Author: John Merlino
Date: 11:05:56 04/04/01
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On April 04, 2001 at 09:13:59, Paul wrote: > >Hi John ... > >I keep reading that if you want to play games between cm6k and cm8k you have to >do it by hand. I don't have cm8k (just cm6k), but I understand that the King >engine is now separate from the chessmaster GUI. > >Wouldn't it be interesting if a new version of just the cm6k engine would be >made (& released to the buyers of cm8k) that could be used in the environment of >the cm8k GUI? Is this a major undertaking for Johan & the CM team, or is it a >piece of cake? Then the cm6k engine could be tested automated against cm8k & >Fritz etc ... > >I hope it's clear what I mean ... it would silence the cm6k is better that cm8k >remarks forever ... or maybe it wouldn't! ;) > >Groetjes, >Paul This is very difficult, as not only are they two different engines, but the communication protocol is also entirely different (CM6K's engine was internal, passing data via memory sharing -- CM8K's engine is a Winboard engine). And, not only that, as you and I both suspect, it wouldn't stop the arguments. jm
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