Author: Roy Eassa
Date: 14:33:49 04/17/02
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On April 17, 2002 at 17:31:15, bryan whitby wrote: >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. No particular "shoppe" on eBay? (I have seen various sellers set up what are essentially ongoing autions there, which are sort of like little stores.)
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