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Subject: Re: Chessmaster - abandonware versions?

Author: Keith Hyams

Date: 04:46:18 11/11/05

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On November 11, 2005 at 02:59:00, Robert Hollay wrote:

> Last night I've searched for some freeware chess programs. There were some
>references to abandonware versions of Chessmaster.
> Versions 2000 - 3000 are freely downloadable from some sites (they are
>allegedly abandonware), also there is Chessmaster 4000 for MAC and even for
>Windows. But there are long debates about CM4000 not working on WindowsXP.
> On the Chessmaster site there is nothing about this, only versions
>8000, 9000 and 10th are mentioned.
> Is it true that the old versions are abandonware and freely distributable?
> Which versions exactly?
> Can CM4000 run on WindowsXP?
>
>TIA, Robert

CM4000 comes up with a fault in CW.dll in XP. I downloaded a later version of
CW.dll but I got the same error message.

I tried to run CM2000 but it corrupted the display on my LCD monitor.

I don't suppose John Merlino will be able to help here because the versions are
so old.

If I find time later on I may try replacing files associated with cw.dll with
more modern versions . I'll repost if I have anything else to report.

A pity really because the graphics of CM4000 are still acceptable (to me).





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