Pktchess

PocketChess for EPOC v1.2a -------------------------- Copyright 2000 Scott Ludwig. EPOC portions Copyright 2000 Fred Bouvry. Welcome to PocketChess for EPOC. PocketChess is a well featured chess playing program for your EPOC handheld. PocketChess offers a very simple, easy to use interface for playing chess, and best of all it is freeware! PocketChess for EPOC is brought to you by a collaboration between Fred Bouvry, Christian Morency, Scott Ludwig and Simon Quinn. Fred Bouvry fred@palmtime.com - Author of EPOC PocketChess Christian Morency anakinsolo@geocities.com - Artwork for EPOC PocketChess Scott Ludwig scottlu@eskimo.com - Owner and original author of PocketChess Simon Quinn simon.quinn@bigfoot.com - Revo port and enhancements PocketChess is supported on several handheld platforms. The official distribution site is http://www.eskimo.com/~scottlu PocketChess for Psion 5 can also be found at http://www.palmtime.com Special thanks: --------------- -Staunton Set based on the Chess Maya TrueType Font by Armando Hernandez Marroquin (mquin@sancristobal.podernet.com.mx) from the Colegio La Salle de San Cristobal (lasalle@sancristobal.podernet.com.mx). Used with kind permission from the author. -To the 8 beta testers for their precious help and the time they spent for free (in alphabetical order): Amandio J.S. Bacalhau Darren Wheatley Hein de Boer Nik Van den Wijngaert Pedro van Can Ray Harper Russell Hansen Stephen Cotterell Bug reports: ------------ If you find bugs, please report them to Scott Ludwig: scottlu@eskimo.com Installation/Upgrade procedure ------------------------------ If upgrading then first make sure that PocketChess is not running. The easiest and best way to install/upgrade is to use the SIS package. Otherwise, to install/upgrade manually do the following: The 12 distributed files are PKTCHESS.APP, PKTCHESS.RSC, PKTCHESS.AIF, OPEN.MVS, CHESS.HLP, README.TXT, LICENSE.TXT, CHECK.SND, MATE.SND, PROMOTE.SND, CAPTURE.SND, PBOARD.MBM, PBOARDALT.MBM, PBOARDSMALL.MBM, PBOARDALTS.MBM 1) Make sure you can see the System folder on the Psion by using the check box in the System menu -> Tools -> Preferences -> Show 'System' folder. 2) If you are upgrading then delete everything in C:\SYSTEM\APPS\PKTCHESS\ then go to step 4. 3) Create a new folder called 'PKTCHESS' under C:\SYSTEM\APPS thus C:\SYSTEM\APPS\PKTCHESS (or on a CF card: D:\SYSTEM\APPS\PKTCHESS). 4) Copy all the files from the distribution to this folder with PsiWin. 5) Now you should see the 'Chess' Icon in the Extra Toolbar. General Notes ------------- You can call the online help from the "Tools" menu for further explanations. The default chess piece set is shaded, an alternative plainer but clearer set is available when you select "TOOLS/ALTERNATE PIECES" from the menus. Changes ------- v1.2 Added support for Psion Revo. Added clearer looking but plainer alternate chess pieces, menu selectable. Chess pieces replaced with four new ones, two for Revo (plain & shaded) and two for non-Revo devices (plain & shaded). Changed background pattern to be easier on the eye. Changes done by Simon Quinn, new artwork by Christian Morency & Simon Quinn v1.2a Fixed problem with Psion7, the move list was not being displayed Changes done by Simon Quinn