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Subject: Re: ANN: Saitek Autoboard driver for Winboard v2.1

Author: andrew tanner

Date: 15:05:55 04/11/03

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On April 11, 2003 at 12:25:26, Nicolas Cominetti wrote:

>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

How much does a Saitek Autoboard retail for?



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