Author: James T. Walker
Date: 16:04:02 10/29/05
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On October 29, 2005 at 18:49:43, Peter Skinner wrote: >On October 29, 2005 at 18:39:05, James T. Walker wrote: > >>Has anyone ever connected two computers through a home network to play engines >>against each other like the Auto232 serial connection? I now have a new >>computer which does not have a RS232 serial port. So now I cannot play programs >>against each other on two computers. At least I don't know how anymore. It >>seems that the chessbase programs and Lokasoft programs have some kind of >>network connection function but not sure if they have ever worked or how they >>would work. Maybe they are only for connection to the servers on the internet. >>I suppose I could connect to a server like FICS and play two computers against >>each other? >>Any info would be appreciated. >>Jim > >This is exactly what I was trying to setup. > >You can get the source to an older version of FICS, but it will do the job. Set >it up on an older system, hook it up to the lan, connect to it via the lan and >autoplay your games that way. > >Now I just connect two to one server (FICS) and let them go crazy. > >Peter Hello Peter, Well I don't like the idea of using the FICS server. And the bottom line is if I can't connect my two computers to each other so chess programs can play then I have no more use for chess programs. It is the reason I have not purchased Fruit 2.2 or Fritz 9 as of yet. If this issue is not solved I'm out of the chess playing business and will just unplug from the internet and forget about computer chess forever. Jim
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