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Re: Bitmap collections for Xboard---available where?

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From: Frank P. McIngvale
Date: Thu, 24 Jul 1997 00:00
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On Thu, 24 Jul 1997, Tai-Pan wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Wondering if anyone could e-mail me some sites that have collections of
> bitmap chess sets for use with Xboard. My e-mail is chess@txdirect.net.
> Thanks!
> 
> Tom K.

Xboard 3.4 and up can import pieces from the ZIICS distribution.
See the info or man pages on the `zic2xpm' utility.

I have some converters written for other formats, and I may
even get around to releasing them one day :), but ZIICS contains
a LOT of pieces.

frankm
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