Author: Mike S.
Date: 03:42:30 06/17/00
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On June 16, 2000 at 17:44:57, Ian Osgood wrote:
>(...)
>BTW, the Star Sapphire looks EXACTLY like a PalmIII, but with a thicker stylus,
>no writing area, and no buttons except the power switch. The Niggemann site
>(thanks O. Veli!) claims it will have a 1M ROM (program + 200K ply book) and
>256K RAM (main memory + small hash table) and a clock speed of 16.58 MHz. The
>display looks sharp (200x240 pixels, better than a Palm!) and can be backlit
>("beleuchtetes")!
Yes, it's great isn't it? This seems to be really a state-of-the-art piece of
chess hardware and could even make computer chess more popular, being an
attraction outside of the boundaries of the usual enthusiast groups.
But unfortunately, the latest news about NOVAG I have is, that it was closed
finally and most of it was sold to a new company named "Perfect Technology". I
hope they can continue the job to really release the Star Sapphire sooner or
later. Rumour has it that this should happen as scheduled, but I doubt it.
Regards,
M.Scheidl
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