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[[FILE:sorcerersapprentice.JPG|border|right|thumb| Zauberlehrling <ref>[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zauberlehrling_(Oberhausen) Zauberlehrling] ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sorcerer%27s_Apprentice The Sorcerer's Apprentice]) by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inges_Idee Inges Idee] - a 35 meter steel tower like a dancing electricity pylon, installed at [https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emscherkunst Emscherkunst] art exhibition 2013 near [https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haus_Ripshorst Haus Ripshorst], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gasometer_Oberhausen Gasometer Oberhausen] in the background, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oberhausen Oberhausen], Germany, [[:Category:Industrial Heritag Trail|The Industrial Heritage Trail]], Image by [[Gerd Isenberg]], October 11, 2015</ref>
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'''Auto232''',<br/>
an autoplayer protocol based on the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_communication serial communication] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RS-232 RS-232] standard. It was initially developed by [[Chrilly Donninger]] in the mid 90s to communicate with the [[Chess 232 Board]]. A [[MS-DOS]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminate_and_stay_resident_program TSR] driver, available for various [[MS-DOS#Engines|chess programs]], was able to "hook" into their printer output to parse their [[Moves|moves]] played, and to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redirection_(computing) redirect] input and commands into the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keyboard_buffer keyboard buffer] to start new games and [[Entering Moves|enter moves]].
With two [[IBM PC|PCs]], or two [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COM_(hardware_interface) COM ports] even with one computer <ref>[https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=125103 Auto232, and one computer] by [[Peter Skinner]], [[CCC]], August 18, 2000</ref>, connected by a modified [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Null_modem null-modem] cable, it was now possible to play matches between two programs automaticly, a huge relief for testers and [[Engine Rating Lists|engine rating list]] organizations like [[SSDF]]. The Auto232 product with cable and software was purchased by [[Dieter Steinwender#CSS|CSS-Shop]] and [[Gambit-Soft]].
=Windows=
A free [[Windows]] Auto232 driver written by [[Stefan Meyer-Kahlen]] <ref>[https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=11806 Windows driver for CHESS 232 board an Autoplayer 232] by [[Berthold Seifriz|Bert Seifriz]], [[CCC]], November 09, 1997</ref> allowed automatic play also between Windows programs. Auto232 was further incorporated inside various [[GUI|GUIs]] and engines, but implementations were at times buggy and the protocol not that reliable specially concerning game termination <ref>[https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=139460 Re: Auto232 - Anyone with a good source of info on how to use it?] by [[Robert Hyatt]], [[CCC]], November 17, 2000</ref>. With the advent and wider distribution of the standardized [[Protocols|computer chess protocols]] such as the [[Chess Engine Communication Protocol]] aka [[WinBoard]] / [[XBoard]] and the [[UCI|Universal Chess Interface]], Auto232 became obsolete and outdated.
=See also=
* [[Chess 232 Board]]
* [[Chess Engine Communication Protocol]]
: [[WinBoard]]
: [[XBoard]]
* [[UCI]]
=Publications=
* [[Chrilly Donninger]] ('''1996'''). ''Zauberlehrling - Das Auto232-Protokoll im Detail''. [[Computerschach und Spiele|CSS]] 1/96, [http://www.mustrum.de/chrilly/auto232.pdf pdf] (German) <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sorcerer%27s_Apprentice The Sorcerer's Apprentice (Zauberlehrling) from Wikipedia]</ref>
=Forum Posts=
==1997 ...==
* [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.games.chess.computer/Y26C-mjUWqE/yojGpxsy4gkJ Technische Spezifikation des 232-Protokolls] (German) by [[Harald Faber]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], January 08, 1997
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=11806 Windows driver for CHESS 232 board an Autoplayer 232] by [[Berthold Seifriz|Bert Seifriz]], [[CCC]], November 09, 1997
'''1998'''
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=15383 AUTO232 question] by [[Amir Ban]], [[CCC]], March 01, 1998
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=15053 Smartboard, Auto232] by [[Stuart Cracraft]], [[CCC]], February 14, 1998
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=17744 Kill this auto232-players] by Peter Herttrich, [[CCC]], April 29, 1998
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=26251 Survey proposal: Importance of Auto232 compatibility] by [[Moritz Berger]], [[CCC]], September 09, 1998
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=26448 Autoplayer for Win32 (again)] by [[Stefan Meyer-Kahlen]], [[CCC]], September 12, 1998
* [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.games.chess.computer/_0QqhmplNvc/Hw235ChCMNEJ Auto232] by [[Chris Whittington]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], September 12, 1998
* [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.games.chess.computer/Jt6Xt11aAV0/nKEElQKgdVkJ Autoplayers and Bean-Counters] by [[Chris Whittington]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], October 18, 1998
'''1999'''
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=42019 AUTO232 and memory protection] by [[Ed Schroder|Ed Schröder]], [[CCC]], February 03, 1999
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=48326 Re: Auto232 questions, here is the manual in English!] by [[Harald Faber]], [[CCC]], April 07, 1999
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=49575 Re: What Is Auto232?] by [[Harald Faber]], [[CCC]], April 23, 1999
