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- 871202 CCHESS 1.1 Page 1
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- This release of CCHESS:
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- o This is the second release of CCHESS (version 2.0 was released
- 8/14 with PC-VCO). A few enhancements have been made, and few
- problems corrected.
-
- o Please download COM-AND version 2.1 for use with this program. The
- previous version of COM-AND (2.0) does not support paged redisplay.
-
- o Run instructions and installation procedures will be found following
- this page.
-
- o Any problems reported to the developer either through the U.S.
- Mail or PLINK Mail or GEnie Mail will receive attention. You may
- contact the author:
-
- CABER Software
- R. (Scott) McGinnis
- P.O. Box 3607 Mdse Mart
- Chicago, IL 60654-0607
-
- PLINK, GEnie id: TARTAN
-
- o Read the remainder of this document please, for a description of
- installation...
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- Files in this distribution:
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- * CCHESS.EXE 1.1 executable
-
- * REGISTER.DOC A form for registration
- * CREADME.DOC This file.
- * CCHESS.DOC Documentation for version 1.1 of CCHESS
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- Run instructions:
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- To run CCHESS with PROCOMM, QMODEM, etc.
- (Install the release as described on the next page)
- (Load your communication program, and dial your favorite service)
- (Shell to DOS, and change to CCHESS's subdirectory)
-
- C> CCHESS/P
-
- (Run this way, CCHESS's functionality is limited. Transcripting
- and playback aren't available. All other CCHESS functions will
- work just fine.)
-
- To run CCHESS (if COM-AND is available):
- (Install the release as described on the next page)
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- C> CCHESS
-
- (Run this way, there is only the one accessory (CCHESS) available
- to COM-AND. CCHESS, which you loaded above, loaded COM-AND,
- in case that isn't clear. Press F1 to switch to game mode.)
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- Installation:
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- 1) Set your current subdirectory to the subdirectory where you wish
- to install CCHESS... where you've already installed version 1.0
- (if you have it)... where you've installed COM-AND (if you have).
-
- 2) DeARC the distribution file.
-
- 3) Load CCHESS 'piggyback' (for installation purposes), i.e.:
-
- C> CCHESS/P <return>
-
- . Check Alt-S
- .. If "Text Lines" is 2, set it to 10. Unless you want 2...
- .. Remember to save the new settings.
- . Check Alt-P
- .. Choose the COM port you use (1/2/3/4).
- .. Default speed selection is not important if you always use
- the COM-AND or load CCHESS piggyback. But set it anyway.
- .. Remember to save new settings.
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- 4) Exit CCHESS with Alt-X
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- Additions and corrections:
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- CCHESS additions and changes:
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- o CCHESS version 1.0 got easily confused when it received non-game
- conversation. It would frequently wipe out the current move prompt.
- This has been corrected.
-
- o CCHESS version 1.0 would misread the board sequence received during
- a 'start-game' on services where the system inserts a cr/lf within
- the transmitted text (i.e. GEnie). This resulted in 'lost' squares.
- This has been corrected.
-
- o The maximum 'text lines' settable through CCHESS Alt-S defaults has
- been lowered to 18. This makes a minimum of 3 lines of game
- history.
-
- o A /G switch has been added to the program invocation to 'force'
- Hercules mode where a clone card is used that the software cannot
- verify as Hercules. Do not use this switch unless you're sure!
-
- o A screen save stack sizing problem led to unpredictable results
- in CCHESS when used with Hercules or EGA (for example, F1 to switch
- back to CRT mode from CCHESS could lead to never-never-land). This
- did not always occur... just sometimes. The sizing problem is fixed.
-
- o EGA mode (with the /E switch or Alt-L within CCHESS) has been
- enabled. EGA allows considerably more text area, and history, even
- if the board isn't exactly 'square'.
-
- o The keyboard buffer now reports control chars as '^x'.
-
- o The Millisecond loop count is no longer signifigant; timings aren't
- as accurate (within 50 milliseconds), but it requires no 'millisecond
- loop count setting', which admittedly was a pain.
-
- o Alt-B redisplay (when COM-AND is loaded) is now paged. The redisplay
- buffer is now sizable (up to 64K) through Alt-S in COM-AND.
-
- o The keyboard buffer (Commands pulldown) now has a cursor.
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- Known bugs in the current release:
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- o I've had no suggestions to date on how to handle coronation.
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- Related release; COM-AND:
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- COM-AND was originally released with Version 2.0 of PC-VCO. COM-AND
- is a fully functional communications program, designed to support
- integrated 'accessory' programs like CCHESS.
-
- COM-AND supports multiple dialing directories, multiple macro
- definition files, a script language, Windowed XMODEM, XMODEM, YMODEM
- (BBS style), CIS-B, and KERMIT (Windowed or not).
-
- COM-AND is being distributed (its second release) as COM-AND21.ARC.
- COM-AND may be used on either MDA, CGA, EGA or Hercules adapters.
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- Related release; PC-VCO:
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- PC-VCO is Visual Conferencing for the IBM PC. It is completely
- compatible with all three flavors of MacIntosh VCO/VMCO. It has
- been in use for more than a year by several groups of people. On
- GEnie, the IBM RT has a regularly scheduled VCO conference every
- Wednesday at 9PM Eastern Standard Time.
-
- The concept of VCO is that each conference attendee draws a set of
- 16 (or 18) ICONs, and posts them publically. Other attendees down-
- load the ICONs (called face files), and add them to their own lib-
- rary of faces. 8 (or 9) expressions (happy, sad, etc) are supported.
- When someone speaks in a VCO conference, the appropriate ICON is
- displayed on all PC-VCO screens. People who've not uploaded face
- files are depicted as Charlie Brown, Don Martin, or OPUS.
-
- PC-VCO interfaces to a public domain text-to speech synthesizer.
- The quality is less than might be desired, but its a start!
-
- PC-VCO is being distributed (its sixth release) as PC-VCO21.ARC.
- PC-VCO may be used on either CGA, EGA or Hercules graphics adapters.
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- Related release; CBRIDGE:
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- CBRIDGE is Conference Bridge - four people can play bridge over
- PLINK's PARTY, CIS CB, etc. CBRIDGE deals cards, displays hands,
- displays (and protects) the bidding, and monitors game play.
- Bidding can be reviewed at any time, as can game play.
-
- Version 1.0 is released as a beta. However, it is completely
- usable. It may be 'rough' in spots... I am looking for comments,
- criticisms and thoughts from those interested in on-line interactive
- gaming.
-
- CBRIDGE is being distributed (its first release) as CBRIDG10.ARC.
- Please read the CBRIDG.DOC document for a description of CBRIDGE.
- CBRIDGE may be used on either MDA, CGA, EGA or Hercules adapters.
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