Christopher Mitchell 	  Mar 11 1992, 5:15 pm     show options
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From: c...@parsifal.umkc.edu (Christopher Mitchell) - Find messages by this author
Date: 11 Mar 92 11:14:45 CST
Local: Wed, Mar 11 1992 9:14 am
Subject: ICS is alive and well!
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ICS is once again alive and well and living in Missouri!

The Internet Chess Server (ICS) is an interactive program allowing you to play
real time chess with another person over the internet.  If you register, your
game statistics including ratings are saved and updated on a per game basis
(ratings are evaluated by the USCF standard).  We currently have a wide range
of players from Class E all the way up to Expert and above.  You can, of course,
try the server without registering, however, none of your stats will be
recorded.  Currently, there is only one server (myself), and hopefully the
number will grow to allow faster, easier access to chess partners around the
world.

It can be accessed by telnet via port 5000 on parsifal.umkc.edu.

Unix users:

% telnet parsifal.umkc.edu 5000

VMS users:

$ telnet/port=5000/unix parsifal.umkc.edu

For a registered account, send a desired handle and desired password to myself,
c...@parsifal.umkc.edu.

The server is *fairly* stable but has a few bugs (almost all of which are known).
You can type 'help bugs' once in to see if one you've noticed is recognized.  If
not, please email myself or Richard Nash (The Code Maintenance Man) at
n...@menu.visus.com.

Chris Mitchell

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| Chris Mitchell          | Academic Computing Services
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