Some more MacOSX ports

[JuLieN]

Here are a few more MacOS X ports I've put together in no time and (nearly) no testing

- alibaba 1.38
- chesley
- Faile 1.4.4
- Greko 9.0
- Gullydeckel 2.16pl1
- ippolit 0.8.0a
- MicroMax (H.G., how does one play against your engine? I couldn't figure it out...)
- mscp 1.4
- Phalanx XXIII
- rattatechess nosferatu
- tscp 1.81

All downloadable there, as usual:
http://julien.marcel.free.fr/macchess/

Some notes:
1) thanks to the original authors for releasing their source code for us to compile!
2) my tests are really limited: if there was no compile error then I run the program and play a few moves. If the engine seems to behave normally and doesn't crash, then it qualifies for release. And that's about all
3) some of those engines might be available someplace else, as some are listed on http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=c ... ngine_list
but as I couldn't find any Mac binary I just compiled them by myself.
4) if you have a POSIX compatible engine that is not on my website and would like me to compile it just send me a message and I'll be happy to add it.
5) if I see that there's yet a Mac binary somewhere else on the Internet, I don't add it to my website. I know it fragmentizes the search for binaries for Mac users, but it's also respectful of the previous posters of those binaries. If anyway you are the author of such a Mac compile and would like me to host it, just tell me and I'll add it.

[hgm]

- MicroMax (H.G., how does one play against your engine? I couldn't figure it out...)

You mean the stand-alone version? Type a move in long algebraic when you want to enter one, and type an empty line when you want it to think up a move by itself.

Did you already have Fairy-Max?

[JuLieN]

- MicroMax (H.G., how does one play against your engine? I couldn't figure it out...)

You mean the stand-alone version? Type a move in long algebraic when you want to enter one, and type an empty line when you want it to think up a move by itself.

Thx H.G., that works! You should add this to your website, because I tried a lots of things (even trying to comply with the xboard protocol ^^)

NOTE to Mac Users: MicroMax takes time to think (about 30s), during which nothing happens (except that one of your cores will climb to 100% of use ). It's normal, just wait and eventually MicroMax will play.

[JuLieN]

Did you already have Fairy-Max?

Nope

[hgm]

I used that simple protocol so you could still set up a position by entering moves for both sides. The thinking time goes by node count, and is set at compile time. I think the standard version has an N<1e7 somewhere, and this could be changed to N<1e6 or N<1e8 without making the source any longer.

The latest Fairy-Max sources can always be downloaded from http://hgm.nubati.net/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi .

[JuLieN]

I used that simple protocol so you could still set up a position by entering moves for both sides. The thinking time goes by node count, and is set at compile time. I think the standard version has an N<1e7 somewhere, and this could be changed to N<1e6 or N<1e8 without making the source any longer.

The latest Fairy-Max sources can always be downloaded from http://hgm.nubati.net/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi .

Thanks!

Added a MacOSX compile of FairyMax to my website. It works like a charm!

http://julien.marcel.free.fr/macchess/f ... dc87dc.zip

[ZirconiumX]

You got ippolit to compile?!

Still crashes on my machine though.

AND your source code is unusable (Mac OS X does not have posix_memalign())

Matthew:out

[JuLieN]

You got ippolit to compile?!

Still crashes on my machine though.

Matthew:out

Yes, and it works perfectly! (Just tried it again after your message). When you write "Still crashes on my machine though." do you mean my compile? If so, what are your Mac and MacOS X versions ? Mine is a Core i5 iMac under Mac OS X Lion 10.7.3 and Ippolit really works perfectly

[ZirconiumX]

a) Yes.
b) PPC G4 running 10.4.11
c) Gives

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-bash: /Users/matthew/Desktop/ippolit/ippolit: cannot execute binary file

It is possible to compile universal! (gcc -arch ppc then lipo the two together)

Matthew:out

[JuLieN]

a) Yes.
b) PPC G4 running 10.4.11
c) Gives

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-bash: /Users/matthew/Desktop/ippolit/ippolit: cannot execute binary file

It is possible to compile universal! (gcc -arch ppc then lipo the two together)

Matthew:out

OK, all my compiles are x64 only, sorry But the source is included. What happens if you compile it for your architecture?