Author: Roy Eassa
Date: 05:30:15 03/18/02
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On March 18, 2002 at 00:54:09, Frank Schneider wrote: >On March 17, 2002 at 16:15:40, Roy Eassa wrote: > >> >>What do you think is the quickest way to get the moves to hundreds (decades) of >>game scores (currently on paper) into PGN format? >> >>Does one particular program make it even a little easier than the others to >>enter and save large numbers of games by hand? (I am concerned about extreme >>boredom and/or aching hands.) >> >>I am fortunate (and confused) enough to have the choice between nearly every >>program for the PC, Macintosh, Palm, and Pocket PC. > >If you have to enter the moves manually I'd use a Pocket PC- or Palm program, >because a stylus is more convenient than a mouse. My suggestion is (of >course) PocketGrandmaster (http://www.pocketgrandmaster.com), because it >allows to enter moves with a single tap, when there is only one legal move >to or from the tapped square. The free demo-version of PocketGrandmaster >allows you to enter and save games, so you could just give it a try! > >Alternatively you could enter the moves in a texteditor and use chess software >to make sure you only entered legal moves. > >Frank > Thank you, I will give Pocket GM a try. I think I have the demo already loaded on my Pocket PC. My concern about using a handheld is that it (usually) requires one hand to hold the device and one to use the stylus, which is twice as many hands as are requred to use a mouse on a desktop PC. On the other hand (no pun intended!), there is something nice about the touch screen interface. Perhaps I can prop up the device solidly so I don't have to hold it. As for using a text editor, I don't know exactly how to use a chess program to correct the score. It is inevitable that I will enter some moves incorrectly (or that they were written incorrectly in the first place), so most every game will fail to parse at some point. Is there a program or method so you can fix JUST THAT ONE MOVE and then quickly move on without having to re-enter or re-import the remaining moves? Thank you again, -Roy. >> >>Do you think stylus entry would be quicker or less tiring than mouse entry? >Yes, definately. > >>Is keyboard entry worth considering? >> >>Once the games are in PGN on any platform, it's easy to copy/move them to all >>the other platforms, of course. >> >>Thanks for your opinion!
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