Author: Lawrence S. Tamarkin
Date: 10:38:46 11/17/98
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Well, I was surfing the CSTal home page, and I found some of the advertising and endorsments for the program fascinating, including the opinions of some of our poster's here! My curiosity was sparked, and I wanted to know from you guys here on somewhat more 'intimate' level - One of the best things about this CCC! Yes I am an addict!, but even an addict has limits, and since I'm on unemployment, and packing & planning for my relocation back to NY (shipping all this stuff, cost a lot of doh!), at end of Dec, or end February at the latest, I am trying hard to control the 'illness'. Allthough, I don't think I really can! (I already put myself on the list for upgrades to Fritz5.32 & Milleneam Genious6). mrslug - the inkompetent chess software addict! On November 17, 1998 at 12:02:44, Keith Ian Price wrote: >Hello-- > >I find CSTal to be my favorite program due to its style of play, which is >markedly different than the rest of the commercial programs. The currently >available version is probably not as strong as Rebel 10 or Hiarcs 7, etc, but >unless you are an IM or higher that should make no difference for you if you are >playing it. Harald likes to play computer versus computer, so his preference is >different. Since you are a good player, I think you will enjoy it very much. > >I do not know about the mentoring capabilities, but Chess mentor is hard to beat >with the masters giving instructions in the later courses. > >The Windows 95/98 version should be shipping in January, according to Chris >Whittington. > >If you do purchase the current one, make sure you have the ability to turn off >dual-page read/write mode on your graphics card or you will get mouse trails >erasing your screen. ATI has a VESA driver capable of doing this. Cheaper cards >should not have the problem in the first place. > >Since you are an addict, I find it surprising that you would ask before buying. >Are you in a treatment program for computer chess softwareholics now? > >kp
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