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>Does anyone know of a chess program for MAC(must be mac) that reads EPD's?
>I got a bunch of EPD files, but can't use them. Please upload to
>ics.onenet.net/pub/chess
>Thank you.


There is a program call MacEPD2.0 already there.  Just use stuffit
expander to download
since it is in text not binary.  You will also need a program called
Logomation which can
be found at the Mac archives at MIT.  Logomation is not Logo, it is a
shareware programming language which allows you to use it for 30 days
free, it also continues to
work even after that.  The author of Logomation wants you to pay the
shareware fee if
you continue to use it.  Since there is no compiler provided with
Logomation, you can also
learn to use it and see some examples of beginnning programming.

MacEPD2.0 is what I wrote so I could see the EPD files for myself.  It
is freeware.  I
take no responsibility for the code.  You can see all the code I wrote
and do anything
you want to it.  You will not need the bunch of EPD files if they are
the 6600 that you
downloaded because they are included in MacEPD2.0.  Since Logomation would not
allow me to create files longer that 32K, I had to break up some of the
longer EPD files
into smaller ones.  But all 6600 diagrams are there just in smaller files.  

Just place MacEPD2.0 into the Logomation folder and open up MacEPD2.0
folder.  Then
double click on one of the EPD files and then you should see a message
saying that the
file is locked and you will not be able to change it.  Just say ok and
then Logomation should
start loading at this point, hit register later and it will bring up a
window in which you will
see code.  Hit GO and then another window will open and at the bottom
you will see:

Enter a number between 1 and 200.  (Or whatever the file size is)

Once you enter a number a diagram will be drawn.  You cannot move any
pieces, but
you can try and solve it.  You will also on the left see whose move it
is.  When you want
to see another diagram just enter another number and hit return.  It is
a little primititve,
but works well on my power pc.  If you enter a number higher than the
highest number
it says to type in the program just exits.

I believe MacEPD 2.0 is in the Upload directory.  If you have any
problems finding it
or anyone else please post here and not to me directly as my mail queue
will not be able
to handle mass mailings.

If you want to change any of the code, then use the Getinfo command
under file in the
Finder and unlock the file.

There is a first atttempt that I made called MacEPD that is still there.
 I asked that it be
removed from the file server but so far they have not obliged.  Do not
download that, it
had a few nasty bugs that would hang your system, MacEPD2.0 so far has
not hung my
system.  One more thing when you run MacEPD2.0 you will not be able to
put it into the
background.  I did not know how to add that funtionality.  I am not a
programmer, just
a hacker.

Joe....