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Subject: Re: Rebel Tiger...........Second impressions

Author: Lex Loep

Date: 22:13:32 02/02/00

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On February 02, 2000 at 16:19:34, Terry Presgrove wrote:

>On February 02, 2000 at 14:17:57, Melvin S. Schwartz wrote:
>
>>On February 02, 2000 at 13:04:11, Christophe Theron wrote:
>>
>>>On February 02, 2000 at 10:17:22, Melvin S. Schwartz wrote:
>>>
>>>>On February 02, 2000 at 00:24:48, Christophe Theron wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On February 01, 2000 at 22:10:43, Melvin S. Schwartz wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>On February 01, 2000 at 13:48:33, Christophe Theron wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>On February 01, 2000 at 11:30:57, Terry Presgrove wrote:
<SNIP>
>
>  I echo your praise of  the Rebel -Tiger team's support response.
>  One thing I haven't heard mentioned is the need for an import epd option?
>


You can paste a single EPD string via the clipboard.
In the current lab version it goes both way, e.g. Ctrl+ins on the
board but's both a graphical bitmap as a EPD string on the clipboard.

Automatic processing of EPD files is planned in a future version.

Lex



>TP
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>2. There is a "show opening name" box checked but no Opening name is shown.
>>>>
>>>>3. There is no instruction for searching the database by ECO code.
>>>>
>>>>4. I had some confusion regarding "Open Internet Console and "New Internet
>>>>Console".
>>>>
>>>>5. My displeasure with the sounds of Rebel-Tiger were solved by the simple
>>>>answer of replacing them - which I did and now have the best sounding chess
>>>>program in my collection.
>>>>
>>>>6. The only remaining question I have is connecting to chess.net with proper
>>>>time lag. I will soon try Lex's latest reply. Unfortunately, chess.net uses a
>>>>different system than both the ICC and FICS. For example, Winboard which can
>>>>connect to both the ICC and FICS cannot connect to chess.net with the proper
>>>>time lag unless you download something called acculock or accuclock (forgot
>>>>which is the correct word).
>>>
>>>
>>>I think Lex is working on this.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>7. I haven't gotten around to asking this question to Lex yet but perhaps you
>>>>could answer is why after all book moves have been played, "Hint" sometimes
>>>>comes up "No Hint available"?
>>>
>>>
>>>Probably because sometimes the best answer to the move played by the program is
>>>not known, for reasons I cannot explain here but are related to the way my chess
>>>algorithms work.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>The next thing I would like to see in your forthcoming update is for Rebel-Tiger
>>>>to show the Opening name, variation, and ECO code. This is useful information
>>>>that most programs do provide. Will this info be in your update?
>>>
>>>
>>>I have added this is the to-do list, however I don't know if it will be done in
>>>time. We have so many things to do!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>    Christophe



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