Author: Harald Faber
Date: 05:52:00 05/14/03
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On May 14, 2003 at 05:18:15, José Carlos wrote: >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. You won't need many fingers to count the people who would prefer DOS over Windows. Guess why.
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