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Subject: Re: CM8000 Winboard question.

Author: David Dahlem

Date: 11:53:50 12/14/00

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On December 14, 2000 at 08:04:00, Jason Williamson wrote:

>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  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

The Crazy Bishop works fine for me. All i have on the command line is the name
of the configuration file (tcbxinit.cui) without a space before that name.
Gromit doesn't cause a crash for me but it just sits there without moving.

Dave



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