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Subject: Re: Can someone help me with Winboard?

Author: Pete Galati

Date: 20:32:48 11/16/99

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On November 16, 1999 at 23:21:07, Martin Grabriel wrote:

>Your command line is telling winboard that the engine is in a subdirectory
>called "Winboard". Is that where you put the downloaded engine?
>
Yes, he's got Crafty calculating moves, but it's not following the opening book.

Pete
>
>
>On November 16, 1999 at 21:16:36, Imran Hendley wrote:
>
>>Hi. Recently I have been trying to use Winboard, but I cannot seem to figure it
>>out. I downloaded Crafty and put it in a sub-directory of my winboard directory.
>>I tried to edit the winboard.ini file to initialize crafty from the start-up
>>dialog. When I choose "match two engines" and select Mode>Two Machines, the
>>clock starts for white, and I can see Crafty's thinking lines beneath the menu
>>bar, but white never moves. Is there a file or part of a file that I'm missing?
>>I am new to Winboard, so my mistake might be a very simple one. Can someone
>>please give me some advice on this matter. Thanks in advance. PS: here is the
>>end of my winboard.ini file: (Maybe I am missing some commands?)
>>
>>
>>/firstChessProgramNames="WCrafty-17_1 /fd=\"C:\\Winboard\\Crafty\
>>"
>>/secondChessProgramNames="WCrafty-17_1 /sd=\"C:\\Winboard\\Crafty\
>>"
>>
>>I also don't know what these commands mean, so maybe someone could tell me that
>>too.



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