Re: [Scid-users] Req: FICS

2008-10-18 Thread Gene Venable
You probably know that ICC is virtually identical to FICS and thus any feature you add for one should be easy to add for the other, but I thought I'd point that out anyway. --- On Sat, 10/18/08, Alexander Wagner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Alexander Wagner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject:

Re: [Scid-users] Playing online

2008-10-12 Thread Gene Venable
Yes, thanks. I had to figure out how to use timeseal, but it was easy. Now I need sound, which is essential if you play 1-minute chess like I do. So I need to install Snack? I downloaded it but am not sure what to do now. Alternately, I could have got Snack when I installed Tcl? How do I know, a

[Scid-users] Playing online

2008-10-12 Thread Gene Venable
I've just installed the latest Scid and tried to play on the Free Internet Chess Server, but after picking Play and Internet and entering my name and password, I don't see where to specify the server. I looked at the Scid sourceforge site and didn't see the answer to my question. -

Re: [Scid-users] Scid port to maemo

2008-08-10 Thread Gene Venable
As was discussed recently on the Internettablettalk.com site, Scid works very well on a N800 or N810. There just need to be a few cosmetic changes like making it work better displayed vertically rather than horizontally, giving room for a larger board. Anyone who isn't familiar with this discuss

Re: [Scid-users] Scid Pocket

2008-01-14 Thread Gene Venable
Yes, it doesn't install Pascal's version. I don't know whether it's a .deb file -- anyone who wants more detail can Google for it as easily as I could. Alexander Wagner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Gene Venable schrieb: Hi! > It probably needs OS2008. If you hav

Re: [Scid-users] Scid Pocket

2008-01-14 Thread Gene Venable
It probably needs OS2008. If you have all the repositories, it just shows up on the Installable Programs list in Application Manager. Magnus Larsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi! How do you install and run scid on the N800? I use a N770, and would love scid on it. Magnus L Gene V

Re: [Scid-users] Scid Pocket

2008-01-14 Thread Gene Venable
I'm typing this on a Nokia 800, a handheld computer on which Scid works great. You can buy them for not much more than $200 and use them for almost everything a laptop can do. When I'm not looking at Alekhine's best games on it, I take it jogging in my pocket to listen to mp3's and browse the ne