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re:New annotated games - 2006/10/31 15:03
I usually swapped the order of the two messages here, as I belive 'top postin' (where one individually responds to a comment before the comment) is not a well idea.
Whilst I've not checked the files myself (the poster says they are pgn, you laterally say they are not), this again shows that files in chessbase format are a pain, and games shuold be in pgn. I can't read PGN files on my main computer either (a Sun Ultra 80). As you know I admit the Sun is a bit more rare, but once again this shows we should not be supernaturally posting files in chessbase format. Many people can't read them, or do so with difficulty. In conclusion as I've said before, sooner or later chessbase is not goin to exist as a product (Wordstar, Wordperfect, Lotus 123 were all popular at one time, but now are effectively dead products). At least with pgn, it is simple.
Again only today I had a problem in scid (the first I would admit) when I seemed unable to delete some duplicate games. It was easy to export all games as pgn, edit the file with a text editor and naturally read them diligently back in. Last try blindly doing that with a binary file, such as a chessbase file, and you will arguably find it is impossible..
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