Author: Pete Galati
Date: 14:38:51 08/13/99
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On August 13, 1999 at 17:23:12, Dann Corbit wrote: >On August 13, 1999 at 15:46:37, Pete Galati wrote: > >>On August 13, 1999 at 13:05:16, Dann Corbit wrote: >> >>>I can't figure out how to set up board positions with Phalanx. Anyone got some >>>clues for a clueless one? I'm in desperate need of a clue-by-four. >>>:-( >> >>What I did was make a FEN position file using Winboard (but I think the >>proceedure is descibed in crafty.doc), it's much like ept positions: >> >>rnbqkbnr/ppp1pppp/8/8/2pP4/2N5/PP2PPPP/R1BQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1 >> >>now I typed that into Phalanx (tedious) and hit Enter, then typed GO to start >>the search (& enter). >> >>Admitedly I've only tried this with the one I compiled for Dos, but I'm sure it >>works the same. It takes a bit to figure it out, and it doesn't want to display >>the position that you worked you butt off to type in FEN style, but it will >>display the position after the search. > >If I type it in directly, I error out with "Unsupported mode" > >If I put brackets around it (like the help indicates) I get this: >[ white, 1 ] ><rnbqkbnr/ppp1pppp/8/8/2pP4/2N5/PP2PPPP/R1BQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1> >error in fen line I had the same trouble, we were both posting at the same time and my connection got interupted mid way, see my other post about ept instead of fen. Phalanx in a Dos box is new to me, so all this stuff I'm trying for the first time today. Pete
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