Author: Tina Long
Date: 16:23:12 11/19/99
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On November 19, 1999 at 15:46:07, John Merlino wrote: >On November 18, 1999 at 22:22:03, Tina Long wrote: > >>The complaint is: although the King Engine (as used in CM6k) has been upgraded >>regularly since CM6k was released, the CM people did not do a new deal with the >>Author to purchase the latest version. We (I) don't know if that was the CM >>peoples or the Authors fault. >> >>I have King 2.61 engine in my CM6k program. >>I won't buy CM7k (as features have not improved from 6k enough to justify my >>buying, AND possible computer/driver problems. >>I probably will buy King 3.? in whatever form it reaches the market. > >The development team tells me that the reasons for not upgrading the engine in >CM7000 to The King 3.x was NEITHER Mindscape's NOR the the engine author's >(Johan de Koning) fault. Apparently, the company that the Johan worked for (and >who received the royalties from Mindscape) was involved in a completely >unrelated lawsuit (don't ask for details), which had the unfortunate side-effect >of freezing all incoming monies to TASC (Johan's company) AND preventing any >further contract talks. This lawsuit lasted for many months, preventing any >agreement regarding getting The King 3.x into Chessmaster 7000. > >Everything has been resolved now (too late for 7000, admittedly) and the team >tells me that the very latest version of The King WILL be in Chessmaster 8000 >(or whatever it's called). They also have several new things on their wish list, >which I'm sure that you all would appreciate, but I'd rather not say what they >are and risk a jinx on it all. ;) > >jm Thanks John, This post clarifies a lot. So, now I await news on CM8k, and possibly the troubles with CM7k will lead to a "less troubled" CM8k. This is good, many people respect & like the King (& what a great name), and what we want is a newer version. Having to wait a few years is not so bad, it allows time for real improvements. Thanks again, Tina Long
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