Author: bryan whitby
Date: 14:31:15 04/17/02
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On April 17, 2002 at 17:24:28, Roy Eassa wrote: >On April 17, 2002 at 17:22:41, bryan whitby wrote: > >>On April 17, 2002 at 15:11:51, Roy Eassa wrote: >> >>>On April 17, 2002 at 14:42:12, bryan whitby wrote: >>> >>>>When Pocket Fritz was first released, ChessBase did use the Pocket Fritz URL >>>>link that took you straight to the Pocket Fritz page but not any more. Infact, >>>>you'll be hard to find any info about Pocket Fritz. It's probably been a lame >>>>duck due to the high purchase price compared with the other Pocket PC chess >>>>programs. Another thing that you robably know already is that it is a version of >>>>Shredder and not Fritz. >>>>http://www.bwhitby.freeserve.co.uk/ >>> >>> >>>They lowered Pocket Fritz to $25 (and also 25 Euro, I think). I ordered a copy >>>yesterday but then heard a rumor that the program is being replaced by a >>>different one. >>Roy, I was lucky and manage to buy it on the e-bay site for a quarter of the >>original price !!! >>Because of the setup bug that exists with this piece of software, I had to >>manually transfer the files from my PC onto the Pocket PC and run from there. If >>you have't got a copy of it and are thinking of purchasing one, have a look at >>the ChessBase site where you will find instructions on how to manually transfer >>the files and fire up Pocket Shredder, I mean Pocket Fritz. Regards Bryan > > >Thanks for the tip! > >I ordered my copy yesterday for $25 plus $4 shipping but have not yet received >it. > >Which eBay site are you referring to? There are a LOT of chess apps I would >gladly pay for if they were 25% of their normal prices! I always look on ebay.co.uk but if you live in the US then it's just ebay.com I actually bought it off John Henderson who contributes to the ChessBase on a regular basis, so I imagine he was given it for free.
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