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

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From: Dave Tukey
Date: Sat, 02 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)

I'm curious.  How did you log on, and to which site?  From th esound of
it, it seem sthat you did not use a GUI which is quite useful for moving
pieces via a mouse.  And were you on FICS or ICC?

	Dave

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From: Dave Tukey <ddtukey@odin.cmp.ilstu.edu>
Subject: Re: FICS [was "---SCAM WARNING---"]
Date: 1997/08/02
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