Author: Stuart Cracraft
Date: 11:35:17 05/16/98
A GNU C compiled chess program running under Windows 95 does not work with WINBOARD or ZIPPY to the Internet Chess Server ICS. The symptom is that the front-end Winboard, runs, but the back-end chess program either started and immediately exited or never started at all. There are reports that GNU C++, Microsoft Visual C++ 5.0 or later, and Linux all run fine with Winboard/Zippy to ICS. Lacking the time and wherewithall to set all this up, I was hoping for a simpler solution. Tim Mann suggested trying Cygnus's 32-bit version of GNU C called CYGWIN32 consisting of the downloads USERTOOLS.EXE and CDK.EXE from http://www.cygnus.com. So I downloaded these (about 15mb), recompiled my program and after a couple of false starts, got it compiled. Now when it is run under Winboard and/or with Zippy, the back-end starts and runs fine. The result: I can use WINBOARD to play graphics chess on ICS or use WINBOARD/ZIPPY to have my chess program play on ICS (for debugging and strengthening purposes.) --Stuart
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