Author: Chris Kantack
Date: 21:32:35 02/21/02
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On February 20, 2002 at 23:05:37, Terry McCracken wrote:
>>
>>Well Excaliber did not fill the void, for strong chess players in the wake of
>>losing Fidelity Electronics and programmer Dan Spracklen.
>>
>>I see this as a loss, and that Excaliber only cares and caters to the mass
>>market weekend players.
>>
>>I doubt very much, regardless of features and quality of design that Excaliber
>>produces a machine that plays over 1500.
>>
>>That's ok for most people, but many wanted master rated and above standalones
>>and that went up in smoke when Fidelity left the market, and out of the ashes
>>Excaliber arouse, a step backwards in time.
>>
>>Terry
>
>Please don't take this personally, it's how I feel about the loss of a
>progressive company (Fidelity)just coming into their own and then consumed by
>Hegner & Glasser their main rival, ending an era in computer chess.
>
>Terry
No problem Terry. I appreciate and find your comments quite interesting.
To me, if you want a "really strong" handheld the choice is clear. Just follow
these steps:
1. Forget about dedicated units and buy yourself a Palm or PocketPC.
2. Buy a nice handheld chess program. Personally, I'd limit myself to
either ChessGenius (Palm or PocketPC) or Chess Tiger (Palm based only
for handhelds at this time).
No dedicated handheld chess computer can come close to what you can get with a
Palm or PocketPC and a good chess program. The "general purpose" Palm and
PocketPC computers have better screens and more strength than any dedicated
handheld.
Chris
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