Configuring Colchess with Winboard

[Eric]

Geschrieben von:/Posted by: Eric at 08 February 2000 05:41:24:
Hello, I cannot run Colchess with Winboard. I read the readme and tryed many things including autoexec.bat and removing the slashs before define xboard under chess.h. The tweaked colchess version is detected with a low 100 kb of memory from TaskInfo2000 but never executes, and the winboard compatible version from the authors web site is not even detected. What am I doing wrong? I use Windows 98, Pentium 200 mhz with 40 mb of RAM.

Eric

[Arnold Koschorreck]

Geschrieben von:/Posted by: Arnold Koschorreck at 08 February 2000 08:40:04:
Als Antwort auf:/As an answer to: Configuring Colchess with Winboard geschrieben von:/posted by: Eric at 08 February 2000 05:41:24:

Hello, I cannot run Colchess with Winboard. I read the readme and tryed many things including autoexec.bat and removing the slashs before define xboard under chess.h. The tweaked colchess version is detected with a low 100 kb of memory from TaskInfo2000 but never executes, and the winboard compatible version from the authors web site is not even detected. What am I doing wrong? I use Windows 98, Pentium 200 mhz with 40 mb of RAM.

Eric

[Frank Quisinsky]

Geschrieben von:/Posted by: Frank Quisinsky at 08 February 2000 09:52:06:
Als Antwort auf:/As an answer to: The same problem here (nt) geschrieben von:/posted by: Arnold Koschorreck at 08 February 2000 08:40:04:

Hello, I cannot run Colchess with Winboard. I read the readme and tryed many things including autoexec.bat and removing the slashs before define xboard under chess.h. The tweaked colchess version is detected with a low 100 kb of memory from TaskInfo2000 but never executes, and the winboard compatible version from the authors web site is not even detected. What am I doing wrong? I use Windows 98, Pentium 200 mhz with 40 mb of RAM.

Eric

I have not problems and can play with ColChess. Please look in my config.zip file and in my ColChess detail page.
I use at the moment Windows 98-2 !
Regards
Frank

[Eric]

Geschrieben von:/Posted by: Eric at 09 February 2000 08:36:22:
Als Antwort auf:/As an answer to: Re: The same problem here (nt) geschrieben von:/posted by: Frank Quisinsky at 08 February 2000 09:52:06:

Hello, I cannot run Colchess with Winboard. I read the readme and tryed many things including autoexec.bat and removing the slashs before define xboard under chess.h. The tweaked colchess version is detected with a low 100 kb of memory from TaskInfo2000 but never executes, and the winboard compatible version from the authors web site is not even detected. What am I doing wrong? I use Windows 98, Pentium 200 mhz with 40 mb of RAM.

Eric

I have not problems and can play with ColChess. Please look in my config.zip file and in my ColChess detail page.
I use at the moment Windows 98-2 !
Regards
Frank
Is there any way to access your detail page in English? Its difficult to read directions not in English. I have config.zip and autoexex.bat and still the program colchess fails to execute.
Eric

[Frank Quisinsky]

Geschrieben von:/Posted by: Frank Quisinsky at 09 February 2000 10:04:05:
Als Antwort auf:/As an answer to: Re: The same problem here (nt) geschrieben von:/posted by: Eric at 09 February 2000 08:36:22:

Hello, I cannot run Colchess with Winboard. I read the readme and tryed many things including autoexec.bat and removing the slashs before define xboard under chess.h. The tweaked colchess version is detected with a low 100 kb of memory from TaskInfo2000 but never executes, and the winboard compatible version from the authors web site is not even detected. What am I doing wrong? I use Windows 98, Pentium 200 mhz with 40 mb of RAM.

Eric

I have not problems and can play with ColChess. Please look in my config.zip file and in my ColChess detail page.
I use at the moment Windows 98-2 !
Regards
Frank
Is there any way to access your detail page in English? Its difficult to read directions not in English. I have config.zip and autoexex.bat and still the program colchess fails to execute.
Eric

Hi Eric,
for me it is not possible to translate all 42 detail pages in english. My english is not good enough and I have not the time. I think 2 months when I make this !
But when other people translate my detail pages I will put the new pages on my webpage. Then I will send all 42 HTML files via eMail !
Kind regards
Frank

[Colin Frayn]

Geschrieben von:/Posted by: Colin Frayn at 09 February 2000 10:47:08:
Als Antwort auf:/As an answer to: Re: The same problem here (nt) geschrieben von:/posted by: Frank Quisinsky at 09 February 2000 10:04:05:

Is there any way to access your detail page in English? Its difficult to read >directions not in English. I have config.zip and autoexex.bat and still the >program colchess fails to execute.

