Author: Mike Hood
Date: 04:07:21 03/07/03
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On March 06, 2003 at 16:37:58, F. Huber wrote: >On March 06, 2003 at 15:51:47, Jeroen van Dorp wrote: > >>On March 06, 2003 at 14:36:58, Chessfun wrote: >> >>>On March 06, 2003 at 14:20:38, Will Strickland wrote: >>> >>>>Before I upgraded(which I finally got to work), I saved the old Fritz 8 engine >>>>as Fritz 8.eng old. This is still listed under Chessbase/Engines/ folder. Also, >>>>the new Fritz 8.0.0.23 is listed there now as well. However, when I go to see >>>>the engines in Fritz itself, it only has Fritz 8 listed. How do I know which one >>>>that is? Whether it's version 8.0.0.8 or 8.0.0.23 that it's using? I lists both >>>>Shredder and Shredder 7.04. But not both Fritz. Is this normal? Thanks. >>>> >>>>Will >>> >>>It is normal for Fritz yes. >>> >>>Right click the Fritz 8 engine file, click properties, click version. Read file >>>version. >>> >>>Sarah. >> >> >>I guess he can't make out the versions if he's in the GUI, not in the explorer. >>The name appearing when running the GUI is encoded in the engine. I can remember >>you could change the name of Fritz 6 way back with a hex editor. >>Maybe this is possible also with F8; copy the engine, load you hex editor and >>see what you can do; baat het niet dan schaadt het niet. >> >>J. >>With Fritz 6 > >It´s better not trying this (i.e. changing the engine in any way with >a hex-editor) - since Fritz 7 & 8 this is no longer possible, and the >modified engine won´t start at all! Maybe protection against hackers? Still, it's a shame that Chessbase doesn't allow curious people (like me) to run engine tournaments with Fritz 8.0.0.5, Fitz 8.0.0.8, Fritz 8.0.0.19, Fritz 8.0.0.23, etc
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