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Subject: Another Winboard 232-Adapter exists. Avoiding ICC as a referee.

Author: Arturo Ochoa

Date: 04:44:17 08/10/00

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On August 09, 2000 at 12:14:01, Francesco Di Tolla wrote:

>At the link:
>
>http://amateurschach.in-trier.de/schach/download/autoplayer/boerger.htm
>
>one can find a software that should work as an adapter from auto232 to winboard.

Hello:

Another Winboard232 Driver exists, besides the one you mentioned above, that it
allows you to connect a Winboard Engine against another opponent with the
Protocol 232.

In fact, I use it to do Matches between two Winboard Engines in two different
PCs. I know it works with Crafty, SOS, Zchess, LambChop, Diep2, Crux, TSCP. They
are the Winboard Engines that I have tested on this experimental Protocol. I
have also done some experimental Testing Matches against Fritz6, using this
protocol 232.

You can find and download the Files from the Rémi Coulom's Home Page. You know
Rémi Coulom is the Crazy Bishop Winboard Engine Author.

The Rémi Coulom's URL is: http://www-leibniz.imag.fr/~coulom/

Important: You don't have to connect to any Internet Chess Server, because it is
the standard 232 Protocol.

I hope this information is useful for you.

Best Regards.

>
>This allows a user to interface a program via serial port to winboard, and this
>way stright to, e.g., ICC or FICS.
>
>In this way it is now possible to interface any auto232 enabled program to any
>other on ICC.
>
>This could be used to play matches using ICC as a referee and to remove once for
>all any doubt about misbehaviors by any program. In this case the programs would
>not talk to each other directly, but to an dapter that talks to winboard that
>talk to ICC that talks to the remote system...
>
>If the system works, and if the ChessMaster Live (does it still exist?) site
>supports a decent ICS protocol,  SSDF could even test ChessMaster on an
>automatic basis!
>
>What do you think about it: Ed, Stefan? Would you trust such a system if it
>works?
>
>regards
>Franz



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