Author: Ernest Bonnem
Date: 12:16:28 01/13/06
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On January 13, 2006 at 08:05:12, Günther Simon wrote: >On January 13, 2006 at 07:00:25, Ernest Bonnem wrote: > >>On January 13, 2006 at 03:34:19, Günther Simon wrote: >> >>>On January 12, 2006 at 15:27:36, Ernest Bonnem wrote: >>> >>>>Works fine with WinXP, >>>>but with Win98 or Win98SE I immediately get, after the launch of Winboard, two >>>>error windows: >>>>Fatal error: Error writing to first chess program: the communication channel has >>>>been closed >>>>Fatal error: Error: first chess program (Polyglot rybka.ini) exited unexpectedly >>>> >>>>Is this a well known incompatibility? >>>> >>>>My Winboard is version 4.2.6 >>>>Cygwin1.dll is the latest one (June 3, 2005), compatble with Polyglot 1.3 >>>>Polyglot 1.3 is necessary if you want to use books >>> >>>Has nothing to do with WB itself. You use different older cygwin.dlls >>>in other places. BTW your WB version is outdated since at least 3 years ;) >>> >>>Guenther >> >>I know, Günther, but my question is : is there a workaround to make it work? >>(Polyglot 1.3 is necessary in order to use books) > >You missunderstood me obviously ;) Just replace the older ones you have >probably in the WB main folder and those you have perhaps in your OS or >OS/system(32) folder and all should work fine. > >Guenther Cygwin.dll (latest version 1005.17.0.0) exists only at one place in my system : in the Winboard directory. Is there anybody who has successfully tried Polyglot 1.3 (for instance for Rybka) in Winboard, with Win98 or Win98SE ??? As I said previously, there is NO problem on a WinXP system.
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