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Subject: Re: Autoplayer in a LAN

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 05:24:38 05/07/98

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On May 07, 1998 at 08:21:46, Stefan Meyer-Kahlen wrote:

>
>This is a follow up of a posting in rgcc (auto232).
>
>The windows autoplayer code I wrote and which is already included in
>Shredder2 works fine in a LAN with WinNT. You don't need a serial cable
>any longer, although you can use it for the reason of compatibility with
>other programs supporting auto232.
>Unfortunaly Shredder2 is the only program supporting this right now,
>but the source code is available for free so I hope that there will be
>more programs soon. (Nimzo98 already uses my code but Chrilly has
>decided to discard the network option).
>
>I also hope that those programs will be released with the autoplayer
>included!
>
>To Bob Hyatt and anybody else who is interested:
>It should be no problem and not much work (<< 1 day) to include
>this autoplayer code in the WinNT version of Crafty. It makes the
>autoplayer much easier to use than the noname.com DOS driver which
>is included in the auto232 package.
>Most (>99%) of all the timing problems will be gone.
>
>If anybody is interested we can discuss more implementation details.
>
>Stefan Meyer-Kahlen


1.  how different is the format?

2.  is there a write-up somewhere?  IE I already have auto232 hooks at
the right places... I assume that I simply delete the auto232 stuff and
replace it?

3.  where is the sample source?  I'm willing to give it a try...



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