Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 11:31:50 01/25/01
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On January 25, 2001 at 10:54:51, Roy Eassa wrote:
>On January 24, 2001 at 19:57:01, Christophe Theron wrote:
>
>>Let me try to guess. On the Palm, there is a limit on the size of the texts
>>handled by the "MemoPad" program (the equivalent of Windows NotePad). This limit
>>is 8Kb.
>>
>>I think it's a stupid limit, but the problem is that exporting to MemoPad is
>>really convenient (your games are saved automatically each time you synchronize
>>your Palm with your PC). So ChessGenius for Palm cannot create PGNs longer than
>>8Kb. So getting rid of part of the headers is a solution to save space...
>>
>>I have not tried, but I believe most PGN readers would be able to read
>>ChessGenius PGN-like format, so I think the PGN-like format is OK.
>
>First, can the PGN text of a chaess game, without annotations, really reach 8k
>or anywhere close??
>
>Second, the limit per note may be much less. 2k rings a bell.
The limit is 8Kb on PalmOS 3 and above. Maybe it was 2Kb on former PalmOS
versions, I have no idea.
>Third, the programmer can always provide a conduit with his app -- they're
>pretty easy to write. The conduit, once installed, can back up the games during
>a hotsync. Pocket Chess, which unfortunately plays MUCH weaker chess, does it
>this way and it works very well.
Using MemoPad is much simpler and much more convenient. You can read the game
and replay in on a chess board because it is in human readable form, and the
games will be HotSynched without the need to install any additional software.
Christophe
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