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diff --git a/data/help/inetchesslib b/data/help/inetchesslib new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c44c8ca --- /dev/null +++ b/data/help/inetchesslib @@ -0,0 +1,184 @@ +The Internet Chess Library -- An anonymous ftp archive at chess.onenet.net +(this file may be somewhat out of date! :-) ) + +The chess archive consists of the content of the directory tree contained +in /pub/chess. At the top level of this tree are a few informational files +which are briefly described below (the contents of these files will be +updated from time to time): + + ICS.getting-started + This is an old introduction to the ICS (internet chess server). + The information will apply somewhat to the current server, but it + has changed a great deal since this was written. + README + This is a file containing a welcome message and a statement of the + general purpose and intent of the archive. + README.archive-structure + This file. + README-pictures-of-netchessplayers + This tells how you might donate a digitized picture of yourself or + a chessplayer you know into the archive. + README-where_is_ICS.info + This is a 'link' to the file containing the current Internet + locations of the main ICS's (currently, one in USA and one in + Europe.) + README.too + This is an informational note related to finding recently uploaded + data. + chess-FAQ + This is the Chess FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions, and answers). + gnu-chess-FAQ + This is a FAQ for GnuChess, a public domain chess playing program + from the GNU (Gnu's Not Unix) project -- part of the Free Software + Foundation. + ls-lR + This is a complete listing of the current contents of the archive, + without descriptions. Filenames only. A Index with descriptions + is probably not a possibility at this time because of the limited + resources of the current maintainer. (Any help on this would be + greatly appreciated) + where_is_ICS.info + This is the info file for the locations of the ICS's. + README-where_is_ICS.info is linked to this file. + + + +The rest of the archive is divided into a number of subdirectories which +attempt to classify the data somewhat. Below is a listing of directories +in this archive and what one might expect to find there. + + +/pub/chess/ + Amiga/ Software and data for/related to Amiga computers. + Atari/ Software and data for/related to Atari computers. + CBUFF/ Files and data for the CBUFF (ChessBase Utilities + File Format) project. + Atari/ + DOS/ + Macintosh/ + Unix/ + data/ + doc/ + src/ + DOS/ Software and data for/related to IBM PC compatible + computers running DOS/Windows. + Bookup/ Bookup data files. This is a link to the + directory: + Game-Databases/Bookup/ + ChessAssistent/ ChessAssistent data files. This is a link to the + directory: + Game-Databases/ChessAssistent/ + ChessBase/ ChessBase data files. This is a link to the + directory: + Game-Databases/ChessBase/ + NicBase/ NicBase data files. this is a link to the + directory: + Game-Databases/NicBase/ + Tools/ Utility programs for DOS. Archiving and + compression utilities needed to unpack most of + the data in this archive may be found here for + DOS. + Game-Databases/ This is a directory tree dedicated to Chess game + databases in varying formats. Utilities to + convert from one format to another may be found + in the Tools directory. + Bookup/ Bookup database files. + ChessAssistent/ ChessAssistent database files. + Tools/ Utilities for manipulating/converting ChessAssistent + data files. This is a link to the directory: + Game-Databases/Tools/ChessAssistent/ + ChessBase/ ChessBase database files. + Tools/ Utilities for manipulating/converting ChessBase + data files. This is a link to the directory: + Game-Databases/Tools/ChessBase/ + ChessBase_CBUFF/ ChessBase database files from the CBUFF project. + This is a link to the directory: CBUFF/data/ + NicBase/ NicBase database files. + Tools/ Utility programs for manipulating/converting + NicBase files. This is a link to the directory: + Game-Databases/Tools/NicBase/ + PGN/ This is the PGN (Portable Game Notation) project + directory tree. It contains utilities for the + PGN format (including tools for converting + between other formats) and game databases in + the format. A DOS program for viewing these + databases is available. + Events/ PGN format data files of events in specific years. + 1990/ + 1993/ + 1994/ + MGR/ The MASTER GAME REPOSITORY directory. contains + (or soon will) thousands of games in PGN format. + Players/ PGN data file of games for specific players: + Kasparov, Tal, Fischer, Karpov, Polgar, and + others! + Tools/ Utilities for PGN data files. Conversion tools + and a reader. + Tools/ Utility programs for all Databasse formats in the + Game-Databases area. + ChessAssistent/ + ChessBase/ + NicBase/ + PGN/ This is a link to the directory: + Game-Databases/PGN/Tools/ + HTML/ Hypertext files. For use with Mosaic (WWW) + clients. If you don't know what this is, don't + worry. It's specific to distributed + information over the Internet. + ICS_help/ All the help files for the ICS. + Macintosh/ Software and data for/related to Macintosh's. + NeXT/ Software and data for/related to NeXT computers. + PGN/ This is the PGN (Portable Game Notation) project + directory tree. It contains utilities for the + PGN format (including tools for converting + between other formats) and game databases in + the format. A DOS program for viewing these + databases is available. This is a link to the + directory: Game-Databases/PGN/ + SAN_testsuites/ This is a collection of test positions for testing + the problem solving capabilities of chess + software. These files are related to the SAN + (Standard Algebraic Notation) project, the + distribution of which may be obtained in the + Unix/ directory. SAN utilities and datafiles + use PGN. + Unix/ Software and data for/related to Unix OS. + X/ Software and data for/related to X-Windows. + chessbits/ Archives of the Chessbits Electronic magazine + which will probably not come back to life, + although an occasional ICS-Newsletter seems to + have picked up the slack. These are found in + texts/ + dropoff/ A place to drop things off where no-one but the + archive maintainer can get to them. Please + accompany anything with a brief note. + ics-tourn/ Data and games related to tournaments held on the + ICS's. + masters/ Collections of games for masters and tournaments + in ascii format primarily (some are PGN + compatible) + matches/ + WCC_1993/ Games of the World Chess Championships in 1993. + Fide men's and women's and the PCA match as well. + pictures/ digitized pictures of chess related art and/or + chess players both famous and not so famous. + projects/ A directory tree for software projects donated to + the archive. Not necessarily chess related. + metagame/ + morph/ + texts/ General texts of materials, analysis and some game + scores. A grab-bag of chess related materials. + PCA_Qualifiers_1993/ + uploads/ A directory containing lots of subdirectories for + donating materials to the archive. Pick an + appropriate directory here for your upload. + windows/ Here is where new applications for MSwindows or + other brands of windows for the IBM PC reside. + This area is new, so many windows applications + still are in th DOS directory. + xchange/ A place for data/software you want to make + available to everyone but which you might not + want to place in a 'permanent' area do to it's + developmental/experimental nature. + + |