Auto232

an autoplayer protocol based on the [|serial communication] [|RS-232] standard. It was initially developed by Chrilly Donninger in the mid 90s to communicate with the Chess 232 Board. A MS-DOS [|TSR] driver, available for various chess programs, was able to "hook" into their printer output to parse their moves played, and to [|redirect] input and commands into the [|keyboard buffer] to start new games and enter moves.
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 * [[image:sorcerersapprentice.JPG link="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Emscherkunst_Tanzender_Strommast_Zauberlehrling_04_Crop.jpg"]] ||~ || **Auto232**,

With two PCs, or two [|COM ports] even with one computer, connected by a modified [|null-modem] cable, it was now possible to play matches between two programs automaticly, a huge relief for testers and engine rating list organizations like SSDF. The Auto232 product with cable and software was purchased by CSS-Shop and Gambit-Soft. || toc =Windows= A free Windows Auto232 driver written by Stefan Meyer-Kahlen allowed automatic play also between Windows programs. Auto232 was further incorporated inside various GUIs and engines, but implementations were at times buggy and the protocol not that reliable specially concerning game termination. With the advent and wider distribution of the standardized computer chess protocols such as the Chess Engine Communication Protocol aka WinBoard / XBoard and the Universal Chess Interface, Auto232 became obsolete and outdated.
 * Zauberlehrling ||~ ||^ ||

=See also= > WinBoard > XBoard
 * Chess 232 Board
 * Chess Engine Communication Protocol
 * UCI

=Publications=
 * Chrilly Donninger (**1996**). //Zauberlehrling - Das Auto232-Protokoll im Detail//. CSS 1/96, [|pdf] (German)

=Forum Posts=

1997 ...

 * [|Technische Spezifikation des 232-Protokolls] (German) by Harald Faber, rgcc, January 08, 1997
 * [|Windows driver for CHESS 232 board an Autoplayer 232] by Bert Seifriz, CCC, November 09, 1997
 * 1998**
 * [|AUTO232 question] by Amir Ban, CCC, March 01, 1998
 * [|Smartboard, Auto232] by Stuart Cracraft, CCC, February 14, 1998
 * [|Kill this auto232-players] by Peter Herttrich, CCC, April 29, 1998
 * [|Survey proposal: Importance of Auto232 compatibility] by Moritz Berger, CCC, September 09, 1998
 * [|Autoplayer for Win32 (again)] by Stefan Meyer-Kahlen, CCC, September 12, 1998
 * [|Auto232] by Chris Whittington, rgcc, September 12, 1998
 * [|Autoplayers and Bean-Counters] by Chris Whittington, rgcc, October 18, 1998
 * 1999**
 * [|AUTO232 and memory protection] by Ed Schröder, CCC, February 03, 1999
 * [|Re: Auto232 questions, here is the manual in English!] by Harald Faber, CCC, April 07, 1999
 * [|Re: What Is Auto232?] by Harald Faber, CCC, April 23, 1999
 * [|Re: my own auto232 player] by Vincent Diepeveen, CCC, December 07, 1999

2000 ...

 * [|Re: Auto232 with one machine?] by Stefan Meyer-Kahlen, CCC, January 29, 2000
 * [|end of auto232?] by Harald Faber, CCC, March 03, 2000
 * [|Definition of the Extended Autoplayer 232 Protocol] by Stefan Meyer-Kahlen, CCC, May 16, 2000
 * [|Auto232, and one computer] by Peter Skinner, CCC, August 18, 2000
 * [|Auto232 - Anyone with a good source of info on how to use it?] by Steve Maughan, CCC, November 17, 2000
 * [|Auto232 using a network] by Fabio Barrettone, CCC, July 17, 2001
 * [|how to run auto232 with 1 pc] by Mustafa, CCC, May 28, 2002
 * [|auto232] by Christophe Drieu, CCC, October 23, 2002
 * [|Auto232 1.0 revisited] by Michael P. Nance Sr., CCC, September 27, 2003
 * [|auto232 without null modem cable] by Vasik Rajlich, CCC, April 18, 2004

2005 ...

 * [|Chess programs using Auto232] by Olivier Deville, CCC, September 06, 2005
 * [|Auto232 with only USB ports (solution?)] by James T. Walker, CCC, January 04, 2006
 * [|How do I connect using auto232 to ICC using Fritz GUI?] by LJC, CCC, June 14, 2009

2010 ...

 * [|Eberhard Boerger's Auto232 adaptor/Remi Coulom's Auto232] by Sedat Canbaz, CCC, March 06, 2014
 * [|Auto232 Driver for DOS (and Windows?)] by Theo Heinze, CCC, July 11, 2015

=External Links=
 * [|Auto232 player - Auto232 and Winboard] by Aaron Tay, hosted by Ron Murawski
 * [|Schachclub Leinzell - Autoplayer 232] by Peter Schreiner, May 2000 (German)

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