Author: James T. Walker
Date: 15:42:25 10/30/05
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On October 30, 2005 at 12:47:12, m.d.hurd wrote: >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 Thanks Mike. That gives me an IP address and also mentions my ethernet card but has a bunch of zeros after it. I'm still working on the problem. Jim
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