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Subject: Re: Junior 5 - WOW

Author: Dirk Frickenschmidt

Date: 11:01:27 10/12/98

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On October 12, 1998 at 10:15:38, Alessio Iacovoni wrote:

Hi Alessio,

as far as I know you have to copy the Hiarcs6.*dll* into your Junior engine
folder to make it work.

Kind regards
from Dirk


>Am trying out my newly arrived copy of Junior.. Here are some first impressions
>on the interface:
>
>
>System: AMD 200 32mega 2mega Video
>
>1) Much faster than the Fritz 5 interface (which was sluggish). No problems in
>selecting pieces (in Fritz 5 the cursor would start "trembling" with the
>"Permanent Brain" funtion selected. Neat and fast database. Can select > 4000
>games... MUCH faster on my system too.
>
>2) Interesting options for the Junior 5 engine (random play switch & others to
>select and deselct basic engine features such as king safety, pawn structures
>etc etc).
>
>3) All windows can be better customized (fonts width and size)
>
>4) Finally and completely fixed the problem with the sparring feature (the
>latest patch of Fritz still had problems).
>
>5) Smaller popup windows - Do not cover board any more (Very annoying!).
>
>Problems:
>
>1) Can't figure out yet how to load Hiarcs 6 engine... According to the manual
>it's possible (even though it's not 32 bit).. but it gives me an error. There
>may be a bug there.



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