Author: Mike Byrne
Date: 21:23:24 11/28/03
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On November 28, 2003 at 20:20:28, Pierre Bourget wrote: >On November 28, 2003 at 18:27:10, Tim Mann wrote: > >>** Announcing the release of XBoard and WinBoard, version 4.2.7 ** >> >>XBoard is a graphical chessboard for the X Window System that can >>serve as a user interface for GNU Chess, Crafty, and other chess >>engines, for the Internet Chess Servers, and for electronic mail >>correspondence chess. XBoard can also be used by itself. It can read >>and write game files in PGN (portable game notation). >> >>WinBoard is a similar program for 32-bit Microsoft Windows. It >>includes all the major features of XBoard except email correspondence >>chess. >> >>A new release of both XBoard and WinBoard is now available. Version >>4.2.7 corrects about two dozen bugs in the 4.2.6 release. See the >>ChangeLog for a list. In addition, WinBoard 4.2.7 comes bundled with >>GNU Chess 5.07 instead of the old 5.02+ version. The XBoard and >>WinBoard source code trees have been merged, so the xboard download >>now contains the complete source for both. >> >>The various larger contributions that people have submitted since the >>4.2.6 release are not yet included in 4.2.7. The source code for >>these contributions is now available, however (see >>http://www.tim-mann.org/extensions.html), and we plan to include most >>of them in a future release once the contributors complete necessary >>copyright assignment paperwork. >> >>You can get both XBoard and WinBoard from either our new Savannah >>project pages or their existing pages on Tim Mann's web site: >> >>- https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/xboard/ >>- http://www.tim-mann.org/chess.html >> >>Most of the known bugs and deficiencies in previous versions have >>*not* been addressed in this release. It is not necessary to report >>your favorite bug again if you have reported it before, unless the >>ChangeLog erroneously says it has been fixed. Most known bugs, >>deficiencies, and suggestions received are now listed in the ToDo >>file. If you find a bug not listed there, please report it in the bug >>tracker at https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/xboard/ or by email to >>bug-xboard [AT] tim-mann.org. > >Hi, > >I download Winboard version 4.2.7 but got a setup initialization error ,error >105. > >Is it only me or there in a small problem ? >I try a new download but same thing happen. > >Pierre The winboard exe is a compressed file , extract first to folder (using winzip ) and then click the setup.exe. It worked for me anyway after getting the same error you mentioned. Best, Michael
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