Author: Steven Schwartz
Date: 06:09:59 10/22/01
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On October 22, 2001 at 06:08:21, allan johnson wrote: >On October 21, 2001 at 13:37:32, Steven Schwartz wrote: > >>On October 21, 2001 at 03:28:58, allan johnson wrote: >> >>>On October 20, 2001 at 17:53:47, Steven Schwartz wrote: >>> >>>>On October 20, 2001 at 15:09:34, Christophe Theron wrote: >>>> >>>>>On October 20, 2001 at 11:34:38, Steven Schwartz wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>On October 20, 2001 at 08:39:57, O. Veli wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>>On October 19, 2001 at 10:46:34, Steven Schwartz wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>>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 >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Is there any concrete evidence for this? Star Sapphire was supposed to come ou >>>>>>>t in Summer 2000, then Christmas 2000, and now January 2001. Wasn't Novag >>>>>>>renamed as Perfect Technologies? I look forward to this product, but have no >>>>>>>hope of seeing it in my hands. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>The chips were supposed to be available in early November so that >>>>>>the product would be available for Christmas. However, we received >>>>>>word about a week ago that the chips were delayed until late Decmeber. >>>>>>So, January delivery looks good. However, we have learned from 23 years >>>>>>in this business that new product is delayed more than it is on time. >>>>>>We will know for certain that they are here when they get here. But >>>>>>right now January is as good a guess as any. >>>>>>Steve (ICD/Your Move Chess & Games) >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>I don't want to sound harsh, but in my opinion this product is dead before it is >>>>>born: you can just buy a PDA and download a good chess program for it and you >>>>>get a better combination than the Star Sapphire. >>>>> >>>>>Even if the unit is cheaper than a PDA of the same speed at this time, it's just >>>>>a matter of months before PDAs are cheaper and faster. And naturally they are >>>>>more flexible. >>>>> >>>>>If this product had been released when it was first announced, something like 2 >>>>>years ago, it would have been a winner. But 2002 is too late. I don't understand >>>>>why investors would put money in this anymore (unless they are blind). >>>>> >>>>>I must certainly be missing some piece of important information about the unit. >>>>>But what? >>>>> Christophe >>>> >>>> >>>>Having sold $10,000 and $6,000 and $2,000 and $1,000 chess computers >>>>in pretty high numbers in the past, I can never predict what our >>>>customers will and will not like. We have started taking pre-orders >>>>for the computer. I will let you know in a month or two just how >>>>successful or unsuccessful a venture it is going to be. >>>> >>>>I think the success of failure of the Star Sapphire and Star Diamond >>>>will be a pretty good predictor of whether the stand-alone high end chess >>>>computer market will ever attract a sizeable number of customers again. It >>>>should be interesting. >>>> >>>>Steve (ICD/Your Move Chess & Games) >>> Steve: I have 3 stand alone chess computers the best being the Risc 1.How >>>much better will the Star Saphire be than the Risc1? >>>Al >> >> >>Al, >>I do not know what a Risc 1 is. There has never been a commercial >>machine in in the U.S. called by that name. There must be another name. >>Who made it? >>Steve (ICD/Your Move Chess & Games) > > Sorry Steve for being unclear.I'm referring to the Mephisto Risc 1 MB. > Al Just guessing, but since the Risc 1 MB was about 10 to 15 points stronger than the Sapphire II, I would assume that the Star Sapphire will be 20 to 40 points stronger than the Risc 1. But this, of course, is total guesswork. One thing that I can say with fair certainty is that there probably won't be a big noticeable difference between your Risc and the new Star. Steve
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