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Subject: Re: Ed Schröder: Can you make Rebel12 engines into UCI engines?

Author: Harald Faber

Date: 01:49:38 05/14/03

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On May 14, 2003 at 03:12:47, Ed Schröder wrote:

>On May 13, 2003 at 21:06:42, Matthew White wrote:
>
>>On May 13, 2003 at 13:23:03, Ed Schröder wrote:
>>
>>>Eran,
>>>
>>>Thanks for your compliment in the first place. I must disappoint you, if there
>>>ever will be a Windows version it will be limited to the Lokasoft interface
>>>only. I have retired from active competition and being commercial, my interest
>>>in computer chess is limited to playing strength just for the fun of it,
>>>interface issues are of no interest any longer. I have a fine working DOS
>>>interface and I am most happy with it.
>>>
>>>Nevertheless there still is a small chance there will be a Rebel 12 working
>>>under the Lokasosft interface, much will depend on my mood to finish that job.
>>>So now and then I still work a couple of hours on the Lokasoft interface, today
>>>was such a day and I made some progress, don't hold your breath because tomorrow
>>>I could drop it with ease for the 20-30th time and take a long rest.
>>>
>>>Perhaps the author of this cartoon was right all the time:
>>>
>>>http://www.computerschach.de/winrebel.gif
>>>
>>>Ed
>
>>Ed,
>>   Would a stack trace help to fix the XP problem, or do you just not have the
>>interest to get it working? If so, I would understand, but I would love to have
>>Rebel working at full strength on my XP machine.
>>
>>Regards,
>>Matt
>
>Matt, it makes no sense, a phone call to Microsoft learned me that DOS support
>has been thrown out of XP, it explains my failed tries to get the thing to work
>under XP. So I gave up because there is nothing to fix.
>
>Ed


Ed,
you're a real nice guy, but in this point read it from my lips:

DOS IS DEAD.

Commandline sucks, VESA/VGA suck and full screen too.
DOS is for old-fashioned dinosaurs who like to have a coal oven and a 14" b/w
display.

• Re: Ed Schröder: Can you make Rebel12 engines into UCI engines? José Carlos 02:18:15 05/14/03
  • Minority report Harald Faber 05:52:00 05/14/03
    • Re: Minority report José Carlos 06:31:52 05/14/03
      • Re: Minority report Dann Corbit 11:56:56 05/14/03
        • Re: Minority report Omid David Tabibi 01:03:12 05/15/03
          • Re: Minority report Harald Faber 05:21:40 05/15/03

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