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Subject: Re: Small and strong freeware ?

Author: Gerrit Reubold

Date: 02:46:54 07/17/99

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On July 16, 1999 at 19:54:00, Pete Galati wrote:

>On July 16, 1999 at 18:02:13, Dann Corbit wrote:
>
>>On July 16, 1999 at 17:15:23, Pierre Bourget wrote:
>>
>>>I'm searching for a freeware chess program :
>>>
>>>1- very small in size
>>>2- very strong
>>>3- as is own interface
>>>4- take small place on my desk
>>>
>>>Any suggestions except winboard ?
>>I like Arasan. It is not as strong as Crafty, but plays good chess.  It does not
>>take up much disk and has a very nice built-in interface.  A monkey could
>>install it.
>
>I don't understand when you say "take small place on my desk". The program I'd
>recommend would be Bringer that you could download at Gambitsoft. It's smaller
>in harddrive space than Arasan, it has a nicer interface (that's subjective I
>guess), and it's just a notch stronger than Arasan too. As for the "take small
>place on my desk" part, if you mean your desktop on your computer screen, then
>you'd want to note that Der Bringer can only be viewed maximized I believe. And

It should be possible to run the Bringer maximized or with "customized" size,
just like standard windows programs. Please email me if it doesn't work for you.

Greetings,
Gerrit


>when Dan says "A monkey could install it." about Arasan he probably means that
>Arasan has it's own installation program so it should be noted that Der Bringer
>does not have one of those, personally I don't like installation programs, I'd
>rather do it myself, but you may prefer them.
>
>Pete



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