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Subject: Re: Strange CM8000 Problem

Author: John Merlino

Date: 18:50:24 12/05/00

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On December 05, 2000 at 21:39:06, David Dahlem wrote:

>
>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? :-)

Yes. You're the first one I told that it was going to get fixed (and it already
is, by the way).

jm



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