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Subject: Re: Cheap auto232/winboard interface...

Author: Dan Homan

Date: 03:37:27 08/05/98

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On August 05, 1998 at 06:21:02, Moritz Berger wrote:

>On August 05, 1998 at 05:25:31, Dan Homan wrote:
>
>>On August 05, 1998 at 04:52:41, Dan Homan wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>In fact, I've always wondered why they don't show up automated already on
>>>the ICS serves...  Most top programs are Auto232 compatible, and I
>>>would have guessed that someone would have written an auto232 to ICS
>>>interface by now.
>>>
>>> - Dan
>>>
>>
>>It just occured to me that someone who is familiar with the Win32
>>Auto232 library could create a simple auto232 to winboard interface
>>program with little difficulty.  I am not familiar with Win32 auto232
>>myself so there may be something I am missing here, but at face value
>>it looks like a couple day job for someone with the right experience.
>>
>>Maybe I will look into it if no one else is interested.
>>
>> - Dan
>
>Has been done already. Go www.gambitsoft.com and download the free auto232
>library (including source code, of course) written by Stefan Meyer-Kahlen and
>Chrilly Donninger.
>
>Moritz

I know the library exists.  I am talking about using the library to
create a dummy engine for Winboard that is basically an auto232 interface
for Winboard.  I have no experience with this library, however, so I
don't know how easy this would be to do.

 - Dan



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