If there were one engine I could bring back and covert

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Re: If there were one engine I could bring back and covert

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mclane wrote: Wed Dec 18, 2019 9:13 pm Also Mchess and chess tiger are good candidates.
Isn't chess tiger already UCI?
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It was part of the lokasoft gui. But copy protected. And even if you bought it legally, you cannot install it anymore on todays Windows machines.
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mclane wrote: Wed Dec 18, 2019 10:45 pm It was part of the lokasoft gui. But copy protected. And even if you bought it legally, you cannot install it anymore on todays Windows machines.
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On the old pcs. But I cannot install it on todays machines,
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CT2007.1 runs on 64-bit Win10 without any glitches.
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Ok i will try it out again,
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Re: If there were one engine I could bring back and covert

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i e-mailed Marty some time ago. If i remember correctly, he lost the source files of M-chess.
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Marty responded. Nothing definite, but it looks like there may be a glimmer of hope!
Steve Maughan wrote: Wed Dec 18, 2019 8:49 pm Hi Ed - I've sent an email. Let's see what happens!

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Rebel wrote: Wed Dec 18, 2019 5:19 pm Ask Marty for the source code?

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1) CS Tal. I still have it running in Windows 10 !

2) Genius

3) Wchess ----- but, oh, the voice !

4) Deep Junior (it is not UCI)

5) Nimzo
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Ponti wrote: Mon Dec 23, 2019 8:40 pm 3) Wchess ----- but, oh, the voice !

4) Deep Junior (it is not UCI)

5) Nimzo
3) Wchess ----- but, oh, the voice ! => xboard WChess 1.06 (you even posted that you used it...)

4) Deep Junior (it is not UCI) => it is UCI since long

5) Nimzo => xboard Nimzo 2000a/b
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