Author: pavel
Date: 12:31:45 06/18/02
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On June 18, 2002 at 15:27:05, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: >On June 18, 2002 at 15:08:48, Louis Fagliano wrote: > >>Maybe I'm not getting something, but in these types of "official" computer chess >>tournaments, why do the programmers and operators actually get out a board and >>pieces to play with when they all have GUI's right there on their screens? Why >>not dispense with that seemingly superflorous prop? Even if some programs are >>not compatable with the auto232 player, they can still transfer the moves from >>screen to screen directly with out "playing" it on a board. > >You would run into problems when there is a mismatch on the boards. >Note likely to happen with a good GUI, but there's a fair amount >of people using console interfaces or board displays no sane human >can understand. > >-- >GCP I know few private engine that doesnt support winboard or other type of protocols, or has its own GUI. Runs only in text mode, and they are very reasonably strong. Imagine the headache testing them... pavs
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