Author: José de Jesús García Ruvalcaba
Date: 15:33:47 09/11/98
Go up one level in this thread
On September 11, 1998 at 13:56:16, Roberto Waldteufel wrote: > >Hi Bob, > >I too have found Auto232 in Windows to be a right pain in the a***, and I like >your idea of setting a better and easier standard. I would like to help, but I >doubt that I would be much use, as I am a self-taught programmer and have >virtually no experience of programming communications. However, even if I am an >ignoramus in this department, I would like to be kept informed so I can >(hopefully) make my program compatible with the new standard. > >I think it would be best if the new standard did not require a third computer to >act as a server or "tournament controller", or at least if this was optional, >since anyone running a computer chess tournament with a limited number of >machines available (eg FSV Summer98 tournament) wants to run as many games as >possible concurrantly. If a third computer is needed for communications, it >means that machine cannot be used for playing another game of the currant round. > >Best wishes, >Roberto You are right that a third machine acting as an arbiter should be optional, for people who run the games in their house. But for a tournament it is neccesary. Also, you do not need a third machine for every game, you only need one machine as an arbiter for all the games (and it could very well be and old machine).
This page took 0.01 seconds to execute
Last modified: Thu, 15 Apr 21 08:11:13 -0700
Current Computer Chess Club Forums at Talkchess. This site by Sean Mintz.