Colossus Chess 4.0

[Polymorph <mike.a.stephens@gmail.com>]

Hi Guys,

With all this talk of cracking lately - which I might add has been 
mighty interesting as well as invaluable to preserving this old software 
- I recently received an original copy of Colossus Chess 4.0 (by CDS 
Software Ltd) with the disk in mint condition (looks brand new!).

Now, I've had a look on the usual sites and I don't see a full disk 
version out in the wild. The only copies I've come across are found on a 
compilation of chess programs (Sargon, Microchess, etc) with cracktro's.

I created a NIB image of the disk using Brutal Deluxe's new "I'm fEDD 
Up" utility (which is also very cool BTW), but it doesn't get past the 
main title screen in AppleWin.

If there are no full version images out there, is anyone up for another 
crack? Is it worthwhile preserving this game in its original state? I 
believe it was one of the better chess programs for the Apple II (from 
reading some old reviews).

I can send my current NIB (or create a new one using 1/2 or 1/4 tracks 
if required) if anyone is interested?

Let me know.

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Cheers,
Mike

Find my Apple II projects online at:
http://apple2.sytes.net/