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Subject: Re: hiarcs 7 not an engine ???

Author: Ari E

Date: 23:01:21 12/05/98

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On December 05, 1998 at 11:33:21, Laurence Chen wrote:

>On December 05, 1998 at 10:05:35, mason wiest wrote:
>
>>Does anyone have any idea why hiarcs 7 will most likely not be an engine
>>for chessbase products. This seems very strange to me, (not that I am a
>>chessbase fan or anything). I just don't see why they won't. Info needed,
>> thx.
>>
>>       sign,
>>          ERIQ
>Like you I am disappointed that there will be no Hiarcs 7 engine. Perhaps
>because it was a decision of Mark Uniacke not to have an engine for Chessbase.
>He may wanted to get more profit selling the new Hiarcs 7. However, I would like
>to see Hiarcs 6 engine converted to a 32 bit engine. That would be great if
>Chessbase converted it.

Hi

In order to convert the engine to 32 bit you need access to the source code,
since you need to compile a 32 bit version (even if no code needs to be
changed). Therefore I think ChessBase cannot do it. Only Mark Uniacke can.

Ari



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