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Subject: Re: Saitek Cosmic: Anybody try it yet????

Author: Chris Kantack

Date: 20:37:39 07/30/02

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On July 30, 2002 at 23:24:30, Francois Bertin wrote:

>
>I had the opportunity of trying one
>some time ago. I found the display quality
>unsatisfactory, mainly because of poor contrast/brilliance
>and a piece set design that makes it difficult to
>distinguish clearly the various pieces. However,
>I have also tried the Touch Chess and I consider it has
>the same display quality problem.
>
>I tried a game with the Cosmic and it seems to play
>reasonably well, but I'm not a strong player.
>The unit is definitely heavy considering its size,
>and its operation is a little ackward because of
>poorly implemented commands via the four buttons.
>
>What did the other person mean by
>"the unit has yet to castle". The one
>I tried did castle without problem.
>
>FB
>
Thanks for the feedback.  The person simply meant that in the several games he's
played so far (with the Saitek Cosmic), he has yet to see the unit castle when
clearly there were some good opportunities to do so.

Thanks,
Chris Kantack






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