Author: Bernd Hähnle
Date: 16:45:02 09/26/02
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On September 26, 2002 at 19:18:09, John Merlino wrote: >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 I understand, that you are not interested in fixing the smartboard driver. Anyway I would like to know, what you think about the difficulty to fix the driver of the smartboard for windows xp. Is there a relistic chance maybe with a special software, which enables the ports in Windows XP?
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