Author: John Merlino
Date: 17:07:40 09/26/02
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On September 26, 2002 at 19:45:02, Bernd Hähnle wrote: >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? I would imagine that it would be possible, but I have no idea what would be involved. I've never done such a thing, and I never personally had anything to do with the SmartBoard support in older versions of Chessmaster. jm
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