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Subject: Re: GENIUS6.5 not available ?

Author: phili_ppe

Date: 16:16:59 07/12/02

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On July 12, 2002 at 19:07:51, Peter Berger wrote:

>On July 12, 2002 at 18:50:40, phili_ppe wrote:
>
>>Hello
>>  I have Chess Genius Gold, including all the DOS and WINDOWS version up to
>>version 5. It seems very difficult to get it (6 or 6.5)
>>  Millenium, chesscomputer told me they did not sell anymore it and suggested me
>>to contact Richard Lang.
>>  The guy of PC SOLUTIONS said it was not available "for the moment".
>>
>>  The windows Genius 4 & 5 are 16 bits version, so I'd like to get at least
>>Genius6 or 6.5 'cause it's a 32 bit one/
>
>This isn't true. The GUI is a 32 bit one , the engine is still 16 bit and of
>similar strength ..
>
Are you sure that the engines of versions 6 & 6.5 still 16 bits ? Could you
explain me the difference between a 16 and 32 bits GUI ....
>>
>>    Is it worth buying it ?
>
>My personal opinion - no ! Genius 6.5 was a fair package (with the option to
>include the additional engines ) just as the Gold edition itself ( 6.0 was very
>buggy though) . I think the Gold edition is really a very cool CD , and if I had
>to choose just one Genius version I'd simply take this one and happily throw
>away all the rest. Genius 5 works fine with Windows XP, too.
>
>When it is about strength , since Genius 3 they have all been very close.



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