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Subject: Re: Winboard and Auto 232

Author: Dan Homan

Date: 14:46:53 10/20/98

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On October 20, 1998 at 15:01:00, Hannu Wegner wrote:

>I did ask the same question some time ago: Why shouldn'd  Winboard get the
>auto232 /chess 232-compability. I think this would be a big thing. On the one
>hand all programs wich are compatible to the Winboard could play via autoplayer
>against other commercial programs. On the other hand it would be possible to use
>a real chessboard for the "winboard-compatible programs. It also would be
>possible to play on this board onlinegames. (f.E in the Internetchessclub). In
>my oponion this would be a new "dimension" for the Winboard.
>
>Best greetings,
>Hannu Wegner

I agree completely.  I've thought for some time that it would take
someone with the proper know-how about 2 hours to write a winboard
engine that gave winboard auto232 compatibility.

The engine doesn't need to do anything but accept/send moves to
winboard and accept/send moves to auto232.  The idea of making
it an engine means that no modifications are necessary to
winboard itself.

My only problem is that I don't know the Win32 Auto232 library
well.  I've looked at it and it looks easy to use.... but I
haven't tried it.... (I am not a windows program - more of unix user
who occasionally compiles his chess program for winboard)

 - Dan




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