Author: José Carlos
Date: 16:37:54 12/10/00
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On December 10, 2000 at 11:24:29, Roger D Davis wrote:
>I would like to request a Winboard feature. Maybe Tim Mann would be the proper
>person to implement this, but then again, maybe someone else can do it.
>
>I run a chess program on ICC (not my own)...the program plays while I do other
>things on my computer. I let it run all night. Every so often, something goes
>wrong, and the connection to ICC is closed. I have a cable modem, so it's
>"always on."
>
>I would like a feature that checks to see if the connection to ICC is open, and
>if it isn't, tries to reconnect every few minutes or so, and keeps trying until
>it does. Right now, Winboard puts up a dialog box to announce the connection has
>been closed, and that's it.
>
>This would, potentially, mean many more games on ICC for all programs, since I
>would not have to come back to the machine to check if Winboard is communicating
>with ICC. :)
>
>Roger
That'd be cool, but I'll have to check if the program "notices" the connection
is lost, and see if I have to implement anything in my program for this
automated reconnection.
Thanks Raj for running Averno on ICC full time. It's a _great_ help for me.
José C.
Statistics for AvernoX(C) On for: 1:16 Idle: 0
AvernoX is currently involved in a match against blunite.
rating [need] win loss draw total best
Bullet 2376 829 84 59 972 2435 (09-Dec-2000)
Blitz 2391 1135 151 78 1364 2497 (07-Dec-2000)
Standard 2313 365 54 15 434 2376 (09-Dec-2000)
1: Latest version (participated in CCT2) of Averno by José Carlos Martinez
Galán of Spain
2: The Author is my Buddy!
3: Athlon 800 with 384 megs Ram and Win98SE
4: Most of the time, this program runs unattended.
5: Play as many games as you want.
6: ICS Handle Rdavis101; If problems occur, email me at Rdavis101@aol.com
7: I use this computer while Averno plays, so it's strength may be
variable.
8: You can download Averno at
http://www.geocities.com/josec_averno/Averno.ht
ml
9: But you can only play rated games against it here. :)
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