Author: Arjen Oudheusden
Date: 02:08:30 11/27/98
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On November 27, 1998 at 04:24:26, Keith Ian Price wrote: >On November 27, 1998 at 03:14:12, Arjen Oudheusden wrote: > >> >>On November 27, 1998 at 00:19:33, Keith Ian Price wrote: >> >>>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 >> >> >>DGT is no alternative, that's for sure. I think I will pick up the latest >>version of PerfectBase, which is a CD ROM including the latest version of >>TASCBASE/THE KING (only NLG 125,-=USD 65,-). This way I will at least secure >>being able to use the board in the future, since my diskette version has limited >>installs. And The King is a nice program (this version is an update on the >>engine included in CM6000) and plays stronger than the R30 (which is also going >>out of production). >> >>By the way, I contacted Rebel with the same request, but they just simply refuse >>to include the code (which they have!!). Why this agony? > >Ed has stated that he has never had any code for the TASCboard. The driver TASC >includes was for Rebel Silver, but just happens to work for versions up to 9. He >said it doesn't work anymore with 10, but since he didn't write it, he couldn't >support it. At least this is what I remember him posting. It all blends together >after a while. > >>What's the Millenium initiative? > >I don't understand the question. > >kp According to TASC they have provided the code to all chessprogrammers. Anyway, I'm afraid Ed will stay away from it even if he did have it. Already found out about millenium (supposedly multiple third party engines for new Genius), but thanks anyway. Arjen.
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