Bridge

[Bas van Gils]

On Mon, May 01, 2006 at 10:59:31AM -0300, Derek Broughton wrote:
> Norman Silverstone wrote:
> 
> > I would like to play bridge with my brother, who lives a considerable
> > distance from me, using the internet. I know that his machine is Windows
> > and he is unlikely to change. I would like to know if there is any
> > suitable software that we both could use or any other ideas you may
> > have.
> 
> JBridge (Java applet) supposedly works.  Not on my system, and the support
> is crap (ie, they never responded to a detailed bug report).

Hmmm, that's a nice idea.. haven't played with that yet. I have a similar
problem since I'd also like to play bridge online. I would be really happy if
I'd get the Dutch “StepBridge” to work but that's highly unlikely to succeed
on the short run.

I've fiddled a bit with the BridgeBaseOnline software in WINE. It's doable
but needs a bit of work (Let me know if you need help). I've managed to get
BBO to start up but it quickly freezes the entire machine. I strongly suspect
a memory leak somewhere but haven't had the time to play with it much.

Hope this helps

  Bas

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