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Subject: Re: The Novag Star Sapphire isn't available yet...

Author: Steven Schwartz

Date: 10:39:29 10/21/01

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On October 20, 2001 at 18:19:08, Jorge Pichard wrote:

>On October 19, 2001 at 11:06:42, Jorge Pichard wrote:
>
>>On October 19, 2001 at 10:46:34, Steven Schwartz wrote:
>>
>>>On October 19, 2001 at 10:38:22, Jorge Pichard wrote:
>>>
>>>>Two friends of mine decided to test their handhelds Novag Star Sapphire against
>>>>Pocket Fritz using an iPaq H3670 10 games in 60 minutes per side, Final Score
>>>>was W6 D2 L2 in favor of Novag; pretty bad for PoccketFritz on a 206 MHz.
>>>>
>>>>Some Spec of Novag Star Sapphire Cost Estimated $250.00 Twice cheaper than an
>>>>Ipaq h3670.
>>>>
>>>>Advanced SH7034 RISC processor (1M ROM and 256K RAM) and High Speed 16MHz energy
>>>>saving CMOS TECHNOLOGY including Hash Tables.
>>>>Over 200,000 pre-stored openings from Master Chess, plus user programmable
>>>>OPENING BOOK
>>>>
>>>>Pichard.
>>>
>>>
>>>Pichard,
>>>Where did they get Star Sapphires? The chips to manufacture them
>>>will not be available till late December, and product won't be
>>>available until January?
>>>http://www.icdchess.com/cgi-bin/store.cgi?page=8/80-N13.html&item=80-N13&cart_id=2600247.17861
>>>
>>>Steve - (ICD/Your Move Chess & Games)
>>
>>I will find out from my friend tomorrow from where he got it, he told me that it
>>was a test version and only ten were made so far.
>
>Steve I just asked my friend Mr. Kurtz to tell me how he was able to get one of
>the ten available Novag Star Sapphires and he told me that he was not allowed to
>let anybody know, since the person who got it for him doesn't want to get into
>HOT water.
>Pichard.


That's fine. It just seems odd that their major U.S. distributor does not
get a sample of the machine but your friend does. But strange things
happen all the time in this industry.
Steve



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