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Subject: Re: Another Miracle for The Little Beast CTP 14.9 vs Sjeng 12.11 ?!

Author: Roy Eassa

Date: 10:55:38 04/11/02

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On April 11, 2002 at 11:50:20, Christophe Theron wrote:

>On April 11, 2002 at 05:01:31, Steve Maughan wrote:
>
>>Christophe,
>>
>>>My point was a psychological one: a chess program for Palm can probably be much
>>>stronger than most people here think. Or: the slow hardware of the Palm should
>>>not be regarded with contempt.
>>
>>I agree - especially considering I bought a $1500 Vancouver program in a wooden
>>autosensor board back in 1990.  It was then described as a 'Monster' yet the
>>processor was approximately equivalent to the one in the Palm!
>>
>>I guess in 15 years time people will look down their noses (English expression
>>for snobbery) at the 4 GHz PDA that are on then on the market, dismissing them
>>as 'food mixer' type processors.
>>
>>Oh well, the Vancouver gave me a good wipping as does Tiger and Genius - I'm
>>happy!!  I would also point out to people that IMO you *play* more chess with a
>>PDA while you *analysis* more with PCs (what's the point of playing Tiger on the
>>PC?).
>>
>>Of course this is just my opinion!
>>
>>Regards,
>>
>>Steve
>
>
>
>Yes, people tell me that they play chess more often with their Palm than with
>their PC.
>
>


I'm glad you didn't leave out the word "chess" ;-)




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