Author: m.d.hurd
Date: 05:24:40 10/30/05
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On October 29, 2005 at 19:04:02, James T. Walker wrote: >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 Hello Jim Seems a bit drastic, Give this a try, it comes straight from the Fritz 9 help file. Autoplayer via network It is possible to play two computers against each other using a network connection. For this you require Windows NT, Windows 2000 or higher. In the Auto232 driver, enter a dot (period) as the "Server name", as shown above. It is not necessary to enter an address on the host computer, but you must enter the IP address of the host on the slave computer. Hope this helps. Regards Mike
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