Author: Albert Silver
Date: 16:43:57 01/22/02
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On January 22, 2002 at 19:26:46, Thomas Mayer wrote:
>Hi Roy,
>
>> Bummer! Can you describe the nature of the crippling?
>
>First, the Shredder-Winboard-Adapter sends the timing in different way then it
>should be sent according to winboard protocol spec.
>Second, the Adapter sends also every next move a new
>Third, for the engine its impossible to see that it runs under Shredder, so it
>can't adjust to Shredders needs...
>
>Pondering is solved little better with the Shredder-Winboard-Adapter, but also
>far away from perfect. But for Shredder we have UCI, so if someone wants to
>adjust fully, he can implement UCI-support... But the Shredder-Winboard-Adapter
>is the second worst in the world... (and since SMK is now partner of ChessBase
>the two worse adapters came from the same origin... :)
Just out of curiosity, after reading about all these adapter issues: is it very
hard to build a good adapter, or particularly time-consuming? I'm afraid I'm
fairly ignorant on the issue.
Albert
>
>Greets, Thomas
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