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Subject: Re: Is it possible to play against PocketChess on pc ? Emulator ? NT

Author: Pete Galati

Date: 13:56:28 03/14/00

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On March 14, 2000 at 16:15:36, Christophe Theron wrote:

>On March 14, 2000 at 14:55:01, Côme wrote:
>
>>NT
>
>
>Yes it is possible. You can download a Palm emulator for PC from www.palm.com.
>
>But you'll need a Palm ROM to run the emulator, and the Palm ROM is copyrighted,
>and not provided with the emulator.
>
>If you have a Palm, you can upload its ROM to your PC. The process is described
>in the emulator package. This way you get a fully functional emulator.
>
>PocketChess runs fine on my PC, under the Palm emulator. But you need to know
>that it runs 2 times slower than a standard PalmIIIx (I have a K6-2 400MHz).
>That is about 5 times slower than my overclocked PalmIIIx.
>
>
>    Christophe

You have an overclocked PalmIIIx?  Amazing.  There are odd little way around
having an actual ROM for TRS-80 emulators, but there probably isn't for a Palm
emulator.

Pete



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