Re: FICS [was "---SCAM WARNING---"]

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From: Norma A. Piro
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 1997 00:00

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Scott Bogert wrote:
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> i don't know if i had the right place, but i decided to check out the
> FICS and what i saw was a joke.  isn't there an actual chess board (not
> just a bunch of ASCII characters), and how does one move the pieces?
> people actually play blitz on this?!
> 
> and by the way it's ICC (or as it used to be called AICS)

Actually there is a graphical chess board with what you can log in
and play chess.
There are different types and versions so you can get some of them
and choose the one you prefer.
Get 'em at the ftp site: caissa.onenet.net login: anonymous
and cd pub/chess/. Do an ls and look for a dir with interfaces.

Have fun

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