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- From: indu@iss700.Columbia.NCR.COM ()
- Subject: How can I play chess on NET WORKS?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec24.161905.28858@ncrcae.ColumbiaSC.NCR.COM>
- Originator: indu@iss700
- Sender: Indu
- Nntp-Posting-Host: iss700.columbiasc.ncr.com
- Organization: NCR Corp, E&M-Columbia, Columbia, SC
- Date: Thu, 24 Dec 92 21:19:05 GMT
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- Hi friends!
-
- Happy and merry christmas to all of you.
-
- I need to stay in with my computer work, through out these holidays.
-
- I want to know how and where can I play chess. I have a vt100 terminal,
- (so GRAPHIC INTERFACE is out of question on this terminal).
-
- Ofcourse, I can keep a board beside myself and play the moves.
-
- There is a ftp/telnet site (currently I donot have the exact details, my
- freiend in the other room has them).
- The other day we logged into the chess account, and were at the prompt.
- Message like
-
- shah shouts "Any one to play?"
- rick resigns
- john enters/logged in
- setting up new board (or something similar)
- ...
- There was some thing like help (I guess). But could not get
- much help (or I may not be knowing how to extract the required details).
- We were not Registered or some thing like that. COULD NOT PROCEED MUCH
- FURTHER.
- (Using help we came to know that there were commands like whisper, shout
- etc, not of much use to us then).
-
- Can any noble soul around help me, in establishing networked CHESS links?
- If required I can manage a account on some X-WINDOW terminal.
-
- But how can one play? Will it be something like I have a CHESS BOARD setup
- with pieces etc, and fix up my match with SHAH (let us say) by responding
- to him, who too can now have his board setup. So every move he makes is
- reflected on both the boards or something similar. I exactly do not know,
- how one plays or anything. If this system can have CLOCKS etc, I think
- that would be great.
-
- But am very interested in knowing the ULTIMATE truth.
-
- I would appreciate any help extended to me in this direction. If somebody
- feels that there is lot that needs to be explained, then I can make a phone
- call to know the details (hope the teacher is in U.S.A.). Even an email
- reponse is also appreciated.
-
- Finally, your this help would save me in this office through out these
- holidays.
-
- Thanks in advance.
-
- -Indu.
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