🚀 go-pugleaf

RetroBBS NetNews Server

Inspired by RockSolid Light RIP Retro Guy

Article View: gnu.chess
Article #2867

Re: XBoard and WinBoard, version 4.0.1

#2867
From: pojax
Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 00:00
61 lines
3789 bytes
hey i want to know who has ftp sites to downloads good games

Tim Mann wrote:
> 
> ** Announcing the release of XBoard and WinBoard, version 4.0.1 **
> 
> A new release of both XBoard and WinBoard is now available.  Version
> 4.0.1 is an update to version 4.0.0 that fixes about a dozen small
> bugs and adds a few minor features.  It has not been extensively
> tested, so please report any apparent new bugs.
> 
> You can get both programs from my Chess page on the World Wide Web or
> from the Internet Chess Library FTP site.  In addition, XBoard should
> soon be available from GNU FTP sites.
> 
> - http://www.research.digital.com/SRC/personal/Tim_Mann/chess.html
> - ftp://ftp.freechess.org/pub/chess/X/xboard-4.0.1.tar.gz
> - ftp://ftp.freechess.org/pub/chess/Win3/winboard-4_0_1.exe (zip format)
> - ftp://prep.ai.mit.edu/pub/gnu/xboard-4.0.1.tar.gz
> 
> XBoard is a graphical chessboard for the X Window System that can
> serve as a user interface for GNU Chess, Crafty, and other chess
> engines, for the Internet Chess Servers, and for electronic mail
> correspondence chess.  XBoard can also be used by itself.  It can read
> and write game files in PGN (portable game notation).
> 
> WinBoard is a similar program for Microsoft Windows 95/98 and Windows
> NT.  It includes all the major features of XBoard except email
> correspondence chess.  Warning: WinBoard does not work on Windows 3.1
> or 3.11, not even with Win32s.
> 
> Report bugs in XBoard and WinBoard to <bug-gnu-chess@prep.ai.mit.edu>.
> 
>         --Tim Mann <mann@pa.dec.com>
> 
> === Some change highlights ===
> 
> * You can now type in moves from the keyboard in WinBoard.  Either
> select TypeInMove from Step menu, or (if you are not in ICS mode),
> just start typing.  In ICS mode you can type moves into the ICS
> interaction window anyway, so I've retained the feature that typing
> switches you there.  Not implemented in xboard.
> 
> * The command sent to ICS by Zippy at the end of each game can now be
> customized with the ZIPPYGAMEEND environment variable.
> 
> * Miscellaneous minor updates and clarifications to engine-intf.txt.
> In particular, documented the st and sd commands (support for command
> line options -searchTime and -searchDepth), warts and all.
> 
> * Added a small code patch from Bob Hyatt to detect when Zippy's ICS
> opponent is a computer and send the command "computer" to the engine.
> Added this command to engine-intf.txt.  Thanks, Bob.
> 
> * Changed -searchDepth to be orthogonal to the various timing options.
> Previously it would search for an unlimited time to the given depth;
> now the engine is allowed to choose its search time in the normal way,
> but is told to cut off the search early if it reaches the given depth.
> --
> Tim Mann <mann@pa.dec.com>, Compaq Systems Research Center
> http://www.research.digital.com/SRC/personal/Tim_Mann/
Technical Details
Message-ID: <36F42281.21F576A2@home.com>
Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!unknown!not-for-mail
References: <7a3i7c$jfo@src-news.pa.dec.com>

Show Full Headers
Complete Article Headers
X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit
X-Google-Thread: 10d71d,46cd09454428efcb
X-Google-Attributes: gid10d71d,public
X-Google-Thread: 110df2,46cd09454428efcb
X-Google-Attributes: gid110df2,public
X-Google-Thread: 100b20,46cd09454428efcb
X-Google-Attributes: gid100b20,public
From: pojax@home.com
Subject: Re: XBoard and WinBoard, version 4.0.1
Date: 1999/03/20
Message-ID: <36F42281.21F576A2@home.com>
X-Deja-AN: 457041068
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
References: <7a3i7c$jfo@src-news.pa.dec.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
X-Complaints-To: abuse@home.net
X-Trace: news1.rdc1.on.wave.home.com 921973546 24.65.85.249 (Sat, 20 Mar 1999 15:45:46 PST)
Organization: @Home Network Member
MIME-Version: 1.0
NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 15:45:46 PST
Newsgroups: gnu.chess,rec.games.chess.computer,alt.chess.ics