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Hello:
I have the quite old and last version of A. Damiani Fortress 1.62 engine. I must confess that for several years I did not play against it, nor against other engine. With surprise now is exiting from Winboard inmediately when I try to execute it.
My feeling is that my actual cygwin1.dll version in my PC is not compatible with Fortress 1.62.
I would greatly appreciate if somebody could inform me which is the correct cygwin1.dll version for Fortress.
Thanks,
Pablo

Cant you run it in windows 98 compatibility mode instead? It works fine for me without any changes, may be you should run it through dependency walker(I get to use my new Knowledge fast).

Pablo wrote:Hello:
I have the quite old and last version of A. Damiani Fortress 1.62 engine. I must confess that for several years I did not play against it, nor against other engine. With surprise now is exiting from Winboard inmediately when I try to execute it.
My feeling is that my actual cygwin1.dll version in my PC is not compatible with Fortress 1.62.
I would greatly appreciate if somebody could inform me which is the correct cygwin1.dll version for Fortress.
Thanks,
Pablo

I am quite sure this has nothing to do with cygwin.
It runs here on two machines even with WB + newest cygwin.
Do you have the 4 necessary Af... files in its folder?

Guenther

Hello Guenther:
Sorry my ignorance. What you call the 4 necessary AF.. files ?
Thanks,
Pablo

Pablo wrote:Hello Guenther:
Sorry my ignorance. What you call the 4 necessary AF.. files ?
Thanks,
Pablo

Well the versions of Fortress I have all need 4 binary
files starting with 'Af....' names(no extension).
If you mail me I can send them to you, but they are also
on Danns site, I just checked it.

Regards,
Guenther

Hello Tony:
I think you hit the point. Maybe Fortress 1.62 only work with Winboard 98 or less. About 6 month ago I updated my OS from Window 98 to Windows 2000 and is why do not work now.
You mentioned to run a Windows98 compatibility mode and a dependency walker ???. Sorry for my ignorance but please explain how to run a windows98 compatibility mode and what is "dependency walker".
If you prefer to contact me by email mine is indech@ctcinterne.cl .
Best regards,
Pablo

Hello Günther:
Many thanks for your tips about the AF files.
I download the Dann Corbit Fortress with the 4 AF files. The version is 1.52, older than mine without opening book, but works OK at my PC.
If you read the quote of Tony Thomas he suggest Fortress 1.62 only works with Windows 98.
Regads,
Pablo

Pablo wrote:Hello Günther:
Many thanks for your tips about the AF files.
I download the Dann Corbit Fortress with the 4 AF files. The version is 1.52, older than mine without opening book, but works OK at my PC.
If you read the quote of Tony Thomas he suggest Fortress 1.62 only works with Windows 98.
Regads,
Pablo

Fortress 1.62 works fine with any cygwin1.dll on Windows XP here (without any compatibility issues). This is my FORTRESS folder:

06.01.1999 11:03 131072 Afbrd
06.01.1999 11:03 131072 Afbru
06.01.1999 11:03 131072 Afrh
06.01.1999 11:03 131072 Afrv
29.10.2002 14:38 16 FORTRESS.RC
22.05.2000 11:11 90112 fortress_162.exe

and here is content of FORTRESS.RC:

easy
brain 11

Best regards,
George

George Lyapko wrote:

Pablo wrote:Hello Günther:
Many thanks for your tips about the AF files.
I download the Dann Corbit Fortress with the 4 AF files. The version is 1.52, older than mine without opening book, but works OK at my PC.
If you read the quote of Tony Thomas he suggest Fortress 1.62 only works with Windows 98.
Regads,
Pablo

Fortress 1.62 works fine with any cygwin1.dll on Windows XP here (without any compatibility issues). This is my FORTRESS folder:

06.01.1999 11:03 131072 Afbrd
06.01.1999 11:03 131072 Afbru
06.01.1999 11:03 131072 Afrh
06.01.1999 11:03 131072 Afrv
29.10.2002 14:38 16 FORTRESS.RC
22.05.2000 11:11 90112 fortress_162.exe

and here is content of FORTRESS.RC:

easy
brain 11

Best regards,
George

Fortress works fine on my windows XP as well, it is actually quiet strong for an engine so old, about 4th division strength in blitz without pondering. I have not tried Fortress on my computer with windows 2000 as it is quiet old(pentium 3 500MHZ). Since fortress is no longer available for download, I have to go to my other house and send it to my email and then download it, then I will let you know if it works.

Pablo wrote:Hello Günther:
Many thanks for your tips about the AF files.
I download the Dann Corbit Fortress with the 4 AF files. The version is 1.52, older than mine without opening book, but works OK at my PC.
If you read the quote of Tony Thomas he suggest Fortress 1.62 only works with Windows 98.
Regads,
Pablo

No that's wrong, just put the Af files in your Fortress version
folder and it will work.

Regards,
Guenther

Guenther Simon wrote:

Pablo wrote:Hello Günther:
Many thanks for your tips about the AF files.
I download the Dann Corbit Fortress with the 4 AF files. The version is 1.52, older than mine without opening book, but works OK at my PC.
If you read the quote of Tony Thomas he suggest Fortress 1.62 only works with Windows 98.
Regads,
Pablo

No that's wrong, just put the Af files in your Fortress version
folder and it will work.

Regards,
Guenther

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For Guenther,Tony and George Lyapko

Many,many thanks for your help.
Now my Fortress 1.62 is playing fine.
Best regards,
Pablo