inherited old computer,need help

[mike schoonover]

hi all,
a fellow coworker gave me an older conpaq presario 9232,
win 95,pentium 120 mhz,55 mb ram.
witch versions of winboard and crafty can i run on it,
newer versions error out.
help much appreciated.
regards
mike

[Volker Pittlik]

hi all,
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newer versions error out.
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What error messages do you get? Both should run IMO.

hi all,
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win 95,pentium 120 mhz,55 mb ram.
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Install Linux on it ! Xboard and Crafty like that OS !

Volker

[mike schoonover]

when using winboard iget crafty expects newer version of os.
upgrade to newer version

[Volker Pittlik]

when using winboard iget crafty expects newer version of os....

What have they done

[mike schoonover]

hi volker,
apparently the download of crafty package from crafty cito page is the culprit.
i downloaded wb from tim manns site and crafty17.4n w/books from ridderkirk.
they run fine.
regards
mike

[Roger Brown]

Hello Mike,

Isn't Winboard wonderful?

I know some guis that would knock out your entire system, forget about loading an engine or two!

Incidentally, my system here is ancient and Winboard, WBTM (Pradu's terrific TM) and the associated Winboard and UCI engines run just fine.

Later.

[mike schoonover]

hi volker,
i'm really surprised how good it works.
crafty gets about 6-8 plys average in a 5 minut game.
had it running on fics as a guest.
the newest winamp does'nt work but version 5.0
works good.
i have about 500 mb free disk space.
tomorrow i'm going to clean out every thing not needed.
also came with 2 modem cards,10 mb ethernet,and a sound card.

having fun with some old stuff regards
mike

[Bryan Hofmann]

hi volker,
apparently the download of crafty package from crafty cito page is the culprit.
i downloaded wb from tim manns site and crafty17.4n w/books from ridderkirk.
they run fine.
regards
mike

You would be correct, the compiles on my site will not work with 95/98 due to the method used to compile the executables. The compiles are all about speed and including the compatibility slowed things down.

Bryan

[mike schoonover]

hi bryan,
yea i should of known,i ran across that problem before but forgot.

2 brain cell(one to remind me to breath,the other for everything else)regards
mike