Author: Nick Wilson
Date: 15:18:15 09/26/02
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On September 26, 2002 at 16:48:44, John Merlino wrote: >On September 26, 2002 at 16:46:44, Bernd Hähnle wrote: > >>On September 26, 2002 at 16:41:19, John Merlino wrote: >> >>>On September 26, 2002 at 16:20:13, Bernd Hähnle wrote: >>> >>>>On September 26, 2002 at 16:10:54, John Merlino wrote: >>>> >>>>>On September 26, 2002 at 16:01:10, Bernd Hähnle wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>Can I use Hiarc 7 together with Windows XP and the Smarboard/TASC? >>>>>> >>>>>>Bernd >>>>> >>>>>To the best of my knowledge, the Smartboard will not work with Windows >>>>>XP/2000/NT. >>>>> >>>>>jm >>>> >>>>Do you know exactly, what happens with TASC? I bought many products of them, but >>>>they don´t answer my mails. >>>> >>>>Bernd >>> >>>TASC no longer exists as a company, from what I've been told, mostly because >>>they had to settle a large lawsuit about the SmartBoard (which they apparently >>>reverse engineered from another board, to some degree). I was told that they >>>reformed under another company, but I do not know its name. >>> >>>They still have their website at www.tasc.nl, but it doesn't look like it has >>>been updated for over three years. Don't be fooled by the "Last Modified" >>>section at the bottom of the page -- it gets updated with the current time every >>>time somebody accesses the page! If you look down in the products list, it says >>>that the SmartBoard was "discontinued". >>> >>>jm >> >>I found this update on the page! >> >>Tasc Chess CD II >> >> Now for an incredible Euro 15.-- >> Chess Tutor (included in Chess CD) >> >> Chessica (included in Chess CD >> >>Bernd > >Well, it's possible that they can still sell their Tutoring and Database >programs. But I KNOW that they can no longer sell (or even support?) the >SmartBoard. > >jm They may not support it directly, but you can download a full API for the smartboard. All it needs is a good XP programmer with a spare afternoon, and us frustrated XP smartboard owners could have a driver. jm - know any good coders (nudge nudge)? :-) Nick
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