Author: Harald Faber
Date: 22:47:22 08/19/02
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On August 19, 2002 at 17:25:33, Rajen Gupta wrote: >1)i keep hearing people talk about master and slave-i canot find any mention of >this on the chess tiger interface- For the old Junior 6, Hiarcs 7.32, Fritz 6 and also CB-Tiger there is only the following master-slave handling: For slave, you only have to "TOOLS->CONNECT HARDWARE". For master, the other comp, you have to "TOOLS->CONNECT HARDWARE" and then start by "FILE->NEW->2 COMPUTER MATCH". The slave will answer automatically. >2) on the "TOOLS->CONNECT HARDWARE" window there is an option called "PIPE >SERVER" >what is the significance of checking or unchecking this box Don't know exactly, but this is for playing via network, not via nullmodem cable. You have to use NT/2000 (maybe XP?) on BOTH comps to use this option instead of COM1/2. >3) on the "FILE->NEW->2 COMPUTER MATCH-> window there is an option called >"OPPONENT SAVE" what is the significance of this box This makes the opponent save the games too. >4) how does one specify the number of games to be played between the 2 >computers-there does not seem to be any option as here is for eng vs eng matches >on 1 computer Not possible to set the number of games in the old GUIs. >5) the computer on which i click "OK" first seems to be the one that starts as >white. is this the recommended way to do it No, read above concerning master-slave. >6) are there any other hidden options that i have missed None of which I am aware. >thanks for any help > >rajen
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