Author: Keith Ian Price
Date: 18:41:38 11/14/97
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On November 14, 1997 at 04:04:10, Chris Whittington wrote: > >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 :( Windows '98 won't be available to test it on until 3rd quarter, so there's plenty of time. >>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 .... ? Nothing 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 :) Great! kp
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