Author: Michael Ginat
Date: 12:15:49 01/20/99
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On January 20, 1999 at 12:05:53, Rolf Gustafsson wrote: >On January 20, 1999 at 08:01:31, Sylvain Renard wrote: > >>On January 19, 1999 at 19:49:26, Michael Ginat wrote: >> >>>Also, has anyone tested DGT's claim that they have a driver which will support >>>all windows based programs? Would that include 32 bit versions? >> The universal driver works this way: after you have moved a piece on the >>board, the driver makes the MOUSE move, so it can work with all the programs, >>but of course it is SLOW, if you compare it with Fritz' driver ! > > Sorry to see that you think the universal driver is (too?) slow. > >There are some things you can do, without changing the code, to make it >alittle faster. >One thing is that most programs accepts keyboard input, like e2e4, and >if so, that might be faster. The mouse moves can either be point and click >or drag and drop, and point and click seems to be faster. >Another thing is to play with the SLEEP value in the ini-files. >The program also checks for a stable position, that is two reads of the >board must be the same for the move to be accepted. I had this configurable >in a ini-file variable before and perhaps I should add it again. >The purpose of the double read is to make it less likely that you >get the wrong move if you slide your rook from a1 to e1 in a game. > >The program isn't optimised, and I wrote it because I wanted to be able >to use more programs. It is better than nothing if you're fond of a specific >program. >You can use the driver together with Fritz and compare, but a driver >written for a specific program will, if the programmers do a good job, >be better then a generic driver. >I haven't done any scientific tests on speed, but I've tried to move pawns >out as quickly as I can, like a3,a6,b3 etc, in order to see where to moves >starts to get lost. > >It would be interesting to know what hardware and software you used >when you tried the driver and found it slow. >If you've time and want to, you can send the info to me: rolfg@swipnet.se >The input may help to improve the driver in future releases. > > Regards, > Rolf G. *** Thanks guys. I don't have a problem with a delay of a couple of seconds - if that was happening I could give myself a couple of minutes extra in a user defined timed limit. I had another thought - DGT states on their web site that they did not put in LED's because of tournaments. I wonder why they didn't think of including LED's with a simple switch to deactivate them when needed! Is that too futuristic of me? regards, Michael
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