Author: bryan whitby
Date: 12:18:32 11/12/02
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On November 12, 2002 at 13:36:13, Christophe Theron wrote: >On November 12, 2002 at 03:22:41, bryan whitby wrote: > >>On November 11, 2002 at 22:02:33, Christophe Theron wrote: >> >>>On November 11, 2002 at 06:10:32, bryan whitby wrote: >>> >>>>Christophe >>>>Obviously you haven't got a Cassio EM500 Pocket PC either. >>>>Bryan >>> >>> >>> >>>Obviously you haven't really tried the Palms. >>> >>> >>> >>> Christophe >>Christophe >>This argument is a little silly without proper statistics to back up our >>statements. You tell me what Pocket PC chess program you want me to run and what >>settings for the Pocket PC and I'll charge the P/PC up and only play chess on it >>until the 'low battery' warning message appears. That way we will both know and >>Chris Kantack what the true battery life is for my Pocket PC. >>Bryan > > > >OK, let's do that: > >set up the initial position of a chess game in, say, ChessGenius. > >Disable the opening book (if possible). > >If you cannot disable the opening book, remove white's H1 rook (so the position >cannot be found in the book). > >Start the engine in "infinite" mode, and tell us how much time it thinks before >the PocketPC turns itself off (or whatever event happens that tells you that it >needs a recharge). > >I'll do the same on my Palm m505 running Chess Tiger 15.0 for Palm when you >report the result and the exact conditions of your test. > > > > Christophe Unfortunately, you can't turn off the opening book or select the level to infinite with ChessGenius, so I'll be doing my test with the latest Pocket Grandmaster. I'll charge up my battery tonight and start the test at work tomorrow.In the mean time, maybe you would like to have a look at my web site that is dedicated to chess programs that run on the Pocket PC. http://www.bwhitby.freeserve.co.uk/ Regards Bryan
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