Author: Roberto Waldteufel
Date: 02:24:38 09/20/98
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On September 19, 1998 at 19:16:01, Inmann Werner wrote: >Last days i did not have much time, so i could not follow the whole autoplayer >discussion. > >It would be nice to have something all can live with, but I have some questions: >-will the new autoplayer suppert DOS programs as the old one? >-will it also support "winboard"? > >how will you manage this? > >Last days, I implemented winboard compatibility and nearly had to write my >program full new, because it had to be a NT program (no dos or dos4gw). >I hated it, but in the end it "worked". I had to drop all of my nice graphic >interface, the NT version has no "real" output, (only the small things, i can >send to winboard) and i dont like it. The only good thing is, that I can play >at fics with automatic. > >So, which platforms do you want to support? > >Werner Hi Werner, I think the idea is to support everything - DOS, Windows, UNIX, Linnux and MacIntosh, maybe others as well (eg OS2?). The standard should be compatible with Winboard/Xboard protocol, so all programs that use these interfaces, such as your new Inmichess, will automatically be compatible with the new autoplayer without needing further modification, but there will be the opportunity to take advantage of new features if you want to. The interface is to be a separate program that resides on the same machine as the engine, so several versions of interface program are needed for different operating systems. Bob Hyatt has volunteered to write the UNIX version, but I don't think anyone has volunteered to do the Windows version yet. Could you manage this? The engine communicates via stdin and stdout, and the iterface does all the computer - computer communication. Best wishes, Roberto
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