Author: David Dahlem
Date: 12:14:36 12/14/00
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On December 14, 2000 at 14:53:50, David Dahlem wrote: > >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 I was mistaken about Gromit. It does work for me, at least version 3.0 does. My command line is just the name of the config file without a space - gromit.cui Dave
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