Author: Juan Pablo Naar C.
Date: 10:54:53 08/03/05
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On August 02, 2005 at 16:25:55, David Shanholtzer wrote: >Recently I posted a msg concerning Fritz 3.16 and Fritz 4.01 not running under >WinXP. Included should have been Jr 4.6 which also seems to have been vaporized >by the upgrade. > >When Fritz 5 was first released it was a 16 bit engine (Fritz 5.16), and later >re-released as Fritz 5.32 which essentially was not a lot more than converting >it to 32 bit capability. I'm not a programmer. Would this have been a difficult >task, and if not would it be asking too much for Chessbase to convert these old >engines (F3, Doc 2, F4, Jr 4.6) to 32 bit capability so those of us who would >like to have them run under WinXP would be able to do so? > >I would ask them first, but since they may not be able to get around to it any >time soon, someone here may be able to indicate the level of difficulty. For >instance, if it were a difficult job requiring a couple of months worth of work, >then I would not even ask, since there may only be a couple of people besides me >who would like to have those old engines available. > >David > >Whose intellect is rivaled only by garden tools :) The answer is simple. Install Win98 under XP, then in the dos mode you can choose which Windows to run, I've done it, use Win98 for chess (it uses alot of less memory than XP) and XP for, erm, your things :-)
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