Author: Torstein Hall
Date: 05:57:44 05/01/02
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On May 01, 2002 at 08:40:34, Brian Kostick wrote: >On May 01, 2002 at 04:52:47, Torstein Hall wrote: > >>On April 30, 2002 at 20:32:32, Brian Kostick wrote: >> >>>On April 30, 2002 at 19:39:41, Torstein Hall wrote: >>> >>>>On April 30, 2002 at 19:25:26, Ulrich Tuerke wrote: >>>> >>>>>On April 30, 2002 at 18:48:23, Torstein Hall wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>Can I use the old 16 bit Fritz engines in the latest guis from CB? >>>>>> >>>>>>Torstein >>>>> >>>>>I don't think so. I'd copied the Fritz1.20.eng into the engine folder of Fritz6. >>>>>However, the Fritz6-GUI didn't recognize the engine. >>>>> >>>>>Though, IIRC, there is in principle some method called "chunking" (or whatever >>>>>?). I think that for the old Hiarcs and Junior 16Bit engines, ChessBase had >>>>>released special versions running under the 32 Bit GUI provided you use a WIN-9x >>>>>OS. This failed under the NT systems. >>>>> >>>>>Unfortunately, such special version for Fritz-1.20 doesn't seem to exist. >>>>> >>>>>Uli >>>> >>>>I tried myself since I posted this question and unfortunatly you are right. Its >>>>a pitty, as it would have been fun to have them inside the new GUI. Perhaps >>>>someone could talk ChessBase or the programmers to recompile them for 32 bit? >>>>(If that is possible at all?) >>>> >>>>Torstein >>> >>> >>> Fritz 6 came with what I've always thought were some old engines with >>>adaptors. i.e. files Fritz116.old and FRITZ116.ENG, 316, 416, 516. I think you >>>had to do a custom installation to see this option. Maybe it's what you want, >>>maybe not. A few of us talked about it in the past. >>> >>>Regards, >>> BK >> >>I got F6 and have done the custom instalation . Can not see the engines in the >>Schredder 5.32 interface (same as F6) or in the new F7 interface. >> >>Torstein > > > When you do Custom installation and press the Next button, >Highlight the engines line then press Options, >Then check the 16Bit checkbox and continue. > >Hope that helps, BK Well I'm runing Win XP and I guess the 16 bit engines will not run on NT,2000 and XP Torstein
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