Author: Olivier Deville
Date: 09:33:22 10/27/04
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On October 27, 2004 at 12:03:04, Thomas Logan wrote: >On October 27, 2004 at 11:21:12, Olivier Deville wrote: > >>On October 27, 2004 at 07:57:11, Thomas Logan wrote: >> >>>Trying to get autplayer to work on a single cpu >>> >>>I was successful with the CP and Shredder classic gui only >>> >>>CP had to be the master >>> >>>Shredder classic as master would not work >>> >>>I could not get Fritz cb gui to work at all wether master or slave >>> >>>Arena also I was not able to get to work >>> >>>Has anyone used these combos sucessfully ? >>> >>>Tom >> >>Hi Tom >> >>If you use a nullmodem cable, all these softwares will work with autoplayer, >>even on a single computer. If you want to do the job without a nullmodem cable >>(some recent computers have only 1 COM port), Arena won't work, but Fritz >>should. >> >>Olivier > >Hi Oliver > >A null modem cable for just one cpu ? > >Where would it be plugged ? > >I got 1 male serial port and thats it > >Fritz does not appear to have a network option > >and I have not been able to get fritz to connnect to Shredder classic >or chess partner using com port > >However I tried using both on com port 1 (no cable) > >Is that a mistake ? > >Tom On my "old" AthlonXP 1700+, I have 2 serial ports, and I can play games this way with a nullmodem cable (ponder off, indeed). On my Athlon64 3000+, I get only 1 serial port, so this solution won't work. There are some sharewares that allow to create virtual COM ports, a search with Google will give you some urls. And the Fritz GUI does work with network connection. Look here to know how to connect CP and Fritz : http://membres.lycos.fr/refigny63/ (bottom) - in French. Olivier
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