Author: Ed Schröder
Date: 23:17:43 09/30/99
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>Posted by Peter Herttrich on September 30, 1999 at 08:04:26: > >Hi Ed, >before i tell u nonsense, ask Tim Mann, the author >of Xboard/winboard (mann@pa.dec.com), >take some minutes for his chesspage > >http://www.research.digital.com/SRC/personal/Tim_Mann/chess.html >and look into the source of xboard. > >Of course u are not forced to use a lancard. >u can use xboard through every ip-connection (ppp or slip). >But in a local environment lan-cards is the best u >can use. A little hub in the corner, some TP-cables >and some lancards can be cheap as $200. > >I have used a linux-box with xboard/crafty and >had an automatic game against a solaris-box with >gnuchess. No problem. And the gnuchess on the >solaris had not to use X or xboard. The engine >runs in the background! >All features of the remoteshell in the unix-environment. > >Under M$ there has to be a little server, i think, >which can be connected through an ip-adress and a port. >This little part has to connect the engines. > >Ask Bob, he will also have some arguments for >lan-playing :-) > >Ed, when u implement in ur first Windows-Rebel >lan-support, u will start a revolution. >Think abt machine-machine through the internet. >Testpossibilities, u never have thought of. >Matches between machines with different OS. Thanks Peter. If you have a look at ChessPartner you will notice that there is full ICC / FICS etc. support. With one simple mouse-click you are connected to ICC and can play. >And i would like be the first beta-tester at home :-) Thanks for the offer, I will keep it in mind. Chances are low because I am perfectly happy with my current BETA team and through the years I noticed not many people of the BETA team are leaving. Good for me as I hardly can imagine releasing a new version without them. You can not believe the work they are doing for me. Ed >Peter
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