Posted by dorayme on 03/31/07 14:51

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<1175325080.334700.272790@o5g2000hsb.googlegroups.com>,
dorayme@optusnet.com.au wrote:

A whole lot of rubbish. And just a little bit more babbling:

Here is how I made a little chess set for online communication. I
know, it is not very sophisticated. But it is simple to
understand and reliable:

I fired up an SE 30 Mac and started Sargon IV. It has the best
graphics of any that I have seen. I got all pieces (I think I
actually used ResEdit to get at the resources of the program - a
Mac thing, don't worry. One can also simply capture the images
from the screen) on their squares. In other words, there were two
black queens, one on a white square and one on a black, 4 black
bishops, etc. A position is simply the pieces on their squares
overlayed on a template 'empty' board.

In a program like Fireworks, one can move the objects about with
a mouse or the keyboard arrow keys. It is quick work to set up a
position. If it is kept in the png format with layers, one can
export to gif or low order png for final small file size for
practical use.

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dorayme

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