be fixed in the patch (due out in about
>six weeks). Got nothing (directly) to do with the letter 'Z', oddly enough....
>
>Thanks for reporting it!
>
>jm

Amusing addendum: Would you believe this bug has existed since Chessmaster
5000?!

jm



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