Author: D Ridge
Date: 19:01:00 01/30/99
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On January 30, 1999 at 07:43:04, Dr. Dietmar Wolz wrote: >Recently I bought a Palm Pilot III and was suprised how well it can be used >as travel chess machine with the free program pocket chess 1.1. The only >problem is its strength. The Pilot has a 68k 16 Mhz Processor with 2 MB >(will be 4MB with the next model very soon), a gnu gcc port >and an emulator for windows PCs are available. Has anyone tried to port a good >free program (crafty for instance) to this machine. Perhaps someone >can convince Richard Lang, who has written many good programs for the 68k >processor to produce a commercial program. There are millions of pilot users >out there, many would pay some money for a good chess program. > >Dr. Dietmar Wolz Dr Wolz, I'm very interested in the possble uses of a Palm Pilot for chess. Can you give me a little more detail on the estimated playing strenth of pocket chess. How would it compare to other pocket dedicated chess computers such as an Opal plus. I'm not a master by any means, rating around 1700 to 1800. do you feel it plays well enough to be amusing for quick games on the go? Dave R
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