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Subject: Re: Strange CM8000 Problem

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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