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Subject: Re: Chessmaster 9000 - Hang on!!!!

Author: John Merlino

Date: 11:01:24 05/08/02

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On May 08, 2002 at 09:13:43, Tina Long wrote:

>On May 08, 2002 at 00:44:52, John Merlino wrote:
>
>>On May 08, 2002 at 00:22:55, David Dahlem wrote:
>>
>>>Thanks John. I have only one question. You didn't mention anything about
>>>winboard support. Will it have wb support and will it be basically the same as
>>>CM 8000?
>>>
>>>Regards
>>>Dave
>>
>>Yes, I guess I should have said that almost everything in CM8000 will also be in
>>CM9000 (the only significant exception is the Custom Board). So, yes, it will
>>have wb support.
>>
>>jm
>
>Sorry, I don't like the sound of that.
>With my 1024x768 screen, the Only board big enough for playing a game on is the
>Custom Board (ugly though it is).
>
>The standard 2d boards are fine (and beautiful) when I want all sorts of
>analysis & information windows open.  But for simply playing a game, I want the
>board as big as the height of my screen.
>
>So unless the standard boards in CM9k are provided in a much larger size than
>present, I will find the lack of the Custom Board a MAJOR disadvantage.  I don't
>want to go to Winboard as I want to use the "random opponent" feature.
>
>I guess the way around this will be to create a seperate user name, with a setup
>for 640x480 screen resolution.  Now if anybody can tell me how to stop Hiarcs732
>from crashing when I change screen resolution....
>
>Hmm,
>Tina Long

You can increase the size of the 3D boards to be "full screen" (i.e. as big as
the resolution height). I can send you some screenshots if you like. Let me
know....

jm



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