Author: Terry McCracken
Date: 18:53:56 01/04/01
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On January 04, 2001 at 21:24:08, James T. Walker wrote: >On January 04, 2001 at 14:48:44, Terry McCracken wrote: > >>On January 04, 2001 at 00:35:06, Martin Grabriel wrote: >> >>>When Fritz6 was first introduced a little more than a year ago, >>>there were already a German and English version. >>> >>>Specs are : >>>Fritz 6 (English Version) >>>Date of *.eng 10/11/99 >>>Size (kb) : 285 >>> >>>Fritz 6 (German Version) >>>Date of *.eng 23/11/99 >>>Size (kb) : 264 >>> >>>Then was the demo put up (as Fritz 6 Light) >>> >>>Spec is : >>>Fritz 6 Light (this engine is so named; therefore no confusion) >>>Date of *.eng 28/11/99 >>>Size (kb) : 270 >>> >>> >>>Then came the Fritz 6a upgrade (Chessbase does not call it 6a but still 6) >>> >>>Spec is : >>>Fritz 6a >>>Date of *.eng 23/1/00 >>>Size (kb) : 283 >>> >>> >>>Then the little publicised Frtiz 6b (Chessbase does not call it 6b but still 6) >>>Spec is : >>>Fritz 6b >>>Date of *.eng 9/4/00 >>>Size (kb) : 284 >>>(Fritz 6b also has some GUI improvement like time control for friend/sparring >>>modes) >>> >>> >>>And I read in this forum last week, there is a Fritz6c in the latest Chessbase >>>Magazine (I don't know true or not) >>> >>>Hope the above helps. >>>Let me know if your *.eng is different from any mentioned above. >>> >>>On January 03, 2001 at 22:08:54, Terry McCracken wrote: >>> >>>>On January 03, 2001 at 21:14:47, K. Burcham wrote: >>>> >>>>>terry you have fritz6. go into the drop down tool bar labeled help. in there you >>>>>will find, "register fritz". fill this out, (online). then you will receive >>>>>from chessbase, a password and a "www" to the "b" patch. the download and >>>>>install is standard. after install, under engine, you will see fritz6 and >>>>>another choice fritz6 old. the fritz6 is fritz6a. the fritz6 old is your >>>>>original fritz6. so what is fritz6b? not sure, i read here where it was >>>>>available to chessbase magazine readers. dont worry about it, your fritz6a will >>>>>be one of the strongest programs available today. good luck. >>>> >>>> >>>>Thanks for your assistance! Yes, I've registered it with Chessbase, even before >>>>posting for help, but I'm still waiting for a reply/password. >>>>Maybe I will recieve the password in my e-mail tomorrow? Hope so. >>>>Thanks Again, Terry >> >> >>I recieved my password today and downloaded their service pack. It appears no >>matter when the release date is you require a patch. >> >>It's called Fritz6SPNew, however it does not say what version such as a or b has >>been installed. >> >>Thanks to all who answered me! >> >>Best Regards, >>Terry McCracken > >Hello Terry, >I think there were two patches for Fritz6. The first was Fritz6spNew and the >second was 2 days later Fritz6sp2. They were dated 1/23 and 1/25. The Fritz 6b >package was never offered to the general public but some people got the URL and >downloaded it anyway. Seems to me if you got the Fritz6spnew package dated 1/23 >you should ask Chessbase for the Fritz6sp2 package dated 1/25. I'm old and my >memory is not great so I could be wrong. >Jim Thanks, I'm already checking into it:)
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