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=81208 Re: my own auto232 player] by [[Vincent Diepeveen]], [[CCC]], December 07, 1999
==2000 ...==
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=93127 Re: Auto232 with one machine?] by [[Stefan Meyer-Kahlen]], [[CCC]], January 29, 2000
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=99969 end of auto232?] by [[Harald Faber]], [[CCC]], March 03, 2000
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=111002 Definition of the Extended Autoplayer 232 Protocol] by [[Stefan Meyer-Kahlen]], [[CCC]], May 16, 2000
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=125103 Auto232, and one computer] by [[Peter Skinner]], [[CCC]], August 18, 2000
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=139298 Auto232 - Anyone with a good source of info on how to use it?] by [[Steve Maughan]], [[CCC]], November 17, 2000
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=180062 Auto232 using a network] by Fabio Barrettone, [[CCC]], July 17, 2001
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=232525 how to run auto232 with 1 pc] by Mustafa, [[CCC]], May 28, 2002
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=261225 auto232] by Christophe Drieu, [[CCC]], October 23, 2002
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=318146 Auto232 1.0 revisited] by Michael P. Nance Sr., [[CCC]], September 27, 2003
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=360549 auto232 without null modem cable] by [[Vasik Rajlich]], [[CCC]], April 18, 2004
==2005 ...==
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=448028 Chess programs using Auto232] by [[Olivier Deville]], [[CCC]], September 06, 2005
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=476954 Auto232 with only USB ports (solution?)] by James T. Walker, [[CCC]], January 04, 2006
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=28407 How do I connect using auto232 to ICC using Fritz GUI?] by LJC, [[CCC]], June 14, 2009
==2010 ...==
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=51509 Eberhard Boerger's Auto232 adaptor/Remi Coulom's Auto232] by [[Sedat Canbaz]], [[CCC]], March 06, 2014
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=56944 Auto232 Driver for DOS (and Windows?)] by Theo Heinze, [[CCC]], July 11, 2015
=External Links=
* [http://horizonchess.com/FAQ/Winboard/auto232player.html Auto232 player - Auto232 and Winboard] by [[Aaron Tay]], hosted by [[Ron Murawski]]
* [http://scleinzell.schachvereine.de/p_basiswissen/autoplayer.shtml Schachclub Leinzell - Autoplayer 232] by [[Peter Schreiner]], May 2000 (German)
=References=
<references />
'''[[Protocols|Up one Level]]'''
[[Category:Industrial Heritag Trail]]
[[FILE:sorcerersapprentice.JPG|border|right|thumb| Zauberlehrling <ref>[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zauberlehrling_(Oberhausen) Zauberlehrling] ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sorcerer%27s_Apprentice The Sorcerer's Apprentice]) by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inges_Idee Inges Idee] - a 35 meter steel tower like a dancing electricity pylon, installed at [https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emscherkunst Emscherkunst] art exhibition 2013 near [https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haus_Ripshorst Haus Ripshorst], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gasometer_Oberhausen Gasometer Oberhausen] in the background, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oberhausen Oberhausen], Germany, [[:Category:Industrial Heritag Trail|The Industrial Heritage Trail]], Image by [[Gerd Isenberg]], October 11, 2015</ref>
]]
'''Auto232''',<br/>
an autoplayer protocol based on the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_communication serial communication] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RS-232 RS-232] standard. It was initially developed by [[Chrilly Donninger]] in the mid 90s to communicate with the [[Chess 232 Board]]. A [[MS-DOS]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminate_and_stay_resident_program TSR] driver, available for various [[MS-DOS#Engines|chess programs]], was able to "hook" into their printer output to parse their [[Moves|moves]] played, and to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redirection_(computing) redirect] input and commands into the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keyboard_buffer keyboard buffer] to start new games and [[Entering Moves|enter moves]].
With two [[IBM PC|PCs]], or two [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COM_(hardware_interface) COM ports] even with one computer <ref>[https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=125103 Auto232, and one computer] by [[Peter Skinner]], [[CCC]], August 18, 2000</ref>, connected by a modified [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Null_modem null-modem] cable, it was now possible to play matches between two programs automaticly, a huge relief for testers and [[Engine Rating Lists|engine rating list]] organizations like [[SSDF]]. The Auto232 product with cable and software was purchased by [[Dieter Steinwender#CSS|CSS-Shop]] and [[Gambit-Soft]].
=Windows=
A free [[Windows]] Auto232 driver written by [[Stefan Meyer-Kahlen]] <ref>[https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=11806 Windows driver for CHESS 232 board an Autoplayer 232] by [[Berthold Seifriz|Bert Seifriz]], [[CCC]], November 09, 1997</ref> allowed automatic play also between Windows programs. Auto232 was further incorporated inside various [[GUI|GUIs]] and engines, but implementations were at times buggy and the protocol not that reliable specially concerning game termination <ref>[https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=139460 Re: Auto232 - Anyone with a good source of info on how to use it?] by [[Robert Hyatt]], [[CCC]], November 17, 2000</ref>. With the advent and wider distribution of the standardized [[Protocols|computer chess protocols]] such as the [[Chess Engine Communication Protocol]] aka [[WinBoard]] / [[XBoard]] and the [[UCI|Universal Chess Interface]], Auto232 became obsolete and outdated.
