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Subject: Re: People who write winboard compatible engines: some questions

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 12:42:45 08/13/99

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On August 13, 1999 at 15:18:40, Ulrich Tuerke wrote:

>
>On August 13, 1999 at 14:18:05, Dann Corbit wrote:
>
>>What are the pieces of data you need to put in an ini file or to read from the
>>command line.  I'll get it started:
>>0.  Pawn hash
>>1.  Hash
>>2.  Executable location
>>3.  Tablebase location
>>...
>>?
>
>The engines' init files are not a standard, each engine has its own format and
>content. Some do even not use an init file. Consult the readme file of the
>engine you are interested in (or ask the author).
That's exactly the problem.  I want to write a database interface for Winboard
so that all of that can be standardized.  I don't want to be forced to read the
documentation for every engine and do a hundred little tweaks.



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