Author: Roy Eassa
Date: 07:57:27 05/14/02
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On May 14, 2002 at 00:21:27, Chris Kantack wrote: >Excalibur will also be introducing two handhelds this summer. In July will be >Chess Station. A sleek handheld that docks with a chessboard. August will see >the debut of Talking LCD Chess. At first I wasn't very interested in this >product...but I just got done using a prototype (for the past couple of weeks) >and I really like what I see. > >My web site provides photos on these units. My new products page is at: > > http://home.earthlink.net/~kantack/lcdchess/newproducts.htm > >The new Talking LCD Chess unit will have all new strength levels. Instead of >73 fixed time levels as in the original unit, the new units allow you to select >levels based on ply depth (1 to 8) as well as several various time control >methods such as Game/30 or 40 moves/2 hours, etc. Talking LCD Chess has 3,000 >opening book moves compared with 250 on the older units. The processor is also >faster: 8 MHz versus 6 MHz for the original Excalibur handheld. > >True the Excaliburs are no match for strong programs (like Christophe Theron's >Chess Tiger). But for those who chess strength is below say 1700 Elo...these >units are a great bargain and can provide years of challenge. > >Chris Kantack >http://home.earthlink.net/~kantack/lcdchess/home.htm That Talking LCD Chess unit, at $35 list, looks like an awfully nice gift for somebody who likes chess but is not a fanatic (like most of us here!) and doesn't already own a Palm or Pocket PC.
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