Author: John Merlino
Date: 16:18:09 09/26/02
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On September 26, 2002 at 18:29:37, Bernd Hähnle wrote: >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? Chessmaster has not supported the SmartBoard for the last several versions. All of the code has been stripped out. We are no longer interested in supporting the SmartBoard, and we may not even be legally ABLE to. jm
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