From: "Anthony R. Glass" <arglass <at> MTCO <dot> COM>
Date: 21 may 1997
Subject: Re: SHOGI

> I don't think so.  You used to have Java Shogi Server, but it seems
> to be off-line.
> For those who still want to play, I run a mirror on
>
> http://www.netpoint.be/shogi/java/shogi-1.4.8/
>
> Ryo Neyama told us we could use it, so why not.
> But running a mirror is very sad if nobody plays on it :-)
>

Not to whine or anything, but maybe one of the reasons nobody plays on it
is that they can't.  Not all of us are up to speed on the 32 bit
bandwagon, and I'm going to need a few more tangible reasons to buy a new
system than just to play shogi.  As wonderful an innovation as Java Shogi
is, Mr. van Straaten brings up a good point: why hasn't anyone developed
a client that everyone, including us 3.x cave dwellers, can download for
use on a telnet server, like Chess and Shiangqi players have done?  I ask
this question rhetorically, because the obvious answer is because they
haven't; I would, but I don't have the skills (yet anyway--I'm working on
that part!), and I'm sure those who have the skills have either written
off Windows 3.x (and its users in the process) or don't have the time.  I
for one would have been playing internet Shogi long ago, and I'm sure
hundreds of others would be playing as well on such a server, but the
clients aren't there for us to download and play on (unless you are a
UNIX user (and I'm sorry, but while UNIX may be a superior operating
system, insisting that everyone switch to UNIX in order to play Shogi on
the net is NOT going to help popularize Shogi in this country.)

Until then, I guess we'll have to wait until the rest of the world
catches up with WIN95.

my humble .02 worth,

Anthony R. Glass