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Subject: Re: autoplaying 2 computers

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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