Author: Jason Williamson
Date: 18:47:29 11/15/00
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On November 15, 2000 at 21:10:27, Paul Doire wrote: >On November 15, 2000 at 17:46:58, Frank Quisinsky wrote: > >>On November 15, 2000 at 16:40:34, Paul Doire wrote: >> >>>I recently installed 23 Winboard engines into CM8000 .I used the attached >>>Winboad.ini file based on Frank Quisinsky's config2.zip and engine detail pages >>>for all command line parameters. >>> >>>NOTE: the executables in my ini file have the last known rating from Franks page >>>added to part of the name, so when it displays in winboard I can see ELO of the >>>two engines while they play. >>> >>>All engines work fine under Winboard. >>> >>>my comments that follow are based on lookin at engine monitor windows in CM8000. >>> >>>11 Engines aren't working as follows: >>> >>>1.AnMon 5.09-nothing >>>2.Arasan 5.4-plays book only >>>3.Bringer-1.7-starts GUI as it should but nothing else >>>4.Gnuchess 4.14-seems to move until 0-0 is necessary then stops >>>5.GreenLightChess 2.10-displays move in window but doesn't make it >>>6.Nejmet 2.57-nothing >>>7.NewRival 1817-starts GUI-nothing else >>>8.Phalanx 22-resigns immediately >>>9.Raffaela 0.0.2-starts GUI-illegal move >>>10.Tao 4.4-program displays CM8000 performed illegal operation,will shut >>>down-invalid page fault >>>11. Yace 023-nothing >>> >>>Also THE KING engine moves instantly with no thinking or hash searching,it >>>displays one line and never varies. >>> >>>WINBOARD.INI >>> >>>/firstChessProgramNames="Amy_07_Co2450 /fd=c:\\Chess\\WinBoard\\Amy2450 >>>\"AnMon_5092400 xboard\" /fd=c:\\Chess\\WinBoard\\AnMon2400 >>>\"Arasan_542325 -H 32768\" /fd=c:\\Chess\\WinBoard\\Arasan2325 >>>\"Bionic_4012400 /tbpath=c:\\Chess\\edwards\" >>>/fd=c:\\Chess\\WinBoard\\Bionic2400 >>>\"Bringer_172375 /winboard\" /fd=c:\\Chess\\WinBoard\\Bringer2375 >>>\"Comet_B23-32450\" /fd=c:\\Chess\\WinBoard\\Comet2450 >>>\"Comet_B27\" /fd=c:\\Chess\\WinBoard\\CometB27 >>>\"Crafty_1713_Nal2550\" /fd=c:\\Chess\\WinBoard\\CraftyNal2550 >>>\"Crafty_1714_Nal\" /fd=c:\\Chess\\WinBoard\\CraftyNal2550 >>>\"GnuChes_4142300 -T 1400000\" /fd=c:\\Chess\\WinBoard\\GnuChess2300 >>>\"Gromit_302400 gromit.cui\" /fd=c:\\Chess\\WinBoard\\Gromit2400 >>>\"LGoliath_29a2525\" /fd=c:\\Chess\\WinBoard\\LGoliath2525 >>>\"Nejmet_2572425 xb\" /fd=c:\\Chess\\WinBoard\\Nejmet2572425 >>>\"NewRival_18171950 -winboard 32000 -info\" >>>/fd=c:\\Chess\\WinBoard\\NewRival1950 >>>\"Phalanx_22_Co2400 -o- -l+ -t32768 -r900\" /fd=c:\\Chess\\WinBoard\\Phalanx2400 >>>\"Raffaela_02\"/fd=c:\\Chess\\WinBoard\\Raffaela >>>\"SOS2425 c:\\Chess\\nalimov\" /fd=c:\\Chess\\WinBoard\\SOS2425 >>>\"Tao_44\" /fd=c:\\Chess\\WinBoard\\Tao >>>\"TCBishop_00452400 TCBxInit.cui\" /fd=c:\\Chess\\WinBoard\\TCBishop2400 >>>\"Yace_0232500\" /fd=c:\\Chess\\WinBoard\\Yace2500 >>>\"Zephyr_061\" /fd=c:\\Chess\\WinBoard\\Zephyr >>>\"ZChess_202400\" /fd=c:\\Chess\\WinBoard\\ZChess2400 >>>\"ZChess_22B\" /fd=c:\\Chess\\WinBoard\\ZChess2400 >>> >>>Any comments ,I noticed on 11/15 Jason Willamson had some problems also. >>>Am I doing something wrong?????? >>> >>>Thanks in advance >>>Paul Doire >> >>Hi Paul, >> >>I can`t help because I don`t know the new Chessmaster version and I think in >>Germany is the version not available. But it is interesting for me. Could you >>send me the configuration files from Chessmaster 8000 and a readme for the >>configuration from WinBoard engines under Chessmaster 8000. >> >>I will look and maybe I can help ! >> >>Have a nice day ! >> >>Best >>Frank > >CM8000 has .CMP files for all personalities not individual config or ini files >like Winboard does. >You enter path to executable then there is a line for command line parameters. >I entered all parameters that I have in my winboard. ini file on the command >line and some engines ,12 out of 23 worked fine. >Funny though that Gromit.cui,Bionic tbpath=,TCBxInit.cui all work.Then >Raffaella,SOS,Tao,and Yace which require no special command line parameters >don't work. > >I guess I'm stuck with 50% of my available engines not working. What would >happen if I had all your engines downloaded??????? > >Maybe CM8000 should be half price I bought it primarily based on John Merlino's >post about complete Winboard COMPATIBILTY.Otherwise I would have purchased >another program .I have had CM since 4000 series but felt I outgrew it because >of my interest in Winboarding and the other strong commercial programs.Then the >post,then I bought it. >I hope I can get help,maybe I'm doing something wrong.If not goodbye CM > >Regards, >Paul Odd that Yace doesn't work on your system, as Yace just beat Chessmaster at 15 10 here . :) JW
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