Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 21:00:34 04/11/02
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On April 11, 2002 at 13:55:38, Roy Eassa wrote:
>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.
>>
>>
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>
>I'm glad you didn't leave out the word "chess" ;-)
I could have written that without realizing! :-)
I'm not a native english speaker, sometimes my tongue slips (or whatever you
call this). ;-)
Christophe
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