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FREEWARE: PMICS V2.1.1 Internet Chess Client for OS/2 Warp Available
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (paulm@secondnature.co.uk)
Tue Sep 17 18:27:50 1996
To: os2ann.DISCUSS@bloom-picayune.MIT.EDU
Date: 17 Sep 1996 15:51:33 GMT
From: paulm@secondnature.co.uk
Reply-To: paulm@secondnature.co.uk (Paul Mitchell)
Reply-to: paulm@secondnature.co.uk (Paul Mitchell)
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AVAILABLE NOW!
Version 2.1.1 of PMICS - The Internet Chess Client for OS/2 Warp - has been
released. This is a maintenance release which fixes bugs in V2.1 and adds a
small number of minor new features. All version 2 releases of PMICS are
freeware.
-= FEATURES =-
* Store information for multiple chess servers.
* Graphical display of games.
* Observe multiple games simultaneously.
* Multiple text windows for separating server output. Hold two or three
conversations at once without getting confused!
* Different colours for each server message type.
* Track users connected to server and games in progress.
* Context-sensitive tool bars for quick command access.
* Drag-and-drop colour and font changing. Window sizes, colours and fonts
are stored.
* Multi-threaded, native 32-bit OS/2 application.
-= REQUIREMENTS =-
* OS/2 Warp V3.0 and above.
* TCP/IP connection to the internet.
* Mouse.
* SuperVGA display with 256 or more colours.
-= DOWNLOAD LOCATIONS =-
PMICS V2.1.1 has been uploaded as 'pmics211.zip' to the following ftp
sites...
Site Address Proposed directory
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FICS ftp.onenet.net /pub/chess/uploads/OS2
Hobbes hobbes.nmsu.edu /os2/games
Walnut Creek ftp-os2.cdrom.com /pub/os2/games
PMICS V2.1.1 is also available for direct download from the PMICS Home Page.
The file size on all sites is 843,179 bytes.
-= CONTACTS =-
PMICS V2.1.1 is written by Paul Mitchell. Please email all bug reports and
suggestions to paulm@secondnature.co.uk.
For the latest news, information and code updates to PMICS, check in
regularly to the PMICS Home Page...
http://www.tcom.co.uk/secondnature/pmics/
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