Author: David Dahlem
Date: 18:39:06 12/05/00
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On December 05, 2000 at 21:34:32, John Merlino wrote: >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 Ok, I'll buy that. Do i get a prize for being the first to find this bug? :-)
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