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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