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Subject: Re: Live broadcast (games, video, and audio) with GM commentary at PlayC

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 07:35:46 07/06/04

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On July 06, 2004 at 04:17:32, Joshua Shriver wrote:

>On July 05, 2004 at 01:50:45, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>
>>On July 04, 2004 at 02:11:26, Omid David Tabibi wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>Live broadcast (games, video, and audio) with commentary by GM Boris Alterman at
>>>PlayChess server. The free client can be downloaded from
>>>http://www.playchess.com
>>
>>
>>And for all of us "non-windows" users?
>>
>>SOL??
>>
>>how typical... :)
>
>I dont want to repost what I had earlier. But what part of the free chessbase
>client is different than a standard ICS client like xboard, winboard, arena?

Different protocol with the server.  IE xboard/winboard won't work.

And nobody is going to add a second protocol to either since the current
protocol works on all FICS/ICC compatible servers...


>
>Does it have a video conferencing like interface for viewing or listening to the
>GM? If so, that's nice, but for people who just want to watch the game other
>clients should be allowed (Linux, Mac, *BSD) users are kinda left in the dust.
>
>Just a thought.
>Sincerely,
>Joshua Shriver



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