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Subject: Re: older programs running in winboard

Author: Pete Galati

Date: 12:14:40 07/12/99

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On July 12, 1999 at 12:10:31, Mark Loftus wrote:

>This is on my wish list.
>I would like to see the older programs like Genius 1,2..., MChess, Zarkov, and
>Rebel be able to run in the winboard interface.  Is that possible??  Is it done
>by adding a few more lines of code?
>I don't know what is involved or how much of a project it is.
>Chessbase has done a good job with their programs, running old engines in its
>interface.
>
>
>Mark Loftus

You might want to go to the Winboard page and read up about it:
http://www.research.digital.com/SRC/personal/Tim_Mann/chess.html
 You really can't run 16bit programs in Winboard. I don't know the whole scope
of the problems involved in making programs Winboard compatible. It wouldn't be
as simple as adding a few lines of code.

Pete



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