Author: Andy Duplain
Date: 12:24:30 01/16/99
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On January 16, 1999 at 15:22:48, Andy Duplain wrote: >On January 15, 1999 at 17:05:26, odell hall wrote: > >> At the Risk of being labeled as an Imbecile, could someone explain this >>extreme hatred for Dos Chess Programs! This is one of those questions That for a >>long time I wanted to ask but was afraid to. Personally having purchased my >>first program in dos (rebel6)I am more comfortable with dos programs. I hope >>rebel never goes to windows. What are the advantages and disadvantages of >>windows chess programs over Dos? At the moment I only own one windows chess >>program (CM4000) and personally I don't see anything special about it, in fact I >>would perfer Rebel in Dos over CM4000 in windows one million times!! > >Just to add to the replies which already state a correct reason, there is one >other that is important: you have more chance of the program working with your >peripherals, given that Windows provides a Windows program with a much better >device-independant view of the world. If you have drivers for it, then chances >are that any Windows program. I meant to add "will work with it" to the end of that sentence, sorry. Andy.
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