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Subject: Re: CM8000 Winboard question.

Author: John Merlino

Date: 11:16:58 12/14/00

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On December 14, 2000 at 01:28:21, Tim Mann wrote:

>On December 13, 2000 at 21:05:54, John Merlino wrote:
>
>>Actually, this is correct. At this time, CM8000 will ONLY accept moves in
>>coordinate notation. The development team knows of this, and I have no idea if
>>they intend to include support for other unambiguous notations, such as SAN.
>>I'll keep you posted.
>
>I can put a warning to this effect in the next xboard/winboard protocol spec if
>you'd like.  I've already put in a mention of ChessBase's extensions to the spec
>and a link to their Web page.
>
>	--Tim

Who would the warning be directed to, the engine programmers ("you should only
report moves in coordinate notation") or the GUI programmers ("you should be
able to accept any unambiguous notation, such as coordinate, SAN, etc.")?

jm



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