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Subject: Re: What is an autoplayer?

Author: Dave Gomboc

Date: 19:45:51 09/22/98

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On September 21, 1998 at 19:08:47, José de Jesús García Ruvalcaba wrote:

>On September 21, 1998 at 15:55:23, John Coffey wrote:
>
>>What connects the two machines together?  An null modem cable?  A local
>>area network?  Have people considered having such tournaments across the
>>internet?
>>
>>John Coffey
>
>	In principle, anything can connect both machines. You do not even need two
>machines, both engines can be using the same.
>	Another posibility is to have one computer as "tournament director", which
>makes the pairings and serves as referee in all the matches of a tournament. It
>receives the moves from all players and sends them to their respective
>opponents, and settles any dispute that may arise. You can easily realiza that
>these tournaments have been considered.
>	José.

Yes, some object with a CORBA interface and a COM interface would be great.

Dave Gomboc



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