Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!rutgers!topaz.rutgers.edu!mione
From: mione@topaz.rutgers.edu (MIONE)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Chessmaster 2000 and Mac II
Summary: Nope, Chessmaster 2000 doesn't seem to work on a MAC II
Message-ID: <17372@topaz.rutgers.edu>
Date: 12 Jan 88 21:35:16 GMT
References: <2553@druhi.ATT.COM>
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Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.
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In article <2553@druhi.ATT.COM>, cosmos@druhi.ATT.COM (GuestRA) writes:
> 
> Is there any way to make the Chessmaster program run on a Mac II (I have a
> radius display)?
> Thanks,
> Ron Guest
> ihnp4!druhi!cosmos


I purchased a copy Chessmaster 2000 recently. I do not own a MAC yet
but I plan on buying a MAC II within 4 to 6 mos. and the reason I
bought some software in advance is that there are plenty of MACs to
use here at work. Anyhow, I could not seem to get the thing to boot
and I was being helped by a KNOWLEDGEABLE friend. My guess is that the
copy protection crud is self-modifying and the 68020 with it's
instruction cache is losing when it tries to run it.

On my warranty card, I mentioned that it did not work on the II and I
needed it to work on that machine. I recieved a letter stating that
they have no plans of implementing a version for the MAC II and that I
should return it to the store from whom I purchased it or return it to
them with a copy of the reciept. About a week later I received another
letter from the company saying that they WERE working on a version for
the MAC II but the release date could be as much as a year in the
future. Again, they recommended I return the copy for a refund and
they apologized for the inconvenience.

It runs well on any other MAC and I am quite impressed with its
capabilities. I will probably keep the thing until they come out with
the update.

Tony::