From: Tim Casey <tcasey <at> MV <dot> US <dot> ADOBE <dot> COM>
Date: 11 dec 1995
Subject: Re: IGS/ISS thread

> From: "Randal J. Andrews" <tiger22 <at> IX <dot> NETCOM <dot> COM>

> >.  I don't think it would be entirely easy but I think writing a SHogi
> >client would be easier than writing a separate server with separate
> >client software. There are plenty of good Go clients that could be
> >modified to be a very nice interface for playing Shogi on the Go
> >server.  The existence of such a client would probably benefit not
> >only the current Shogi players on the net but possibly attract some
> >newcomers to the game.

> I am sure that the No Name Go Server (NNGS) was developed from the Free
> Internet Chess Server (FICS).   I know that the FICS people would be
> willing to give a qualified "shogi server writer" access to the code.
> A place where people can go to play real-time shogi would give a very
> big boost to the popularity of the game.


I am planning on openning a Shogi server within the week.
This server will be on igs.nuri.net, probably port 4444.  By
friday it will be up.

tim