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Subject: Re: Portables with LCD display?

Author: Steven Schwartz

Date: 14:27:20 10/15/98

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On October 15, 1998 at 17:16:17, John Coffey wrote:

>It is too bad that it is a peg set.  I once had a portable that used
>magnetic disk pieces, which I like better.   Now if we could just get
>a portable with a decent LCD display for the board then that would be cool.  Can
>you get chess for the Game Boy or the color Game Boy?  If so then maybe
>I would buy one.  (Display is pretty small though.  Maybe I would rather
>have a peg set.)
>
>John Coffey

The handheld LCD chess computers are gone now. At one time,
we had the Mattel Computer Chess and the Shadow and Executive
by Saitek, but no more. I think the problem was that the
pieces on the display were all based upon a triangle with
little appendages denoting the differences between kings
and queens and knights, etc. It was very difficult to distinguish
the pieces from one another.

Chess is tough enough when you KNOW what all the pieces are:-)))
- Steve (ICD/Your Move)



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