Author: John Merlino
Date: 15:27:55 12/29/00
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On December 29, 2000 at 00:35:19, Paul Doire wrote: >John,Is it possible thru CMLive to play other engines? Or must they be >CM8000's also? >If it could be modified or patched to play other engines, then it would >certainly be beneficial to the SSDF, and their testing of "THE KING". >I am posting about having CM8000 included in SSDF testing, and without some sort >of automated playing it looks as if CM8000's chances of being included will >be less than desireable. >Wouldn't it help CM's cause also to have a FRESH ranking, instead of the old one >on the current packaging?? > >Thanks, >Paul From some rumors that I've heard, there DOES exist a fairly complicated procedure in which any engine can play any other engine (even WinBoard engines) through CMLive (via the LAN and possibly the TCP/IP connection options). However, this has not been verified. It appears now that auto232 is possible with CM8000 (although I have yet to discover HOW). If this is true, then I would suggest that the SSDF start testing AFTER the patch is released, which will be in about four weeks. jm
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