Author: bryan whitby
Date: 05:38:22 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 Hi Robert I don't know about Windows XP but Chessmaster 2000 runs ok on a Pocket PC if you have one. Same goes for quite a few other old DOS chess programs like Fritz, Psion and Sargon. You will need the Pocket DOS Emulator to get them working though. Bryan
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