Author: José de Jesús García Ruvalcaba
Date: 15:19:51 09/10/98
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On September 10, 1998 at 13:14:54, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On September 10, 1998 at 11:47:48, José de Jesús García Ruvalcaba wrote: > >>But my question is, if I use a PC running under Solaris or under Linux, will it >>be posible to make the engine support auto232? > > >With a lot of work, because the protocol is nuts. I'd like for some of us >"freeware" types to design an auto232 protocol that is sane, easy to implement, >and easy for users to make it work. And dump "auto232" once and for all as >something that has outlived its usefulness. I know, there's a lot of programs >that support it. But there are *better* ways. IE besides a serial link, what >about a network link? What about reasonable messages rather than having to >count tabs, and so forth. What about *real* chess that allows e8=N, rather than >always promoting to a queen, which will definitely lose/draw some won games. Thanks for your answer. I am no longer interested in auto232, as I prefer to focus my work on computer chess, not spending a lot of work on that.
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