Author: James T. Walker
Date: 14:29:50 01/29/99
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On January 29, 1999 at 16:35:41, Dan Homan wrote: >On January 29, 1999 at 13:15:52, James T. Walker wrote: > >>On January 29, 1999 at 09:11:54, Dan Homan wrote: >> >>>On January 28, 1999 at 20:50:18, James T. Walker wrote: >>> >>>>On January 28, 1999 at 14:52:25, Dann Corbit wrote: >>>> >>>>>On January 28, 1999 at 11:38:11, Dan Homan wrote: >>>>>[snip] >>>>>>The auto232 interface for winboard engines created by Remi Coulom is >>>>>>probably a better choice than running crafty as a Fritz-engine. I have >>>>>>not tested the interface, but have heard that it works flawlessly. >>>>>It would be nice if someone who has successfully done this would write a clear >>>>>document to describe the process of using it. I don't want to run it myself, >>>>>but I know that a lot of people are keen to be able to do this. >>>><<<<<<<<< >>>>I have also requested this information but all we got was someone saying it >>>>works. Then he quoted the instructions given at chessbase which are incomplete >>>>as far as I'm concerned. I haven't been able to get it to work either.. Also >>>>the Crafty 16.3 furnished by Chessbase is running 250 points behind Fritz 5.32 >>>>in my test. Thats about 100 points worse than Crafty 16.2 in my test. I hope >>>>Crafty 16.4 is released soon. >>>>Jim Walker >>> >>>This is not related to Chessbase. The Auto232 wrapper for winboard engines >>>was developed by Remi Coulomb. You don't need chessbase or any other >>>commerical program to run it. Torsten Schoop has used this program in his >>>recent auto232 tournament and reports it works well. >>> >>> - Dan >> >>Hello Dan, >>The wbengine.zip I got from Chessbase is the same I think ?! That's what I'm >>talking(writing) about. I've tried the Chessbase instructions for installing > >We're talking about different things. Remi Coulomb's program has nothing >to do with chessbase. It is simply a tool that lets a winboard program >interface to auto232. That's all. That would be great and sounds like what I'm looking for! WHERE CAN I GET IT ? Thanks for straightening me out ! I had read about Remi Coulomb's program and for some reason thought that was it at Chessbase.com. Now everything is starting to fit. :-) Since that's all I want to do Remi Coulomb's program is exactly what I'm looking for. >P.S. If you do use EXchess, be sure you do not have v2.45. That version >was unfortunately distributed with the Junior 5.0 CD and had a (rather >humorous, but large) bug that was introduced in its conversion to a >chessbase engine. v2.51 works quite well and can be downloaded from >the chessbase website. > Yes I have the V2.51, Thanks ! >>Jim Walker
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