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Subject: Re: Chess Master 6000 problem

Author: David Dory

Date: 11:34:06 02/08/04

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On February 08, 2004 at 13:15:01, George J. Cuolahan wrote:

>Recently I upgraded my operating system to MS 2000 PROFESSIONAL and discovered I
>could no longer use my chess program, Chess Master 6000.
>
>Has anyone else run into this problem? Is there a patch or other fix available.
>If not do you know of a recommended comparable chess program that is compatible
>with MS 2000 Professional>
>
>Thanks for any help you may be able to offer.
>
>George

Hey George,

I use MS2000 Pro on two computers, with Fritz and CM9000, and have had no
problems. I also run some old DOS chess programs, but I do have a problem with
the right aspect ratio for the video on most of the old DOS programs. (it gets
stretched out vertically so you can't see the whole board anymore, only the top
half). Fritz & CM9k have good video, of course.

If you haven't done so already, uninstall CM from control panel, completely.
Then reboot and install it fresh. If that doesn't help, go on-line to your video
card maker's website and see if you can d/l a better video driver.

I have ATI video cards, that won't power up a NASCAR racer, pretty run of the
mill. The one I'm on now is an M4 mobility by ATI.

Good luck, but don't feel badly if you just HAVE to update your program. :)
(Honey, I HAD to update it, the old one just wouldn't work any more!)

The 1.02 patch for CM9000 is buggy so avoid it, but the 1.01 is OK, according to
John Merlino, our (ex-CM) guru.

David
David



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