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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