Author: Lawrence S. Tamarkin
Date: 08:09:17 01/08/99
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On January 08, 1999 at 09:43:53, Laurence Chen wrote: >On January 08, 1999 at 08:11:53, Matthew Herman wrote: > >>On January 08, 1999 at 03:54:51, Mike Saavedra wrote: >> >>>Already I've seen ChessVision, Chess.net, ChessPartner and to some extent >>>Chessmaster (MPlayer sucks though) use its interface to play online. Hopefully >>>ChessBase (Fritz/Junior) , Rebel, Genius and other high level chess programs >>>should make it possible to use their GUI to play online. To all programmers out >there, would that be difficult? Mindscape should also get rid of CMLive on >>>MPlayer and make their program Telnet (ICC/FICS) compatible. The convinience and >familiarity of GUI's would be definately a plus! Opinions?? >> >>All nice indeed, yet firstly it would have to create an "ics mode" to prvent >>cheating with the program in use. Secondly, Rebel is still dos.. this I think >>would only be convenient for Windows. Yes, the chessnet, chesspartner and >>chessvision interfaces are *very* lacking.. But then again that wasn't really >>the main purpose of a program.. To see a *really* good ics interface put into a >>top commercial program would require it being shaped around blitzin or >>winboard.. (my preference is blitzin).. and what if you are in blitz.. some of >>the programs it is hard to move pieces .. i.e. when using blitzin you can >>"theoretically" make 10 moves in 1 second.. with a gui like genius or rebel or >>fritz maybe 1 move in 2 seconds.. so you are already at a "disadvantage".. also >>this would probably encourage people to find new ways of cheating.. (which might >>be even easier, as they are ALREADY in the program).. Just a few thoughts, >>although it is still a good idea.. >However, if such interface would be created it would allow engine vs engine more >easier for Windows programs, and there would be no need for the the Auto232 >device. I think that using an networking device would be more convenient and >appropriate. Wouldn't Lag (and/or other Network related problems), make testing just as combersome, or create new problems not anticipated as yet? mrslug - the inkompetent chess software addict!
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