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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