Author: Roy Eassa
Date: 09:51:33 12/19/02
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On December 19, 2002 at 11:49:24, Ian Osgood wrote: >On December 19, 2002 at 09:47:47, Roy Eassa wrote: > >>I should receive my first Mac OS X computer (used G4/733) today, bought via >>eBay. >> >>I have been a Mac user since early '88, but never Mac OS X until now. >> >>Are there any decently strong chess programs that run native to OS X? >> >>(I know I can probably recompile some that were written for Linux/Unix, but I >>mean ones that are specifically written for Mac OS X, including making use of >>its GUI.) >> >>Thanks in advance! >> >> -Roy. > >Of course, OS X comes with a graphical version of GnuChess out of the box. > >Sigma chess is the strongest of the shareware native OS X programs. It is >featureful and pretty. I will definitely get Sigma Chess. That was the only one I knew of that made good use of OS X. > >The strongest available is probably crafty (get the latest version, download the >free Apple dev tools, and compile the "netbsd" configuration). Crafty is also >the only available program which will take advantage of the dual processor G4s >(though you need to modify the Makefile; see my message from yesterday). > >Since OS X is Unix based, you can also run X Windows and XBoard, to get a >graphical front end for chess engines such as crafty. No one has ported XBoard >to run natively in Aqua on OS X yet. > Yes, I forgot about XBoard! That's my best option (besides Sigma) I think. Thanks!! >You can also run older Mac programs in Classic, such as MacChess, HIARCS, and >ChessMaster. > I wonder how much strength they'll lose due to not being native. But I do have many, many older Mac chess programs. I should definitely give them a try. Thanks again! >Also, it is rumored that Christopher Theron is interested in porting Tiger to >OS X. I can't wait! > >Ian
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