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Subject: Re: Can CSTal II be used to get a Windows interface for Hiarcs and MChess?

Author: James T. Walker

Date: 11:48:43 04/27/99

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On April 27, 1999 at 14:05:31, Roger D Davis wrote:

>I'd like to play Hiarcs and MChess, but not in a DOS interface. Is it possible
>to use the Auto232 interface to play against these engines from within CSTal II
>for Windows, thus giving them a nice looking Windows interface?
>
>Roger

Hello Roger,
I've had CSTal-2 for about a week now.  As far as I can tell it's not possible
to do what you want.  The program is having problems with the Auto232 operation
and they expect to have it fixed very shortly.  With auto232 you can play other
programs on a separate computer against CSTal-2.  You can also use the program
connected to the auto232 running through CSTal-2 connected to the ICC.  This
means with CSTal-2 you can hang another computer onto the auto232 cable and play
a program like Fritz/Junior/Hiarcs/Rebel9/Nimzo99 on the ICC/FICS.  Since they
are having trouble with the auto232 it's hard to experiment with the 2nd
computer/program.  But I'm sure you cannot do what you want on one computer.
Jim Walker
P.S.  I'm fairly sure you can't do what you want on two computers.



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