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Subject: Re: And another CM8k/6k Question for J. Merlino

Author: John Merlino

Date: 11:37:28 04/05/01

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On April 05, 2001 at 00:02:51, Benny Ng wrote:

>On April 04, 2001 at 14:05:56, John Merlino wrote:
>
>>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
>
>Since CM8K's engine is a Winboard engine, what are the settings to run it using
>Winboard?
>
>Benny Ng

You can't run it under Windboard. It has to be run inside the CM GUI.

jm



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