Author: José Carlos
Date: 06:31:52 05/14/03
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On May 14, 2003 at 08:52:00, Harald Faber wrote: >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. Didn't say that. Didn't say _prefer_. I said I disagree about DOS sucking and being dead. Particularly, Rebel interface has everything I _need_ to enjoy a chess program. José C.
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