Author: Richard A. Fowell (fowell@netcom.com)
Date: 23:50:53 07/06/99
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On July 06, 1999 at 15:41:06, Zachariah Amela wrote:
>My wife has an old Mac system. It is a Mac Classic. Is there any simple chess
>programs/ICC/FICS interface that she could use? Does Sargon still exist? I
>recall it from the really olden days (Apple II+ & Apple GS). What is MacChess?
>Would it run on this ancient machine?
>
>Also could she attach this thing to my network to allow network play? I use a
>Win95 peer to peer network.
>
>Thank you very much.
I have a FAQ for this - I've appended it
If you try ordering Checkmate, let me know if
they really still sell it.
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Chess Programs for older Macs - like Mac Plus, Mac Classic
Most of today's chess programs require
at least a 68020 chip, and many require a Power Macintosh.
For those of you with older systems with a 68000 chip
and little RAM, Checkmate and GNUChess are the likely
candidates.
* Checkmate: Color or B&W Mac with 500K free memory.
System 4.2 or later.
$5 plus S&H (probably more than the price!) from Interplay.
Order by phone from 1-800-INTERPLAY or 612-253-8467,
or online at:
http://www.interplay-store.com/direct/macplay-f.html
* GNUChess 4.0b5 - any Mac with Sys 6.07+, 1 Mb free RAM
Free. Download from
ftp://mirrors.aol.com/pub/info-mac/game/brd/gnu-chess-40b5.hqx
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In case you are wondering, the programs below WON'T run on a Mac Plus -
all require at least a 68020.
HIARCS 1.0-7.0
MacChess 2.0-5.01
Chessmaster 3000-4000
Sigma Chess 4.0
RChess 2.1+
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