Author: José Carlos
Date: 02:18:15 05/14/03
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On May 14, 2003 at 04:49:38, Harald Faber wrote: >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. I must add that yours is a very respectable opinion, but I disagree. So you have _your_ opinion and I have mine. I like DOS and I like Rebel interface. I'd like to be able to run Rebel under other interfaces, but that's not incompatible with liking Rebel interface. José C.
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