Author: Nicolas Cominetti
Date: 14:50:12 01/11/05
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On January 10, 2005 at 11:55:22, Murat wrote: > >Howdy folks, > >As we know the Saitek/Kasparov Auto PC chessboard has a parallel connection. >I was wondering if it is possible to use a parallel to serial adapter like > >http://www.telebytedatacom.com/catalog/products/109A.htm > >and somehow have the programs which support similar boards under com1 etc. make >use of the autoboard. It is not a trival task, once you solve the physical part you will see that the logical protocol is also very different from one board to another (DGT and Saitek for example). It means you would need an interface (most probably a software layer) between your chess application and the autoboard; that could be rather complex to develop. > >Did anyone try such experiments? >I know of the autowb2 program by Nicolas Cominetti but it is not working well >for me. I already replied separately to your email on autowb2. > >thank you > >Murat ... Cheers, Nicolas
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