Author: Chris Whittington
Date: 01:04:10 11/14/97
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On November 14, 1997 at 00:59:48, Keith Ian Price wrote: >On November 13, 1997 at 04:44:21, Chris Whittington wrote: > >> >>On November 13, 1997 at 00:13:53, Keith Ian Price wrote: >>>and if they were to add computer-computer >>>connectivity with error checking, and computer-ICC or FICS connectivity, >>>I'd be very happy. To rely on an non-upgraded, and obsolete autoplayer >>>that attepts to interface from the outside is wasting a lot of my time >>>with interrupted games, and at 40/2 that's a lot of wasted time. I >>>wouldn't mind the tax for the special cable if there were consistent >>>upgrades, and better functionality. As far as the argument against >>>including FICS connectivity is concerned, an unswitchable whisper at the >>>beginning of a FICS-connected game would prevent cheaters, but allow >>>people to see the style of the commercial game they are thinking of >>>buying. A program like CSTal would benefit greatly from this, >> >>Just wait for the Windows 98 version ...... :) >> >>Chris Whittington > >Does this mean you will have FICS or ICC access in the Windows version? That's a battle here between me (I want it) and our marketing (who think it will take too long). I might win :) Or might not :( >Or are you talking about including the autoplayer code from Stefan? No, but we'll do that anyway. >Working TASC Smartboard Code would be nice, too, since that's one of the >primary reasons I bought it in the first place, although, since I like >the playing style so much, I am not planning on returning it just >because it doesn't work. Which means that I tested it, but unless there >is a different command line switch than /saitek it doesn't work. If I remember correctly, tasc didn't need a command line, it just autotested at startup to see if the board was there. teh code I did for you should have least have said "tasc board recognised" or soemthign like that .... ? > I hope >you do mean that it will be able to autoplay on FICS, because I meant >what I said, if people see it play, they're going to want to buy it. >It's beating up MCP6 right now. It allowed MCP6 to gobble a few pawns >without recapturing, while it brought more pieces to bear on MCP's >exposed king. This approach doesn't always work for it, but more often >than not, and it's a lot of fun to watch. Will try for ics/fics then :) Chris > >kp > >kp
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