Author: Terry Presgrove
Date: 15:57:39 05/13/98
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On May 13, 1998 at 18:20:13, Bruce Moreland wrote: > >On May 13, 1998 at 17:57:09, Terry Presgrove wrote: > >>Is Rebel9 currently playing on the ICC? If so under what name >>and if not how come Ed? Just curious I recently purchased Rebel >>and was interested in watching on the ICC. > >People have bought copies of Rebel9 and run them manually on ICC. They >do it the hard way, by sitting there entering moves into Rebel, and >sending Rebel's moves back to ICC. > >This is a painful process, and all sorts of bad things can happen. > >The program's time control system doesn't get a chance to work, since >it's hard to synchronize time with ICC time. > >The operator sometimes makes mistakes, which may not be correctable, if >the opponent doesn't allow a takeback. > >The operator wastes a few seconds per move transferring moves back and >forth. > >Some of the operators overrule the programs from time to time, which may >help or hurt apparent program strength. > >"Lonnie" has run Rebel9, I believe, but he changes programs so much >you'd be hard pressed to know what he's running on any given move of a >game. > >bruce So why hasn't an interface been created to run Rebel9 like for Gnu chess or Crafty? I think it would be well received. Terry
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