Author: Ian Osgood
Date: 15:11:00 06/10/01
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On June 10, 2001 at 14:53:13, Christophe Theron wrote: >On June 09, 2001 at 15:47:18, Ian Osgood wrote: > > >OK, but what happens is that the graphical version is not going to accept moves >in algebraic notation anymore. > >So instead of forcing you to analyze the output of the text mode version and >program something around it, I can invest a day of work and write something >cleaner, so you receive well formatted moves and other informations from the >program, and that you can send in return well formatted commands for the >program. > >In return I would ask you to make your driver available for free so anybody can >use the autoplayer feature (and maybe the SSDF too). > >Does it sound acceptable for you? > > > > Christophe Quite acceptable. I'll document the protocol of the Sapphire II which I use and use that as a basis. Another way to do it is for you to implement a subset of the WinBoard protocol over the serial line. Then the drives simply acts as a bridge between WinBoard and the serial port. I'll have to clean up my code for public consumption though... what a pain! :) Ian
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