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joshua at qcsf.com
Tue Apr 18 21:30:38 UTC 2000
In fact, two of the mac clients for the IGS are just modified version of
NCSA telnet, a popular telnet which had available source. It's a pretty
simple stream-filtering project. The logic is all implemented on the server.
The protocol is implemented with the intent being to drive a remote display
of some kind. (usually, a human head, but squeak works.)
> Good links. But I meant to say that the *second* option is a big task.
> The first variant, where you just display the boards, ought to be much
> more tractable. All you have to do is set the "style" to an
> appropriate form,
> and then recognize board updates that are sent down the socket. Board
> updates will be easy to recgnize and parse, if you set the style wisely.
>
> Well, you also have to encode the command when the local user tries to
> make a move.
>
> Other than these basics, you can just open a telnet-ish window (which is
> probably simpler than the full telnet protocol) and let users type the
> command themselves.
>
>
> -Lex
>
>
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