Author: walter irvin
Date: 17:14:24 01/23/02
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On January 23, 2002 at 10:12:58, Thomas Mayer wrote: >Hi Uri, > >> It seems that there are only 10 UCI engines in the world when there are more >> than an hundred of winboard engines based on what I remember from the past. > >and to add is here maybe that 8 of those 10 are also WinBoard engines, there are >only 2 pure UCI - engines, Shredder & SOS... At the moment, we have, I think >over 120 free available winboard engines and I believe with all the private >engines (like yours... when is release date, Uri... :))) we are for sure over >200 engines in the winboard sector... >To be honest, the publication of this short UCI-list is also my way to try to >get some ChessBase users on my site and to show them that there is a big >computer chess world outside of ChessBase natives and UCI... If only one of them >will try a winboard engine and winboard it was worth the effort... :) > >>In this case I really do not understand a possible decision to support only >>UCI and not winboard engines. > >I think WinBoard support will stay in ChessBase products... As long they don't >have a better adapter they only do not offer it for download at their >hompepage... And despite of the the WinBoard-Adapter-Problem, I believe that the >UCI implementation is a good idea... some first reports there seem to be still >some minor problems and incompatibilitys... But it's a new feature... (Anyway, >sometimes still I wonder who are their Beta-Testers... :) > >> more programmers are going to be able to test their programs against >> Fritz,Junior,Shredder,Tiger... if chessbase interface can support winboard >> engines. > >well, thats a task for the customers to explain ChessBase that their is some >need for a good adapter... At the moment I think ChessBase does not care much, >they do not see for what they should create a better Adapter, they don't think >that they will sell more with a good adapter... As long this is the case they >will not change anything. From programmers view I can still test against the >ChessBase family... the old way, auto232 and two PCs... :) > >Greets, Thomas can i get an old winboard adaptor at your site ???? i like the old way but i have been away from computer chess for a year .i lost all my old winboard file most notibly winboard adaptor .let me know where your site is .
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