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- T E L E C H E S
- October 19, 1987
-
- Teleches is a simple program written in Microsoft Quick Basic that makes
- it easy for you to play chess by electronic mail.
-
- If two people have a copy of this program and you can send an ASCII file
- between you, you can play chess by electronic mail.
-
- The PC screen is a substitute for your chessboard. All of the moves of
- the game are recorded automatically in a file on disk.
-
- Chess by mail scenario: The first time you execute the program reply
- "N" for new game. Make your first move then end the program. Reply "Y"
- to save the move to a PC file. Supply a name to the PC file that will
- be created for you. Send the file that you just created to a friend
- who has a copy of this program. They will bring up their copy of the
- program, replying "C" for continue game. They will then supply the name
- of the file that you sent them. Your move will be displayed on the
- board. They will then make their move and send the file back to you,
- etc. etc.
-
- This program does not check to see if your moves are legal. It assumes
- you know how to play chess. The intent is only to provide a board to
- play on and the automatic recording of moves. It does do some simple
- edits like cheking to see if you already have a piece on that square or
- the rows and columns are in the proper range.
-
- The moves are kept in memory during the game. There is room for
- 300 add or delete steps (150 moves). Turning the check flag on
- or off also takes up the space of one in-memory record.
-
- Some additional features of the program are:
-
- Since all of the moves of the game are recorded, you can move backwards
- and forwards through the moves of the game.
-
- You can choose color or black and white.
-
- You can rotate the board 180 degrees.
-
- You can signal your opponent that they are in check by turn on the check
- message.
-
- Certain BASIC errors may cause your board to scroll and your pieces will
- not print in their correct positions. If this happens, just continue to
- enter the correct information for that particular operation, then press
- the function key that redraws the board.