Author: m.d.hurd
Date: 09:47:12 10/30/05
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On October 30, 2005 at 11:00:52, James T. Walker wrote: >On October 30, 2005 at 08:24:40, m.d.hurd wrote: > >>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 > >Hello Mike, >Thanks for the info. It's not really that drastic. I play engine/engine >matches as a hobby because I'm facinated by the whole thing. If I can no longer >do that with my new computer then there is no reason to buy chess programs >anymore. I'm not interested in being stuck with playing only games in the >Chessbase GUI on one computer. By the way how do I find out the "IP address" of >the second computer? They are connected to each other only through the router >which conncects them both to the internet. >Thanks again, >Jim Jim I don't have a network yet, so don't know if this helps but have a go anyway. Go to the command prompt and type IPCONFIG and press enter. This might be what you need. Regards Mike
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