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Subject: Re: Question about auto232

Author: José Carlos

Date: 16:26:45 07/13/04

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On July 13, 2004 at 18:47:19, James T. Walker wrote:

>On July 13, 2004 at 12:04:08, José Carlos wrote:
>
>>  Sorry if this question has been answered before.
>>  I have a dual athlon. I run test matches there with ponder on under Arena. I
>>would like to match winboard and UCI engines under arena vs old programs that
>>support auto232 (I think) like Genius 6.5, CSTal and Fritz 6. Is there an easy
>>way to do this in the dual? Do I need some extra software to do that?
>>
>>  Thanks in advance,
>>
>>  José C.
>
>Hello Jose,
>I don't have a dual but I think you need only a "null modem cable" to connect
>serial port 1 to serial port 2.  Then you can run one program on cpu-1 with
>serial port 1 and connected to cpu-2 through serial port 2.  Both programs can
>run inside arena.  The problem most people have is finding a "serial modem
>cable".  Note:  This is not an ordinary serial cable since it has some pins
>crossed.
>Jim

  Thanks for the answer. Now that you say, yes I recall the null modem cable
trick. Is there any way to do without it, doing the connection vitually in
memory? And another question: I have two computers connected with a small hub at
home. Can I use the LAN connection to automate matches between both computers or
do I still need a serial cable?

  José C.



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