From: Colin Paul Adams <colin <at> COLINA <dot> DEMON <dot> CO <dot> UK>
Date: 4 feb 1998
Subject: Shogi Variants server: testers wanted

Due to an accident 10 days ago, I have written an Internet server for
playing Shogi variants. I haven't yet got it to actually play Chu
Shogi, that will take another week or two (I did most of the work for
that back in the summer, I just have to convert it to Java now), but
in the meantime, I need to check out a possible operating system
dependency or two.

So I am appealing for users of Microsoft 32-bit Windows operating
systems (Windows 95, NT, and whatever else might be appearing), and
Mac OS (and any other non-Unix operating systems that are capable of
running Java) to do just a very little bit of testing for me. You will
need the Java Runtime Environment (or the Java Development Kit) for
Java 1.1 installed on your machine. Microsoft 32-bit Windows users can
download it from:
http://java.sun.com/products/jdk/1.1/jre/index.html
I'm not sure about Mac OS - no doubt if this is what you use, you can
find out.
Please email me at:
colin <at> colina <dot> demon <dot> co <dot> uk
(or telephone on +44-1772-498247 if you prefer), if you are willing to
help with the testing. It won't take very long.

As an aside, when the server and client are sufficiently well
developed, I shall be running a copy of the server here. But I will
normally only be online when I want to play. Best for everyone would
be a permanently online server. But that will need a volunteer to host
it. Please contact me if you think you will be able to do so.
--
Colin Paul Adams
Preston Lancashire