Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 08:34:10 01/17/98
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On January 17, 1998 at 07:00:15, steve blincoe wrote: >hi bert:you are right about the saphire 2 plastic board being >cumbersome. >what i have done to remedy this ,was to buy a nice travel peg set(cost >$19) >now i play a great program, using a nice little set where the pieces >cant fall >out.of course at home i play on a large tournment size board. > >as far as the endgames databases and stronger pc programs of course i >cant argue this,however for me at least programs playing at greater than >2400 uscf(saphire and atlanta)on a train ride to work is fine for me. >the issue of laptops is a difficult one.on a plane ride you will run out >of battery power very quickly.unless you bring with you several extra >battery paks >you wind up having your game ruined.in addition when i commute to work >having a laptop on my lap is kinda uncomfortable on a crowded commuter >train.not so with a calculator style chess computer and small peg set. this is changing. I have a Gateway 9100 with a 233mmx P5 processor, the so-called "Tillamook" chip at 1.8 volts. With 32mb of SDRAM, and a 5 gig disk, one battery lasts for over 4 hours without dropping the CPU to some slow cycle time. Remove the combo floppy/cdrom module, insert the second battery, and my machine lasted all the way from New York to London, non-stop, somewhere around 7.5 hours. And it wasn't beeping when I arrived. I've never timed it with two batteries, but it goes way beyond 8 hours. Pretty remarkable for a machine with all that speed, plus a TFT 13.3" LCD display (no passive-matrix stuff)... And I run Linux only. Oh yes, I also keep a modem and ethernet PC card plugged in. Removing them would save some additional power. In short, you could play a game at 40/2, and it would last for at least 80 moves and two time controls. :) Or about 2 hours longer than most GM games go before adjourning for the evening. :)
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