=See also=
* [[Chess 232 Board]]
* [[Chess Engine Communication Protocol]]
: [[WinBoard]]
: [[XBoard]]
* [[UCI]]
=Publications=
* [[Chrilly Donninger]] ('''1996'''). ''Zauberlehrling - Das Auto232-Protokoll im Detail''. [[Computerschach und Spiele|CSS]] 1/96, [http://www.mustrum.de/chrilly/auto232.pdf pdf] (German) <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sorcerer%27s_Apprentice The Sorcerer's Apprentice (Zauberlehrling) from Wikipedia]</ref>
=Forum Posts=
==1997 ...==
* [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.games.chess.computer/Y26C-mjUWqE/yojGpxsy4gkJ Technische Spezifikation des 232-Protokolls] (German) by [[Harald Faber]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], January 08, 1997
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=11806 Windows driver for CHESS 232 board an Autoplayer 232] by [[Berthold Seifriz|Bert Seifriz]], [[CCC]], November 09, 1997
'''1998'''
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=15383 AUTO232 question] by [[Amir Ban]], [[CCC]], March 01, 1998
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=15053 Smartboard, Auto232] by [[Stuart Cracraft]], [[CCC]], February 14, 1998
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=17744 Kill this auto232-players] by Peter Herttrich, [[CCC]], April 29, 1998
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=26251 Survey proposal: Importance of Auto232 compatibility] by [[Moritz Berger]], [[CCC]], September 09, 1998
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=26448 Autoplayer for Win32 (again)] by [[Stefan Meyer-Kahlen]], [[CCC]], September 12, 1998
* [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.games.chess.computer/_0QqhmplNvc/Hw235ChCMNEJ Auto232] by [[Chris Whittington]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], September 12, 1998
* [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.games.chess.computer/Jt6Xt11aAV0/nKEElQKgdVkJ Autoplayers and Bean-Counters] by [[Chris Whittington]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], October 18, 1998
'''1999'''
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=42019 AUTO232 and memory protection] by [[Ed Schroder|Ed Schröder]], [[CCC]], February 03, 1999
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=48326 Re: Auto232 questions, here is the manual in English!] by [[Harald Faber]], [[CCC]], April 07, 1999
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=49575 Re: What Is Auto232?] by [[Harald Faber]], [[CCC]], April 23, 1999
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=81208 Re: my own auto232 player] by [[Vincent Diepeveen]], [[CCC]], December 07, 1999
==2000 ...==
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=93127 Re: Auto232 with one machine?] by [[Stefan Meyer-Kahlen]], [[CCC]], January 29, 2000
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=99969 end of auto232?] by [[Harald Faber]], [[CCC]], March 03, 2000
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=111002 Definition of the Extended Autoplayer 232 Protocol] by [[Stefan Meyer-Kahlen]], [[CCC]], May 16, 2000
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=125103 Auto232, and one computer] by [[Peter Skinner]], [[CCC]], August 18, 2000
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=139298 Auto232 - Anyone with a good source of info on how to use it?] by [[Steve Maughan]], [[CCC]], November 17, 2000
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=180062 Auto232 using a network] by Fabio Barrettone, [[CCC]], July 17, 2001
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=232525 how to run auto232 with 1 pc] by Mustafa, [[CCC]], May 28, 2002
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=261225 auto232] by Christophe Drieu, [[CCC]], October 23, 2002
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=318146 Auto232 1.0 revisited] by Michael P. Nance Sr., [[CCC]], September 27, 2003
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=360549 auto232 without null modem cable] by [[Vasik Rajlich]], [[CCC]], April 18, 2004
==2005 ...==
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=448028 Chess programs using Auto232] by [[Olivier Deville]], [[CCC]], September 06, 2005
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=476954 Auto232 with only USB ports (solution?)] by James T. Walker, [[CCC]], January 04, 2006
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=28407 How do I connect using auto232 to ICC using Fritz GUI?] by LJC, [[CCC]], June 14, 2009
==2010 ...==
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=51509 Eberhard Boerger's Auto232 adaptor/Remi Coulom's Auto232] by [[Sedat Canbaz]], [[CCC]], March 06, 2014
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=56944 Auto232 Driver for DOS (and Windows?)] by Theo Heinze, [[CCC]], July 11, 2015
=External Links=
* [http://horizonchess.com/FAQ/Winboard/auto232player.html Auto232 player - Auto232 and Winboard] by [[Aaron Tay]], hosted by [[Ron Murawski]]
* [http://scleinzell.schachvereine.de/p_basiswissen/autoplayer.shtml Schachclub Leinzell - Autoplayer 232] by [[Peter Schreiner]], May 2000 (German)
=References=
<references />
'''[[Protocols|Up one Level]]'''
[[Category:Industrial Heritag Trail]]
