Author: Frank Quisinsky
Date: 11:31:04 05/16/01
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On May 16, 2001 at 14:07:51, José Carlos wrote: >[snip] > >>>So if I want to write my own protocol for my engine, I can't? Just >>>because you say so? >> >>Yes, please make this ! > > Actually I did it some time ago. Before I knew there were something called >winboard, I wrote a nice GUI in Visual Basic. This was even before writing the >engine! > When it was near to be finished, I discovered CCC, Winboard, etc... > Imagine the rest... I discarded my GUI and wrote Averno for winboard. > To be true, my GUI had a nice looking, but sucked in protocol :( > >[snip] > >>Hm, I understand this but we have different GUIs in the past. Now people have >>more fun on standards (protocol standards). >> >>Pax Chess, Chenard (very old free amateur programs) are not compatible to >>WinBoard. I read more message about Averno compare to Pax Chess and Chenard. > > Exactly! Without noticing, you got my point. Chenard and Pax are less known >than Averno. So, it's up to the authors to join the most popular GUI, or to >stick with their favourite. And up to the users to go for their favourites >programs/GUI's. > You know, I really do love old Comet A90 DOS version. I've played much more >games with it than with wb versions. Nothing bad with wb versions; simply I >prefer A90 DOS. It's my choice as a user. If every engine worked only under a >common GUI, I wouldn't have this choice. > > [snip] > >>>>So I have interest to powerd UCI because the GUI from Stefan is very good. >>> >>> Again, don't forget there does not exist a free GUI that supports UCI. UCI >>>free engines are useless for me, as I don't want to buy Shredder. Winboard _is >>>free_ (protocol and GUI). >> >>Try UCI, I think we can send the GUI if you have interest to make an UCI Engine. > > I'm afraid you didn't get my point here. I was speaking from the _user_ point >of view. I know as a programmer I can have some priviledges, but note that I >have very little time for Averno, and I want to spend it doing something that >_everyone_ can enjoy. Having myself the UCI GUI for free is not enough if 'my >users' don't have it. This is an important point. > > Regards, > > José C. > >>>>Best >>>>Frank >>> >>> José C. Hi Jose, VB GUI, great ! I learn at the moment VB 6.0, I need this for Excel. I think a GUI in VB is not easy. UCI GUI and free. Every programmer can make this, the protocol is free ! The Shredder GUI is not free and this is good, because we will for sell the strong UCI engines, because the programmers can get a little bit ... Best Frank
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