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Subject: Re: winboard programming. Need Help!!

Author: Peter McKenzie

Date: 21:02:09 09/04/98

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On September 04, 1998 at 16:35:13, Inmann Werner wrote:

>I try to write an interface for my program to winboard.
>Rather frustrating!

You'll probably want to join the winboard mailing list.  To subscribe, I think
you send a message to the following address with 'Subscribe' in the header (or
maybe the body).

chess-engines-request@jpunix.com

>I tried to write a simple testprogram, only trying to communicate with winboard.
>No result.
>
>How do I get input from Winboard and how can I output to winboard.
>
>I also looked at crafty source but I did not really find something. (What should
>I search?)
>
>I work with Watcom C and compile for Windows NT. I thought, the Input comes from
>stdin (like Auto232), but.....

sounds right

>
>I start winboard with:
>winboard /cp /fcp=test.exe /fd="c:\watcom\binw\neuschach\win" /scp=test.exe
>/sd="c:\watcom\binw\neuschach\win"
>and both programs open. But thats it. If I send with CTRL ALT 1 nothing happens.

First thing is to run winboard with the -debug option, then you can take a look
at the file winboard.debug to see whats going on.

>
>I am fully stuck, and that frustrates me a lot.
>
>Any tips?
>
>Werner

cheers,
Peter



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