Author: Nicolas Cominetti
Date: 09:25:26 04/11/03
Tim has uploaded the latest (03/29/03) version to: http://www.tim-mann.org/extensions.html Thanks Tim. Both 1.x and 2.0 users should ugrade to this new release. As usual feel free to email me if you want the sources. About the program: "Autowb is a Winboard driver for the Saitek Autoboard. The Saitek Kasparov PC Autoboard is a wooden chessboard that can be connected to a PC via the parallel port. Ultimately it allows playing a game without even using screen and mouse, just by looking at the leds on the board and moving pieces on it." Changes in 2.1: - easy/hard implemented: if ponder is on then autowb uses more cpu and is being more reponsive (useful under CM8000 for example, if autowb is not responding well enough then switch ponder on) - winboard v2 protocol: support of 'setboard' (allows for instance to resume a game adjourned on ICS) - autoboard display improvement: the 'from' square led remains on util another square is reached - fixed several bugs where in some cases castling (or even another king move) was simply prohibited by the program even if the move is valid - upgrade to latest pthread-win32 release - IOs are now using WINIO functions instead of assembly or native functions. That should make everything work with all versions of Windows Windows9x/Me/NT/2K/XP... - added an icon :o) - build support for MinGW - redesigned the development enironment to allow build from free tools only (no more tied to MSVC) - fixed a synchronization bug occuring when a command is received while a move is still buffered waiting to be played on the board. - fixes a problem using winboard with engines trasmitting san moves (for example crafty should work fine now) Cheers, Nicolas
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