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Subject: Re: CM8000 Winboard question.

Author: John Merlino

Date: 11:12:50 12/13/00

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On December 13, 2000 at 00:05:38, Richard Sutherland wrote:

>Can anyone advise of of how I go about getting a Winboard engine to work under
>CM8000? The only one that works is Gandalf. I've tried Arasanx/Little
>Goliath/Bringer and a few others, but, none of them seem to function. Do I need
>an .init file for each, or just the engine?
>
>Help
>Richard

I'm not sure of each engine's requirements, but everything needs to be set up
just like you would have to if you were using WinBoard. So, if the engine
requires an external file such as an INI file, then that does need to be
present. Also, if filenames are required on the command line, then you should
probably pass the FULL PATH to these files, rather than just the filename by
itself.

The only thing that CM8000 can do for you is pass any command line parameters
that may be required. However, there appears to be a quirk with several engines
that can be fixed by putting a <space> BEFORE your list of command line
parameters. Many users have reported that this will fix problems with many
engines, Arasan being one of them.

jm



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