Author: Olivier Deville
Date: 21:37:41 10/27/04
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On October 27, 2004 at 16:27:36, Thomas Logan wrote: >On October 27, 2004 at 12:33:22, Olivier Deville wrote: > >>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 > >OK > >But I cannot read French > >I did read an english article which allows one to create an ert eng for >chessbase and a cb eng for chesspartner > >I have not yet gotten to test > >Tom Interesting. Could you give me the url of this article ? I just did a few tests with virtual ports. It works, but I see a big bug in Fritz : the CB engine ponders even when you uncheck permanent brain when loading the engine. I'll make a post on this topic. Olivier
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