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Subject: Re: Connecting Chesspartner to FICS? (How)

Author: James T. Walker

Date: 07:43:57 01/27/00

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On January 27, 2000 at 01:10:37, Lex Loep wrote:

>On January 26, 2000 at 22:11:56, James T. Walker wrote:
>
>>Hello Mel,
>>Thanks for the response.  I tried again and it does work but not very good.  I
>>guess it is usable but certainly not optimal.  As I said when I ping I get 3
>>packets sent and 3 packets lost  or sometimes 2 packets lost.  This does not
>>sound good and the operation is very slow and "jerky" but it does work somewhat.
>>Guess I was just expecting too much since it worked so nice on ICC.
>>Jim Walker
>
>Sounds like you just tried it on a busy time, generally it works fine on
>both ICC and FICS, I have been testing it for many weeks and played thousands
>of games whithout problems.
>But I have seen FICS beeing slow at times. Don't remember about ICC.
>
>Make sure your timeseal/timestamp settings are correct.
>
>see another faq:
>http://www.lokasoft.nl/uk/support.htm
>
>or press F1 while in the properties page for the timeseal parametes.
>
>Lex

Hello Lex,
I have tried the settings at your "faq".  When logging on to ICC and doing a
"ping" I get the message I'm not using a timestamp client.  Why is it when I log
on to FICS and do a ping, I get the message 3 packets sent - 3 packets lost?
Something is missing somewhere.  I'm not a programmer or computer expert.  I'm
just a customer that can barely find his way onto the internet.  Operating a
program should not be this difficult.  If the consoles are "Pre-configured" then
why don't they work already?  Why do I have to try to enter a bunch of stuff
which is very confusing to me?  Why is the page where you tell me to enter the
info for using "Timestamp" labeled "Timeseal"?  Why is the directory referred to
in the readme.txt as "Timestamp" really "Timeseal"?  If you really want to help
me you could post a simple concise procedure at your site that works.  One that
clearly separates timestamp and timeseal and tells exactly how to set up each
since the "Pre-configured" consoles omitted this small detail.  And as far as
the auto232 goes, I don't believe in magical cures.  The "Master" function does
not work properly and that may even be due to the Chessbase GUI.  I don't know
but I've had other programs that can not handle the Chessbase GUI's when trying
to act as Master.
Jim Walker



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