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Subject: Re: Crafty Stein Test is over ....

Author: Mike Byrne

Date: 08:26:20 07/05/03

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On July 05, 2003 at 10:37:48, Dimitris Poulos wrote:

>On July 05, 2003 at 09:54:35, Mike Byrne wrote:
>
>>On July 05, 2003 at 07:14:35, Dimitris Poulos wrote:
>>
>>>Sorry, I have problem to use it. I tried with the wbtoUci adapter but I got
>>>illegal function and termination. I also tried as a winboard engine with
>>>crafty.rc but nothing. When I start wcrafty it doesn't recognise the crafty.rc
>>>parameters.
>>>P.S I use Fritz 8. OS Windows Millenium. Did you make it for Windows XP perhaps?
>>>
>>>Regards, Dimitris
>>
>>Dimitris,
>>
>>I think it should work - I  use WIN2K. I never used WINME - so I'm not familiar
>>with with WINME problems.  to solve the problem we will have to isolate the
>>source.  From my many years of experince of using crafty. There are 3 main
>>sources of errors in Win Carfty:
>>
>>1.  Opening books - saftest is using the books from Bob's site.
>>
>>2.  Issues related to logging.  These are tied to the next issue.
>>
>>3,  Using "spaces" in folder names that Crafty is accessing.  Remove all spaces
>>from folder names - use simple diectories like:
>>
>>"c:\tb"         for tablebases
>>"c:\books"      for books
>>"c:\crafty"     for your crafty files.
>>
>>Using directory names like "c:\progtram folders\crafty" will cause problems
>>                                       ^
>>                                     no spaces
>>
>>FYI, I do not even use spaces for Fritz 8 - as matter of habit.  It's simply:
>>
>>"d:\chessbase\engines\crafty"
>>
>>If you have spaces - fix that first. Also grab the books from Bob's site and see
>>if that works,
>>
>>Best,
>>
>>Michael
>
>It doesn't work no matter what I do. The consistent message is: fault in
>kernel32.dll. Anyway I wish you good luck in your testings.
>Regards, Dimitris

I'm sorry to hear that. There is not too much I can do.

What processor does your machine have - perhaps I try to target is specifically
for your processor.


Mike



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