Author: John Merlino
Date: 18:34:32 12/05/00
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On December 05, 2000 at 21:28:29, David Dahlem wrote: > >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 Because no one (no developer, no tester, no user) found it until now. jm
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