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Subject: Re: Palm-Like Device from Novag?

Author: Mike S.

Date: 09:39:16 06/13/00

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On June 12, 2000 at 16:38:21, Ian Osgood wrote:

>(...)
> [Correction: the Savant had a primitive LCD display which was not touch
>sensitive.  There was a joypad button to move a cursor instead.]

Are you sure...? The NOVAG Savant, a table top chess computer of 1981 (no
joypad), indeed had a touch sensitive LCD display. In 1982, the Savant II was
released, together with the famous "Robot Adversary" version of it. Maybe you
meant the Kasparov Chess Shadow, or the "Senator" (?).

Regards,
M.Scheidl

• Re: Palm-Like Device from Novag? Ian Osgood 14:44:57 06/16/00
  • Re: Palm-Like Device from Novag? Mike S. 03:42:30 06/17/00
• Re: Palm-Like Device from Novag? Charlie GOLD 16:33:55 06/14/00

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