Author: Hannu Wegner
Date: 10:11:13 10/22/98
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I asked Dann Corbit directly if he is able to include the winauto232-driver. He also said, that the winauto232-protocol does not seem to be easy to use, but he has some other projects which he solve first. Perhaps here is somebody else who could do this job?! Best greetings, Hannu Wegner On October 20, 1998 at 17:46:53, Dan Homan wrote: >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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