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Subject: Re: Freeboard wish list

Author: Wayde Beasley

Date: 15:38:47 01/02/01

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On January 02, 2001 at 17:13:20, Peter Fendrich wrote:

>On January 02, 2001 at 11:27:22, Wayde Beasley wrote:
>
>>On January 02, 2001 at 11:22:54, Wayde Beasley wrote:
>>
>>>On January 02, 2001 at 04:07:06, Peter Fendrich wrote:
>>>>
>>>>I think you better synchronize this with Tim Mann and what he plans to release
>>>>in the near and long future.
>>>>//Peter
>>>
>>>
>>>Why? Not sure what you're saying here.  My invention (nameless at the moment) is
>>>totaly independent of Tim Mann's.  Nothing against T.M., but I have already
>>>looked at the code and the program and to do what I want it to do entails a
>>>ground-up approach.  If I have some specific question, I'll submit it to T.M.
>>>But until then, there is no need to trouble him.
>>
>>
>>Replying to myself may seem a bit odd . . .
>>
>>FYI,  I'm going to use the name "Freeboard" for this little invention of mine.
>>I ran a quick internet search and could find no prior use of the word in the
>>chess software context. The word has a youthful, free-spirited sense and I think
>>that's the right spirit.
>
>OK, I thought it was a WinBoard extension. Good luck then!
>I still think it's a good idea to know what Tim is up to.
>Maybe it's unnecessary to say, but please use the WinBoard protocol to 100%...
>That protocol isn't here because of it's beauty but because "everybody" is
>using it. What I would hate to see is a near WinBoard protocol forcing me (and
>other programmers) to use flags and alternate code in order to conform to
>different standards. I already have a "Fritz-flag" and that's one too many...


Winboard protocol all the way!  No prob here.



>
>A wish list:
>1) LAN or TCP/IP support (so we could get rid of auto232 at last)
>2) Check each move if it's legal before sending it to the other player.
>3) Possibility to easily send whatever command I wan't to my program
>   and displaying that programs output in a separate window.
>4) Automatic tournament feautures
>
>//Peter



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