Author: James T. Walker
Date: 06:39:24 04/20/99
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On April 19, 1999 at 23:52:20, Julio Richards wrote: >Hi James: > Thanks for the responce. I'll try running it as a slave and see how that >works. I also got the interface to work on one of the chess servers .(fics) Just >curious, Did you get CSTal II to run in Auto 232 mode vs. Fritz 5.32? > > >Regards > >Julio Hello Julio, Yes, I've played it against Fritz,Nimzo and Junior using auto232. It's a hassle to do but once you get it started it keeps going. The problem I'm having is when you want to hang the 2nd computer on the auto232 and play like Fritz 5.32 through the auto232 through the CST-2 interface connected to ICC. It seems to me that you need CST-2 to be the "Master" to pull this off. So it does not work "properly". I have on a couple of accasions got Fritz to play white only as the "Master" doing a manual start after accepting the "match" command from someone. Even when doing this there is delay and you have to set Fritz up for 5/0 and set seeks for like 5/2 or 5/3 so Fritz does not run out of time. Even then someone will come along and instead of answering your 5/3 seek they will "match" you at 2/12!? So you are set up for 5/3 and end up playing 2/12. I've done all this in unrated games. I'm trying to get CST-2 a rating without playing computers(Except on very rare occasions). I've sent 3 emails to Oxford-Softworks but they don't answer. I've posted a web site where Chris was posting info about CST but so far not response from him either. He seemed to be indicating that it was not worth fixing unless a lot of people complained. Personally, it's the only reason I purchased the program. I certainly did not but it for it's strength but it is stronger than most all chess players. Jim Walker
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