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Subject: Re: CM8k - brand new - Won't think????

Author: Michael Cummings

Date: 04:14:51 01/19/01

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On January 19, 2001 at 07:11:38, Michael Cummings wrote:

>On January 18, 2001 at 23:09:02, Tina Long wrote:
>
>>Hi guys,
>>I've just installed (min. install) CM8k, to my 2nd harddrive D:\games\CM8k.
>>
>>No matter what level I set it at, it moves instantaneously, even after out of
>>book.  (The CD's in the drive)
>>
>>Set it at Infinite & it shows nothing in the "thinking lines" box (except once
>>when it said 1024 positions depth 3, but showed no lines - I can't get it to
>>repeat that).
>>
>>At Infinite The "Visual thinking" shows 3ply & stays there.
>>
>>I've used CM6k a lot, so I know what I'm doing (sort of) ie. I set side to move
>>as computer, I try "Wake up", the clock's ticking & it moves when I "force" it
>>to, but
>>
>>The Engine's not thinking.
>>
>>The book doesn't help, help doesn't help (it's a reprint of the book).
>>
>>Help me guys,
>>I want the King to analyse a position.
>>
>>Haa
>>Tina Long
>
>Tina, tina, tina
>
>You should have less energy these days after your long trips away.
>
>Just install it the way IT wants to install, in its own directory on your C
>drive. And this minimal install is a waste of space, do the middle one.
>
>I don't care if you do not want to do it this way, but the chessmaster does, and
>he is still smarter than you, and the guys who made it :)

hmmmm, maybe those guys at mindscape, mattel, or whoever they have been bought
by now :) stuffed something up, cause I am hearing that normal installs are
doing this, well go and get ya money back.



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