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Subject: Re: Hiarcs 7, Windows XP and Smartboard

Author: John Merlino

Date: 15:23:12 09/26/02

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On September 26, 2002 at 18:18:15, Nick Wilson wrote:

>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

Not any who work for free.... ;-)

jm



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