Ah - FreeCiv, I have heard of that... I decided not to try it, though, since it seems to have made the AI better (I don't need my games to be that challenging
)...
It just passed lunchtime for me, so it is neither late nor early!
Sorry about ToEE
Did you download the demo from the Sorcerer's something-or-other site? (That's where I downloaded it, but I got it years ago.)