Author: David Mitchell
Date: 01:54:54 03/14/04
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On March 14, 2004 at 03:00:20, Joshua Shriver wrote: >Anyone recommend a Electronic Chess set, that outputs data via a serial >connection? That way games can be captured for storage, etc. > >Have seen several sites giving info on auto232, is this a computer side program >to capture serial data? If so then a Electronic Chess set to use with it must >exist. > >Sincerely, >Joshua Shriver The top of the line electronic chess board with serial connection would probably by the DGT. Not cheap, but quality units. They do not require the "push down on the from square, push down on the to square" to keep track, using the built in electronics in each piece to communicate where they are on the board. (reflected resonant frequency, I believe). Note that the DGT is a serial com chess board, and does not include a chess program. That's extra. CCC sponsor carries them, at: http://www.icdchess.com/cgi-bin/store.cgi, as I'm sure other chess suppliers do as well. Auto232 is designed to allow chess programs to play against each other on their own, individual, computers. It's a wonderful utility, however, it's not quite wonderful enough, IMO. Two-way communications with computers can be trickier than you'd probably like to believe, and it's common to have any fault literally leave one or both computers "hanging", because one is waiting to receive specific data, or an ACK of receiving data, and so you sit, waiting for a time out, your lawn to get green again, your thumbs to twiddle 1,000 times, anything. There may be other dedicated units with serial com to a pc. dave
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