Author: Ian Osgood
Date: 10:01:59 08/19/99
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On August 19, 1999 at 10:56:02, Zachariah Amela wrote: >I have a few question about computer players on FICS. Can anyone list to me the > main programs that play on this server and their relative strenghts? How wrote >them and what there rating is? > >Also, what type of interface is used to have these "robot" players on FICS? Is >there a special protocol or just plain style12? How does it handle different >"players" on different platforms? > >Just curios. Thanks! For a quick ranked list of active computer players, type "cbest". Each computer is supposed to put their software and platform in their finger notes. You can get a comprehensive (but outdated) list of computers by typing "=computer". You can also type "help computerlist" for an even more outdated list. There are several interfaces which connect to a server and filter only the relevant messages down to the engine: WinBoard/XBoard in Zippy mode and RoboFICS on 32-bit Windows and Unix, InterfaceTest on the Mac. Some other authors have their own custom interfaces. To find out what a particular computer uses, type "var <computername>" and look at the "Interface" variable setting. Each interface has its own protocol, finger Mann, Hawk, and InterfaceTest for pointers to details. Ian
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