Use altavista's babelfish service. The English it produces isn't exactly perfect, but you get the general idea.
http://babelfish.altavista.com (I think)
To get ColChess running there's three things you must do (basically)
(1) Set up that line in autoexec.bat (set COLCHESS_PATH=) and reboot.
(2) Make sure winboard knows the path to the ColChess directory (this may or may not be necessary depending on system. use the -fd and -sd flags on winboard)
(3) Make sure winboard has the correct .exe name (and I think some versions don't work if you rename it to more than 8 characters long.) You might want to put the .exe file in the winboard directory to make sure.
Cheers,
Colin

ColChess Homepage

[Eric]

Geschrieben von:/Posted by: Eric at 09 February 2000 11:02:12:
Als Antwort auf:/As an answer to: Re: The same problem here (nt) geschrieben von:/posted by: Frank Quisinsky at 09 February 2000 10:04:05:

Hello, I cannot run Colchess with Winboard. I read the readme and tryed many things including autoexec.bat and removing the slashs before define xboard under chess.h. The tweaked colchess version is detected with a low 100 kb of memory from TaskInfo2000 but never executes, and the winboard compatible version from the authors web site is not even detected. What am I doing wrong? I use Windows 98, Pentium 200 mhz with 40 mb of RAM.

Eric

I have not problems and can play with ColChess. Please look in my config.zip file and in my ColChess detail page.
I use at the moment Windows 98-2 !
Regards
Frank
Is there any way to access your detail page in English? Its difficult to read directions not in English. I have config.zip and autoexex.bat and still the program colchess fails to execute.
Eric

Hi Eric,
for me it is not possible to translate all 42 detail pages in english. My english is not good enough and I have not the time. I think 2 months when I make this !
But when other people translate my detail pages I will put the new pages on my webpage. Then I will send all 42 HTML files via eMail !
Kind regards
Frank
Eric

Thank you! I still find your detail pages and config.zip very helpful. I configured every available Winboard program other than Colchess. I completed five Winboard tournaments with all the programs. They are double or triple elimination blitz tournaments. If you are interested in the results let me know.

[Frank Quisinsky]

Geschrieben von:/Posted by: Frank Quisinsky at 09 February 2000 18:09:31:
Als Antwort auf:/As an answer to: Re: The same problem here (nt) geschrieben von:/posted by: Eric at 09 February 2000 11:02:12:

Hello, I cannot run Colchess with Winboard. I read the readme and tryed many things including autoexec.bat and removing the slashs before define xboard under chess.h. The tweaked colchess version is detected with a low 100 kb of memory from TaskInfo2000 but never executes, and the winboard compatible version from the authors web site is not even detected. What am I doing wrong? I use Windows 98, Pentium 200 mhz with 40 mb of RAM.

Eric

I have not problems and can play with ColChess. Please look in my config.zip file and in my ColChess detail page.
I use at the moment Windows 98-2 !
Regards
Frank
Is there any way to access your detail page in English? Its difficult to read directions not in English. I have config.zip and autoexex.bat and still the program colchess fails to execute.
Eric

Hi Eric,
for me it is not possible to translate all 42 detail pages in english. My english is not good enough and I have not the time. I think 2 months when I make this !
But when other people translate my detail pages I will put the new pages on my webpage. Then I will send all 42 HTML files via eMail !
Kind regards
Frank
Eric

Thank you! I still find your detail pages and config.zip very helpful. I configured every available Winboard program other than Colchess. I completed five Winboard tournaments with all the programs. They are double or triple elimination blitz tournaments. If you are interested in the results let me know.

Yes, I have interest. Please send me your PGN files !
Important is the hardware !
Computer (Pentium 166 or AMD K6-2 400 or other)
Hashtables
Tablebases yes/no
Time control
Engine version number
When you will you can made a little txt for your tournaments. I put this txt with your PGN on my webpage !
Thanks
Frank