Author: Keith Ian Price
Date: 21:19:33 11/26/98
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On November 26, 1998 at 17:22:06, Detlef Pordzik wrote: >On November 26, 1998 at 09:59:15, Quenton Fyfe wrote: > >>So am I. It's a great board isn't it! I wonder how many are out there. Sadly >>there were never as many drivers as I'd have liked. I'm planning to pick up a >>copy of Chessmaster 5500 (6000 has dropped the support), which is the latest >>program to support the Tascboard. Could also play on Chessmaster Live with it >>then. I'm also hoping that the Millenium Chess System will support it (Genius >>does I believe), which would open-up lots of other engines for use with the >>board. >> >>I guess the only alternative is the DGT board - but this doesn't have the LEDs, >>so you can't play without a screen (or sound) so you can tell what your >>opponent's move is. Doesn't sound as good as the Tascboard. >> >>Cheers >> >>Quenton Fyfe > >There is pityfully NO alternative to this board, exept, tryin' to get yourself >the R 30 unit and change it to a normal chess computer. ( Like I did ). >No support can be seen far + near, time will tell about the MILLENIUM creation, >but somehow I got my doubts. >DGT is no alternative, for my opinion, at all. Who wants to stare at the monitor >all the time or, even worser, listen to the blurb of this silicone fighter ? >Would be hooked even more on the CB product line, so, the show's at it's end. > >ELVIS >dprodzik@owl-online.de I contacted Millenium right after their announcement of the Chess System, and asked if they will continue support of the TascBoard as was done so well in Genius5. So far, I have received no answer to my e-mail at all, so I agree, it doesn't look hopeful. Perhaps if others write and ask, they will include it. They already have the .dll, so it wouldn't be hard for them. kp
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