Author: Jason Williamson
Date: 05:04:00 12/14/00
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On December 13, 2000 at 14:12:50, John Merlino wrote: >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 Doesn't help with The Crazy Bishop or Gromit though. They both make chessmaster crash totally. JW
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