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Subject: Re: What is the Fritz 6 Old.eng Engine in the Fritz 6 Service Pack?

Author: Len Eisner

Date: 17:26:28 01/23/00

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On January 23, 2000 at 20:19:47, James T. Walker wrote:

>On January 23, 2000 at 19:41:51, Len Eisner wrote:
>
>>After installing the Fritz 6 Service Pack, I have two Fritz 6 engines in my
>>Engines folder.  One is called Fritz 6.eng and the other is called Fritz 6
>>Old.eng.  Is the old one the original Fritz 6 engine?
>>
>>Here are the specifics:
>>
>>Fritz 6.eng  283K 1/23/00
>>Fritz 6 Old.eng 285K 1/17/00
>>
>>Len
>
>Hello Len,
>I think they simply left the original Fritz 6 engine in the folder and renamed
>it.  I guess so you can compare the old to the new if you want to.  My first
>impression is that the new Fritz 6 is the one to beat now.  I've only had it 2
>hours so don't put too much faith in what I say.  I just like it and also I'm
>getting used to the new GUI and I like it better now than the old one which I
>thought was excellent.
>Jim Walker

Hi Jim,

The new Fritz 6 GUI looks the same to me as the original Fritz 6 GUI.  What
looks different?

Also, the new Fritz 6 engine seems slower that the original Fritz 6 engine in
terms of nodes per second.  Have you noticed that?

Len



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