Computer Chess Club Archives


Search

Terms

Messages

Subject: Re: Ed - WHY doesn't Rebel-12 run under XP?

Author: Georg Langrath

Date: 21:56:40 02/12/03

Go up one level in this thread


On February 12, 2003 at 15:28:21, George Sobala wrote:

>I admit it is probably a stupid question, but why doesn't Rebel-12 run under XP?
>I am not an owner of previous Rebel versions, but I assume that the previous
>version called Rebel-XP ran under XP? So why doesn't its successor?
>
>Do you plan to let your engine run under XP in the future? It is frustrating -
>my fastest PC (by a long way) comes with XP and it is by no means
>straightforward to dual-boot, run virtual operating systems etc just for a chess
>engine. As time goes by, I am afraid XP will become the "norm". (Note that I am
>not a Microsoft fan - if you came up with a Linux or Xboard version I would be
>happy as pie.)

You can use emulator Connectix Virtual Pc. It is a shareware, but you can try
for 45 days.
It works within XP, I have tried. If strength of chessprogram is important for
you, you must remember that it slows it down considerably.

Georg



This page took 0 seconds to execute

Last modified: Thu, 15 Apr 21 08:11:13 -0700

Current Computer Chess Club Forums at Talkchess. This site by Sean Mintz.