Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 22:16:56 11/21/00
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On November 21, 2000 at 14:35:43, Lex Loep wrote:
>On November 21, 2000 at 12:09:47, Christophe Theron wrote:
>
>>On November 21, 2000 at 04:33:54, Ingo Bauer wrote:
>>
>>>Hello Georg
>>>
>>>I do not own the Tiger2 but as long as you can start it two times there should
>>>be no problem. I did this with several other programms (Shredder, 6 or 7 engines
>>>with the Chessbase GUI) without any problems.
>>>The only thing you have to pay attention for is of course 'Ponder off' and set
>>>the speed for your seriall connection as high as possible. The cable should be
>>>no problem. You have to bye a so called x-Modem cable (Send and receive is
>>>crossed).
>>>Thats it.
>>>
>>>The only problem is (but with two machines it is the same) that on short time
>>>controlls (e.g. 5min.) the two programs have at the end different times left.
>>>But try it bye yourself. I enjoyd this very much even if the results are not
>>>very reliable.
>>>
>>>Bye
>>>Ingo Bauer
>>>
>>>>I have heard that the software for auto 232 is build in in Tiger 2. Is it then
>>>>possible to play Tiger against another engine on the same machine by connecting
>>>>the com ports on the same machine? Of course the results are unreliable in that
>>>>case, but I mean only for fun.
>>>>If it is possible can you buy such a cable as standard or do you have to solder
>>>>it yourself?
>>>>
>>>>Georg
>>
>>
>>
>>I have just made the experiment and yes, you can start Rebel-Tiger II two times
>>on the same machine.
>>
>>That means it is maybe possible to have one copy play with one of the standard
>>Tiger engines, and the other copy running a Winboard engine.
>>
>>You could also start Rebel-Tiger II and start another chess program able to
>>autoplay thru a COM port and try to see if it works.
>>
>>I guess Lex could tell you more about this, but I don't know if he has tried
>>this himself.
>>
>
>It's an interesting thought, I see no reason why it should not work with
>two instances of RT II, only problem is that you manually have to setup
>each instance as the settings are only saved once.
>If I can find my null modem cable I give it a try and post the result
>later.
Either you find your null modem cable, or you have to implement the eng-eng
matches inside the GUI, due to popular demand.
Your choice...
:)
Christophe
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