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Subject: Re: Winboard improvement wish list

Author: James Robertson

Date: 09:33:29 01/02/01

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On January 01, 2001 at 22:51:48, Roger D Davis wrote:

>Right now, when I am running Averno on ICS, if the connection goes down for some
>reason, Winboard pops up a box notifying me that the connection has been closed.
>Would be nice if Winboard could be set to wait 5 seconds and try to reconnect,
>and keep trying to reconnect until it does. That way, Winboard could play on ICS
>almost autonomously. The way it is now, you have to keep checking to verify that
>Winboard is connected.
>
>Raj

It would also be good to have an option to keep your engine pondering if the
opponent disconnects. This caused problems in the ICC CC tournaments; an entire
permanent brain would be lost every time the opponent left and the game was
adjourned.

James



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