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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