Author: John Merlino
Date: 11:18:39 04/11/01
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On April 11, 2001 at 03:33:31, Jason Williamson wrote: >On April 10, 2001 at 16:44:37, John Merlino wrote: > >>On April 10, 2001 at 16:16:53, Scott Woods wrote: >> >>>Hi John. >>> >>>16Mg seems fine as CM is holding it's own very well. >>>(no obvious thrashing so far ) >>>Oh I forgot to say that I have set "permanent brain" / pondering to ON too. >>> >>>I'll publish every 10 games. >>> >>> >>>re: how to play 2 comps >>> >>>I download winboard232b from.... >>>http://amateurschach.in-trier.de/schach/download/autoplayer/boerger_eng.htm >>> >>>You set this as a winboard engine in CM8K ( named in this occasion Fritz 6) >>>with paramters -noextend >>> >>>In Fritz - Connect Harwdware Auto232... >>> >>>I set up a new personality in CM8K with the 16mg transposition table. >>> >>>In the game room New game with players >>> >>>Chessmaster Max ( my personality ) and Fritz 6 ( winboard232b.exe ) >>> >>>Works very well indeed. >>> >>>Cheers >>>Scott >> >>So, contrary to the CM8000 FAQ, you DO NOT need Remi Coloum's autoplayer >>software unless the other program requires it? Have you tried connecting two >>machines that are BOTH running CM8000? >> >>jm > >Actually the FAQ would be wrong on the software in question....Remi's Autoplayer >doesn't seem to work under CM8000 (AT least not for me) I used Eberhard "Ebbi" >Börger's auto232 to winboard interface that was orginally designed to connect >auto232 engines to winboard so they can run semi automated on chess servers. > >This works by running the auto232 engine as slave and the autoplayer program as >master with Chessmaster treating the autoplayer as a normal winboard engine. > >Sadly, its not very good in the tournament window since when you start an >autoplayer match the slave takes the port and keeps it open. And (this is >speculation on my part) chessmaster restarts the autoplayer engine EVERY game, >the result is the autoplayer can't open the port any longer. :( Perhaps an >option should be included next time for something like the winboard/xboard >option -reuse, which would keep the winboard engine running after every game. > >Of course this is only important in 2 engine matches, not tournaments. :) > >JW The text regarding using Remi's autoplayer is only there because the OTHER computer might need it (if it is running some program other than Chessmaster). As for the "reuse" option, this might be added in the next version, but I wouldn't hold my breath. It would be quite a bit of a workaround of the architecture. jm
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