Author: Ian Osgood
Date: 11:55:40 10/19/98
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On October 15, 1998 at 17:27:20, Steven Schwartz wrote: >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) I believe there is a really bad chess program for the Game Boy sold with the popular brand name "ChessMaster 2000". If you want an LCD board display, get a chess program for a PDA. Here are some options: * Psion PDA's come with a chess program built-in! It is an early Lang program. PurpleSoft also has a program for Psions. * Pilot PDA's: PocketChess, based on Stanback's SCP, the precursor to GnuChess. This is probably the most compact option. * Newton MessagePad 130/2000/2100: Deep Green, also based on SCP. It is stronger than PocketChess because the Newton's processor is faster. Deep Green on an MP2000 maintains a 1850 blitz rating on FICS as NewtonChess. * WinCE: there are several programs now, including a poor player in the Windows Entertainment Pack, one by PurpleSoft, and recently one by Tom Kerrigan based on Stobor. Ian
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