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I've been having an uphill slog to get and use a chess interface, with 
frustrating problems every step of the way, regardless of the site, program, 
etc. Any help will be greatly appreciated. My tech understanding is small and 
narrow.

Are all chessboard interfaces also a comm program? This is critical as I can 
run only 1 program at a time (except tiny ones in my comm program).

I have:
1MG Mac Plus w/two 800k floppies, NO hard drive.
_System 6.07_ (and 6.02, 4.2 [I typically use 4.2 tho not when trying to open 
	interfaces])
E Mucom E 9600 modem.
Pacerlink comm program w/file transfer. I dont know what kind, kermit or 
	whatever. It works well.
My site: vax/vms; no slip/ppp for home modems (need configuration). Am I 
	dialup, direct, or ?
Virus program: Virex 3.82 (I typically use this). Also, Dis341.sea. I tried 
	MacDis3.6.sea.hqx but it wouldn't uncompress.
Decompression programs: (various), dehqx, stuffit, deSEA, CPro1.34, etc. I try 
	all when one fails.

I change ftp to binary when getting an interface from a foreign site and to 
MacBinary bet/my site and me.

Ive tried various Mac chess interfaces in each of these categories: MACICS-TCP,
	 MACICS, E-ICS(?), but none opened. There is no _clear_ README which 
	defines the proper interface for my needs: (site[?], modem[?] and 
	system, etc.).

After virus checking and decompressing (assuming correctly done), I try to 
open but it crashes my system or says "application missing or busy."

My site's help desk got one interface (i forgot which one and from which site) 
but it, apparently, only partially opened, with _only_ board showing and 
nothing else, no scroll 
bar, no text, no comm program, no nuttin,' but lots of empty space. And the 
help desk, where i physically went, had a much better Mac, with, presumably, a 
better system (7 or ?) than I have and people who know more than i do, 
hopefully.

Any help will be, hopefully, helpful. Thanks. 
Stephen Grossman <sgrossman@umassd.edu>
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