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Subject: Re: TASC Smartboard and Windows XP

Author: Keith Ian Price

Date: 12:20:15 08/19/02

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On August 19, 2002 at 06:44:13, Nick Wilson wrote:

>I'm trying to connect my Smartboard (the board that the Tasc R30 uses) to my
>laptop. I have the correct cable, but I can only find a DOS driver on the TASC
>website, and a quick hunt on the net didn't reveal any more.
>
>Is there a Windows XP driver for this board? Which engines can I use under XP
>with it?

There is no xp driver. Genius 5 might work with it under XP, but I doubt it,
since it will want direct access, and XP is a variant of NT with its HAL. I have
XP and Smartboard, but have never tried since it has been unsupported for so
long.


>If this board can't be used with XP, which board is best recommended? Do they
>have the intelligent piece recognition of the Smartboard? Do all the main
>engines (Fritz, Junior, Rebel, Shredder etc.) all work with it?

Smartboard is the best, but unsupported, since they got into patent trouble.

kp



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