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Subject: Re: Accuclock

Author: Chessfun

Date: 11:57:33 02/23/01

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On February 23, 2001 at 13:30:17, Robert Hyatt 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
>
>
>First, 1000 should _not_ work.  That is a "reserved port".  You should
>pick something above 1023 at least...
>
>If that doesn't help, ask again...


1000 was a problem despite what is written. Following is from Ed Collins page
at; http://www.inficad.com/~ecollins/winb-config.htm

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4) Is it possible to use WinBoard with Accuclock on Chess.net?
Yes.

1) Download the accuclck.exe file from ftp://www.chess.net/pub and place it in
your WinBoard directory (folder).


2) With any text editor, open up your winboard.ini file.


3) Change your Chess.net settings to chess.net /icshost=localhost /icsport=1000


4) Next, open a DOS prompt, go to your WinBoard directory, and type accuclck -p
1000. You should then see a message "Listening on port 1000." (Note: You may
wish to set this command up in a batch file, so that you don't have to type this
manually every time.)


5) Toggle back to Windows (or simply minimize this new DOS window if you set it
up to appear as such) and start Winboard and then login to Chess.net as you
normally would. That's it. "Finger" yourself to confirm that Accuclock is indeed
on.


6) Upon exiting the program, shut down your open DOS window. (You should see the
word "Finished" in the window.)


Note: You may see an error message "Error reading from ICS: Connection reset by
peer." when you exit from the server. This is fine. Simply click on OK and
WinBoard will exit.
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For me I use 5000 with no problem instead of 1000.

Sarah.



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