Author: F. Huber
Date: 15:15:55 01/28/05
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On January 28, 2005 at 17:49:51, William Penn wrote: >On January 28, 2005 at 17:03:46, F. Huber wrote: > >>On January 28, 2005 at 16:57:33, William Penn wrote: >> >>>On January 28, 2005 at 11:05:06, Jason Kent wrote: >>> >>>>January 28, 2005 >>>> >>>>On February 7th, Shredder 9 UCI and Deep Shredder 9 UCI will be available here >>>>on www.shredderchess.com for 49.95 resp. 99.95 EUR / USD. Additionally Shredder >>>>Classic 1.2 will be out for 29.95 USD / EUR. All versions will be delivered with >>>>an improved version of the Shredder user interface. Shredder Classic 1.2 is a >>>>FREE UPDATE for all Shredder Classic 1.x customers, an upgrade from Shredder >>>>Classic 1.x to Shredder 9 UCI costs 24.95, to Deep Shredder 9 UCI 74.95 EUR / >>>>USD. An upgrade from Shredder 9 UCI to Deep Shredder 9 UCI costs 54.95 EUR / >>>>USD. If you have further question or want to be informed directly on the release >>>>please contact info@shredderchess.com >>> >>>So it will cost 49.99 for Shredder 9 UCI, and an additional 29.95 for Shredder >>>Classic 1.2, a total of 79.90 USD or Euros to get a working system if I >>>understand correctly. No thanks. 80 bucks is twice as much as I would pay. It >>>probably doesn't handle .cbh format either, does it? >>>WP >> >>"All versions will be delivered with an improved version of the Shredder user >>interface." >>Is reading really so hard? ;-) >> >>Franz. > >Yeah... :) > >I read this first because it was near the top of the list. A little exploring >below and at the shredderchess.com site answered that question. > >But I still don't know if the Classic Shredder 1.2 GUI will handle .cbh format. >That's the main reason I stayed with the CB version of Shredder 8 because all of >my databases are in .cbh format. The old .cbf format doesn't work very well, and >I don't want to have to convert everything into big .pgn files. > >The same for my opening books, all of which are in .ctg format. Will Classic >Shredder 1.2 GUI handle them? Probably not, so I'll probably get the CB version >of Shredder 9. But I'm not sure. > >I find all of these dichotomous releases of Shredder 9 very confusing, in >general, and I don't really like it. Maybe I won't buy it at all. I don't know. >Time will tell. I would have bought it in a minute if it had been released in >simple fashion like Shredder 7 or 8. Now I'm just confused and don't know what >to do. >WP Two short answers: ShredderClassic-GUI 1.2 will definitely NOT handle .cbh database format or .ctg book format! And I have to agree: I also don´t like all those different versions. Franz.
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