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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