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GNU Chess 4.0 pl75 for Windows

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From: Stuart Cracraft
Date: Thu, 11 Apr 1996 00:00
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On prep.ai.mit.edu (18.159.0.42) is a port of GNU Chess 4.0 patchlevel
75 (which is the latest published patchlevel of the Unix version)
to Windows/Windows 95.

It is available via anonymous ftp in:

	pub/gnu/gnuchessPC-4.0.pl75.zip

Since this is the first port of GNU Chess to Windows in quite some
time (since version 3.21), let's hope you're pleased rather than
shocked.  Also historic is that this is the first port of GNU Chess to
the PC to be at parity with the current distributed version. 

Send all comments/bugs to bug-gnu-chess@prep.ai.mit.edu.

This distribution is in a zip-file since you should download it in
binary mode directly to a PC, pkunzip it there, and then run
GNUCHESS.EXE connected to the same directory from Windows. It is
adequte to do File/Run/GNUCHESSDIRECTORY/GNUCHESS.EXE in Windows or
Start/Run/GNUCHESSDIRECTORY/GNUCHESS.EXE in Windows 95. Since our
Windows NT tester never reported back, we would assume the former
could be tried. If you use Windows NT, please let me know what
you experience when running it.

The basic GUI has been kept. There are improvements though.  The
program has been purposely set on weaker settings by default upon
startup. To resume strength, go to the Skill menu and unset Easy, and
select a time of 60 moves in 5 minutes.

By default, the program will start up with Easy set (i.e. does not
think your time) and 60 moves in 1 minute.

This version is by Conor McCarthy.

Let's all thank Conor for his hard work. If you send your email to
bug-gnu-chess@prep.ai.mit.edu, it will reach all developers.

--Stuart
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From: cracraft@cheerios.ai.mit.edu (Stuart Cracraft)
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Date: 1996/04/11
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