Author: Pierre Bourget
Date: 06:17:05 05/31/01
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On May 31, 2001 at 07:50:10, Steven Schwartz wrote: >On May 30, 2001 at 23:56:18, Chris Kantack wrote: > >>Excalibur Electronics is coming out with another new handheld Chess >>Computer in the near future. I figure I can talk a bit about it now >>because first, I was told I could and secondly, it's already being >>displayed on their own web site. >>Chris Kantack > >It looks as if the Touch Chess will sell for $49.95. We have had >an evaluation unit for about a month. Pretty interesting machine. >Probably the easiest to operate machine since the Savant (remember >that one?!). We will start taking pre-orders before the end of >the week. We should have the first shipment in early July. Our site >will have a photo and features list hopefully by the end of today. > >Excalibur claims that it plays about 100 points better than the >LCD Chess. They may be right. Of course, as usual, there is some >discrepency as to what the rating of LCD Chess is. Our estimates >are traditionally far lower than manufacturer's estimates. We >were even sued (and proud of it) for 1 1/2 million dollars back >in 1985 for our conservative estimates. > >We are preparing a very extensive review of Touch Chess which >should be up on our Featured Articles pages at http://www.ChessUSA.com >sometime next week. John was writing the article all week, but >he had to stop because he is getting old, and will be celebrating >his 40th birthday with a 4 day vacation in New Hampshire. He left >this morning. >Steve (ICD/Your Move Chess & Games) Any info on processor and speed ? Thanks. Pierre
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