Author: Micheal Cummings
Date: 05:56:00 11/30/98
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On November 30, 1998 at 07:24:53, Mark Uniacke wrote: >On November 30, 1998 at 05:51:55, Prakash Das wrote: > >>I have to echo some of the original post's problems. I have Fritz5, Genius Gold, >>Hiarc6 and MCP7. I found hiarcs to be hardest to install, even following the >>manual, I had to finally install from the dos shell (i don't know how I got it > >The manual explicitly states to install from DOS, you should follow these >instructions. > >>to work). Because of the copy protection scheme and the inability to install the >>program again without de-installing it, > >This is not true, you did NOT have to deinstall the product to install it again! >The floppy disk version of H6 came with 99 installations, the CD-ROM version >comes with unlimited installs. >A deinstall was provided and recommended as it cleans up old unwanted Hiarcs >files from the HD. > > >> I have not used Hiarcs more than twice >>in 6 months. It's just too much of a pain. >> >> As a chess player, I want a simple way to run these programs without wasting my >>brain cells figuring it out. Altho' I have an engineering/math etc background, >>I don't want to think too much on this installation problems. Got to reserve >>some of my brain to beat these monsters :) >> >> Hiarcs is a nice program. But due to above mentioned problems, it is in my >>unused category. Furthermore, if my computer goes bust, I will not be able to >>install the program again. >I will say this again although I am beginning to doubt it is being read: >You can install the floppy disk version 99 times! >You can install the CD-ROM versions unlimited amount of times. > >> >> I hope Mark (and other prgrammers) will solve this problem, as it doesn't make >>sense to waste money buying twice when I can purchase something else. Like chess >>books for example, an excellent value :) > >I really wonder where the problem is. Hiarcs allows an installation process >which requires you to do the following on a standard configuration: >start a DOS command prompt >type "d:\pc\hiarcs\install" >press return twice - this accepts the C: drive and the C:\HIARCS6 directory. >press "y" to accept the standard installation i.e. C:\HIARCS6 > >That is it! > >The fact is I got my 5 year old son to install Hiarcs 6.0 without *any* >instruction from me except the manual page for installation and he managed >it! While I like to think he is bright, it does not take a Ph.d to do this! > >While I accept the point that CP can be a pain in the older versions, >Hiarcs 1.0 to Hiarcs 3.0 where up to 3 installs were allowed, since then >99 installations or now (since Q4 1997) unlimited installs are allowed so I do >not accept that it is less "friendly" in this respect than other chess software >out there. > >Regards, > Mark I just feel Bad Karma is now surrounding Hiarcs, I think I will stay with Fritz, Rebel 10 and CM5500 and CM6000. I feel good vibes playing those.
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