Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 23:47:20 06/10/01
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On June 10, 2001 at 18:11:00, Ian Osgood wrote:
>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.
OK, we will find a compromise so it will be as easy for you as it will be for
me.
I'll work on this after the first release of Chess Tiger for Palm. It will be
made available as a free update.
>I'll have to clean up my code for public consumption though... what a pain! :)
I didn't mean to publish your source code. Just the executable would be
allright. You can publish the source code later if you want...
Christophe
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