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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