Author: David Dahlem
Date: 18:28:29 12/05/00
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On December 05, 2000 at 21:24:36, John Merlino wrote: >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 That is amusing alright. My first thought was "Why hasn't it been fixed?" Dave
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