Author: Carsten Kossendey
Date: 07:26:45 03/30/98
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On March 30, 1998 at 01:38:27, Komputer Korner wrote:
>Komputer Korner's Different ways to play chess interactively in
>cyberspace - version 30
>
>
>To use the sites in number 1 on a PC, you can use Don Fong's SLICS
>available from
>http://www.dfong.com/
There are others available, and possibly even better ones (this is all a
question of individual taste, of course). Also "PC" != "Win95", some
people might actually be running Linux.
>To use the sites in number 1 on a MAC you can use:
>Fixation (v1.3):(S) Graphical FICS interface via TCP.
>FringeChess (beta7):(S-$10) A graphical chess interface via TCP
>Internet Chess: for the Mac (v1.0.4):(C-$39) Graphical ICC interface
>MacICS-TCP (vFICS):(S) Graphical FICS interface via TCP.
>Outland (v1.3.2 and v1.0):(C-$$) A graphical chess interface via TCP
>PowerICS (v Z-1.5):(S) Graphical FICS interface via TCP
Not quite sure what you want to tell us, Korner, but this looks
seriously wrong ;)
a) Fixation, PowerICS, and MacICS-TCP are all for use at sites listed
under (1). Neither of them is shareware, tho - I assume "(S)" is for
shareware - but all freeware.
b) "Internet Chess for the Mac" is for use at chessclub.com only
c) "Outland Chess" is for use at Outland's own proprietary server
d) I never heard of "FringeChess".
e) Small introduction to Mac version numbers: If a version number has a
prefix like "D-", "J-", "F-" or even "Z-", this specifies the language
in which the program communicates with the user. Above examples would be
German, Japanese, French, and English. There are several flavours of
English, namely British ("E-" I think), American ("US-") and
International ("Z-").
It is safe to drop the prefix if no other languages exist, but I was
originally planning on localized German, French and Spanish versions in
addition to the Int'l English version, hence I dubbed the latter
"Z-1.x". I think it is a plus to include the language in any case; you
can not safely assume a program is in English only because it lacks a
language prefix.
Just my $.02, of course.
>1) Telnet sites
>
>
>Chess servers using a version of FICS
>-------------------------------------
>
>Main sites maintained by group of admins:
>
> AICS: chess.onenet.net 5000 (164.58.253.13 5000) Main US
>server
> fics.onenet.net 5000
> EICS: eics.daimi.aau.dk 5000 (130.225.18.157 5000) Main EURO
>server
>
>Other national sites:
>
> BICS: crocus.warwick.ac.uk 5000 (137.205.192.13 5000) British
> CrICS: fly.cc.fer.hr 7890 (161.53.70.130 7890) Croatian
> DICS: dics.dds.nl 5000 (194.109.20.8 5000) Dutch
> FrICS: chess.eerie.fr 5000 (146.19.2.4 5000) France
> GICS: chess.unix-ag.uni-kl.de 5000 (131.246.89.4 5000) Germany
>MaxICS: callisto.si.usherb.ca 5000 Canada
> MICS: wisdom.weizmann.ac.il 5000 (132.76.80.77 5000) Mid-east
>server
>
>UCHICS: cipres.cec.uchile.cl 5000 (146.83.5.130 5000) Chile
> ZICS: ics.interdomain.net.au 5000 (203.17.167.4 5000) Australia
> mezquite.iico.uaslp.mx 5000 (148.224.6.99 5000) Mexico
> fics.infcom.it 5000 Italy
> cygnus.csa.iisc.ernet.in 5000 (144.16.67.53 5000) India
>
>Alternative sites:
>
> getnet.com 4000 (204.157.9.29 4000) Phoenix, AZ, US
> gsi.gsini.net 5000 (206.20.43.1 5000) Rockaway, NJ, US
> rogue.coe.ohio-state.edu 5000 (128.146.144.12 5000) Columbus, OH, US
> tom.cjkware.com port 23
>
>Internet Chess Club (commercial chess server):
>
> chessclub.com 5000 (208.196.3.66 5000) Pittsburgh, PA, US
[snip]
Carsten Kossendey,
author of PowerICS
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