PowerChess

These are the files you need. You can send them from the package contents below.

• CHESS.EXE → A:\SOFT programa de DOS 111.9 KB
• POWER.CFG → A:\_DAT configuración 168 B
• CREA_CFG.EXE → A:\SOFT programa de DOS 51.7 KB
• SETUP.EXE → A:\SOFT programa de DOS 7.1 KB

No need to put DIAG27.PCH, DIAG28.PCH, DIAG29.PCH, DIAG30.PCH, DIAG31.PCH, DIAG32.PCH, DIAG33.PCH, DIAG34.PCH and 39 more: they are manuals, source code or supporting material. Read them here and save 61.9 KB on a 1 MB disk.

1. Copy CHESS.EXE, CREA_CFG.EXE, SETUP.EXE to A:\SOFT. They are DOS programs: run them from the DOS icon, or add A:\SOFT to the PATH in C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT to call them by name.
2. Copy POWER.CFG to A:\_DAT, where the 200LX looks for configuration. Open it with Memo and adjust it before use.
3. If you edit a configuration file on the palmtop, make sure you leave a newline at the end: some programs swallow the last line without saying a word.

Derived from the package contents and the 200LX conventions. It installs to A: on purpose: C: is a RAM disk and every byte there is memory taken from the system.

1) Installation

        2) The first game ...

        3) Windows

        4) Commands

        5) How to use the library of games


        Appendix

        A) A brief description of the commands

        B) Index of included games

        C) License Agreement, Limited Warranty,
           Update-Service and User Registration










































                            I N T R O D U C T I O N



                       WELCOME TO THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF
                               PowerChess V5.3 !



        In  choosing  this  chess playing program you  made  the  right
        decision.  It  is  your  ideal (patient?!) trainingspartner and
        will offer you a lot of entertaining hours.

        The  new version of PowerChess V5.3 is an  easy  to  use  chess
        playing program  with a wide range of possibilities. Because of
        the clearly arranged screens and the complete implementation of
        the international  chess  rules  (eg.  50  move  drawing rule),
        PowerChess V5.3 can highly be recommended for chess classes and
        leisure time.


        Outstanding features of PowerChess V5.3 are:

        - obeys the international chess rules eg.
          en'passant, 50 move drawing rule, three
          repetitions of a position
          recognizes stalemate and technical draw
        - shows a clearly arranged chessboard and a lot
          of useful information on the screen
          eg. playing time for Black and White
             index of the last 21 moves
             index of all possible moves concerning
             the position on the board
             announcement of a check mate in  N moves
             computer hints for the next move
             main variation
































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Literal excerpt from CHESS.DOC, exactly as it came in the package.