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Subject: Re: CM5000/6000 questions

Author: Micheal Cummings

Date: 16:52:40 01/05/99

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On January 05, 1999 at 14:56:43, John Merlino wrote:

>On January 05, 1999 at 12:45:31, D Ridge wrote:
>
>>Greetings
>>Can anyone help me with these three questions regarding CM5000 & 6000?
>>
>>1) Does CM5000 and/or CM6000 take advantage of higher resolution capabilities of
>>a 17  inch monitor or is it simply a bigger picture?

Yes it does take advantage of higher resolutions, eg 640x480, 800x600 etc

>>
>>2) I am well familiar with the additional features of CM6000 over CM5000 but can
>>anyone tell me if 6000 actually plays any stronger?

There has not been enough testing done on this, so at the moment it does range a
bit, but I think maybe 100 points better. that is what mindscaqpe think

>>
>>3) How much disc space does a full installation of CM6000 take?

Full instillation takes about 440 MB, not over one 1GB. It does state this
either in the manual or in the instillation process.

>>
>>Thanks
>>Dave
>
>Here's your answers:
>1) Both Chessmaster 5000 and 6000 are 256-color applications only. Higher
>resolutions will only give you more room for the support windows.
>
>2) It is believed, through several tournaments that have been played here and
>elsewhere between CM6000 and other computer chess programs, that CM6000 plays
>anywhere from 50 to 150 rating points better than CM5000. The highest rating
>that I've seen for it (with a top-end processor) is around 2650.
>
>3) A FULL installation? Well, it's a 2-CD application, and, if you want
>EVERYTHING on your hard drive, it's well over 1 GB. The TYPICAL installation is
>only 45 MB, and the setup program allows customization of which portions of the
>program (apart from the tutorials, which are on CD 2) that you want to install.
>
>jm



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