Computer Chess Club Archives


Search

Terms

Messages

Subject: Re: Ed Schroder's Dilemma !

Author: Daniel Clausen

Date: 14:18:32 01/03/00

Go up one level in this thread


Hi

On January 02, 2000 at 19:34:33, Christophe Theron wrote:
>The only problem, and that is the reason why Rebel is not tested by the SSDF
>anymore, is that the Auto232 DOS driver hurts Rebel playing strength. It
>overwrites random chunks of memory, which often leads to crashes or to unnoticed
>weakening of the play.

and:

>I remember that because of this, Ed has asked the SSDF guys to test Rebel
>manually, and not thru Auto232. So they could test Rebel, but nowadays it is too
>much work and that's why it won't be on the next lists.

Wouldn't it be much simpler to write an Auto232 which is actually bugfree?
I don't know this product but it must be rather trivial to send moves back- and
forward between two chess engines... I If remember right, Bob also has problems
with Auto232 and Crafty, although his problem might be of a different nature.

Kind regards,
 -sargon



This page took 0 seconds to execute

Last modified: Thu, 15 Apr 21 08:11:13 -0700

Current Computer Chess Club Forums at Talkchess. This site by Sean Mintz.