Author: Bernd Hähnle
Date: 15:29:37 09/26/02
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On September 26, 2002 at 18:23:12, John Merlino wrote: >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 How long does it take for you "fix" the driver? You could sell the driver in chessmaster.com?
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