Author: Detlef Pordzik
Date: 15:29:16 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 I would bet a solid bottle of beer : NO .dll within CG 6 - my opinion. I'd pay 3 - if it came true, in fact :-)) Reason : they just don't.....care - no commercial background, they didn't produce it....why should they support, after all, since the board + the R 30 are history anyway. Respect to owners by implementing the .dll shows no noticeable benefit via sold units, that's my guess herein. Concerning R 10, I can say that Ed told me several times, that he never supported TASC acitve - at least since R 7 - anymore. That the "silver " driver worked in combination with R 8 + 9 astonished SCHROEDER B.V. - but they were fair enough to leave it that way. As far as R 10 is concerned, I've been told by Ed, that the reason, that the TB no longer cooperates, results from the possibility to vary the desktop layout. There COULD be a chance - which I had no time to try up to today : 1st setup the GUI - for good - 2nd install the " silver " driver + try to start that way - the GUI is fixed....and it MIGHT work that way - only a suggestion...... ELVIS dpordzik@owl-online.de
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