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Subject: Re: Palm VIIx or IIIxe either one better for ChessGenius??

Author: Pierre Bourget

Date: 07:38:26 05/13/01

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On May 13, 2001 at 01:52:00, Christophe Theron wrote:

>On May 12, 2001 at 22:44:53, Steve Maughan wrote:
>
>>Chris,
>>
>>>Question:   Price being about the same(and if one is not using the wireless
>>>feature), is there any reason to choose one model over the other?
>>
>>The only difference between that you need to look out for is the processor
>>speed.  Most Palms run at 16Mhz but the recent V range runs at 20 MHz which is
>>good for chess.  I think that's the only difference.
>>
>>Regards,
>>
>>Steve
>
>
>
>Actually one of the Handspring Visor runs by default at 33MHz and I have heard
>somebody saying it could overclock it up to 45Mhz.
>
>That would be the best choice for a chess program for Palm, leaving far behind
>the III and VII series in term of playing strength.


The new Handera 330 will be even better for speed if we trust this benchmark:

http://images.palmstation.com/330/new/330-6.jpg

Pierre



>
>BTW Chris, if you are interested in a free version of Chess Tiger for Palm (text
>mode version), just send an email to support@chesstiger.com
>
>
>
>    Christophe



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