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Subject: Re: SSDF Rating list 2002-02-15

Author: Thoralf Karlsson

Date: 08:53:49 02/18/02

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On February 17, 2002 at 13:01:44, Christophe Theron wrote:

 >I guess these opponents are just fine to determine the strength of Chess Tiger
>for Palm and ChessGenius for Palm.
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>So in short all you need in order to start the test is a Palm?

Yes. And the programs.

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>I think what you need is a Palm that can be powered by its cradle (a Palm m500
>for example). Because playing chess consumes power on a Palm, and the batteries
>would not last long enough to complete one game with your long time controls!

This was important information! I thought all Palms were delivered with battery
adaptors.

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>Your tester also needs a PC in order to transfer the Chess Tiger and ChessGenius
>on the Palm (well this can be done on someone else's PC) and to save the games
>(this can be done from time to time, the Palm can store a lot of games).

As I wrote somewhere else the tester in question doesn't have a PC. Does Palm
retain the chess programs when the power is switched off? In that case I could
transfer the programs to the Palm and post it to him (he lives 550 km away from
where I live)

Thoralf





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