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diff --git a/games/zseal/README b/games/zseal/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..001a18bc38 --- /dev/null +++ b/games/zseal/README @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ +zseal +open source client for FICS Timeseal v2 for Linux/Unix systems + +Timeseal is a protocol for network lag reporting and compensation used by the FICS chess +server (freechess.org). Version 2 of the protocol provides better delay stats as the server +actively pings the client periodically. FICS's FTP repository was taken down a few years +ago and was never put back on. +Since then, there has been nowhere to download a trustable timeseal client for Linux systems. + + +To use with xboard, append "-icshelper zseal" to your normal xboard command line. + + xboard -ics -icshost freechess.org -icsport 5000 -icshelper zseal + + +Assuming Slackware's gnuchess package is already installed on your system, +the install script will integrate and enable zseal in eboard automatically. +(Otherwise, follow the instructions for eboard configuration in /usr/doc/zseal-1.0/README.) |