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Subject: Re: How to implement autoplay

Author: Gerd Isenberg

Date: 10:48:43 11/11/02

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On November 11, 2002 at 08:07:00, Daniel Clausen wrote:

>On November 11, 2002 at 07:58:31, Gerd Isenberg wrote:
>
>>On November 11, 2002 at 07:30:44, Daniel Clausen wrote:
>>
>>>On November 11, 2002 at 06:11:27, Gerd Isenberg wrote:
>>>
>>>>As a kind of illiterate in internet chess protocols, sockets and WinBoard, i am
>>>>looking for some help to implement automatic playing for ICC in IsiChess without
>>>>using WinBoard. Using MSC++ i guess to use a CSocket or CAsyncSocket class.
>>>>
>>>>Are there any descriptions or code samples how to do it?
>>>>
>>>>Thanks in advance,
>>>>Gerd
>>>
>>>Not quite sure I understand what you're looking for. Are you looking for
>>>descriptions how to do the socket communication to ICC/ICS using M$VC++, or are
>>>you looking for descriptions of the protocol ICC uses? (there was a good
>>>document about that on the ftp-server of ICC, but I can't connect to it anymore
>>>- maybe it's gone)
>>>
>>>Sargon
>>
>>Hi Daniel,
>>
>>Hmm, i think i need both. Socket communication to ICC/ICS using M$VC++, and
>>also a description of the ICC-protocol.
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Gerd
>
>For a description of the ICC-protocol:
>
>ftp ftp.chessclub.com
>cd pub/icc/formats
>
>There you find the following 3 files:
>
>formats.txt    - describes the ICC protocol
>parse-buffer.c - a little demo parser
>parse-level2.c - a little demo parser (probably for level2 of the ICC protocol
>:)
>
>As for M$VC++ and sockets, I don't know, but others surely will. (since it seems
>you're using C++, you maybe want to capsulate the use of Windows-specific stuff,
>so you can easily port it to another platform, if that's a potential wish for
>you in the future)

Yes.

>
>Hope this helps

For sure, Thanks Daniel.

Gerd

>
>Sargon

btw. is Daniel Ok, or do you prefere Sargon?




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