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Subject: Re: SSDF rating list soon history?

Author: Amir Ban

Date: 03:13:20 05/05/98

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On May 04, 1998 at 19:23:18, Thorsten Czub wrote:

>On May 04, 1998 at 10:53:22, Ed Schröder wrote:
>
>>I don't want to play against secret autoplayers. That is unfair
>>competition. That's all. Simple or not? You tell me.
>>
>>- Ed Schroder -
>
>Nimzo, Hiarcs, Rebel, Mchess, Genius, Shredder, junior3.5, Wchess,
>zarkov, Diogenes, Cstal, Diep, Gandalf, Kallisto, Comet, ... and many
>others...
>
>ALL use the auto232 device !
>The codes are open, no tricks.
>Any programmer has nothing against this device implemented. Nobody ever
>complaint.
>
>Why the hell does CHESS BASE the worlds leading company in making money
>out of computerchess get an exception ? They invent the wheel new and do
>not open their autoplayer. And the ssd-guys await that all other
>programmers who accepted thwe auto232 autoplayer do now accept this
>without beeing asked ???
>

1. The autoplayer used by these programs is for DOS programs only.
There's no way a Windows program can use it.

2. The list is not accurate: Shredder and Nimzo98 are Windows programs
that do not use the "auto232 device". They use Win32 code that was
written by Stefan-Meyer Kahlen. Nothing wrong with that (IMO). BTW,
Fritz5 can't use this code either since it needs Win16 code.

Amir





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