Author: Frank Phillips
Date: 11:45:35 02/23/01
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On February 23, 2001 at 13:32:11, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On February 23, 2001 at 13:11:09, Frank Phillips wrote: > >>On February 23, 2001 at 11:24:57, Djordje Vidanovic wrote: >> >>>On February 23, 2001 at 07:44:55, Frank Phillips wrote: >>> >>>>Looking for help with accuclock. >>>> >>>>I downloaded version 4.0 (and 4.1) for Windows98SE, started it in a DOS box with >>>>accuclck -p 1000 >>>>but do not get any Listening on port 1000 message as expected, and accuclock >>>>is off in my /finger note on chess.net. >>>> >>>>Tried ports other than 1000, but this does not work either. >>>> >>>>Any suggestions? >>>> >>>>Frank >>> >>>Hello, >>> >>>You should run the accuclock app in a separate DOS window: accuclck -p 2345, >>>besides you run winboard with the option -icshost=localhost:2345 >>> >>>"2345" could be any large port number but it has of course to be the same in >>>both commands. >>> >>>You'll have to start the accuclock each time when you enter chess.net because >>>the program terminates after disconnect. >>> >>>Tell me if this suggestion did any good. >>> >>>*** Djordje >> >>Djordje >> >>Did not seem to help. >> >>In a DOS window, I typed accuclck -p 5000 >>the program started but never reports it is listening to port 5000. >>And accuclock is off in my /finger not on chess.net. >> >>I tried other port numbers too, but nothing seems to work. >> >>Frustrating. > > >When you connect, are you telling your GUI to connect to _your_ machine, >port 5000? IE what happens is the GUI talks to accuclock on your local >machine, via port 5000. Accuclock will connect to chess.net as a third >party. > >If you are using winboard, for example, you would _not_ tell winboard to >connect to chess.net... you tell it to connect to your host name, port >5000... Got it! Thanks.
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