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Subject: Re: Palm Chessmaster Screen Shots

Author: Christophe Theron

Date: 21:46:35 11/12/02

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On November 12, 2002 at 15:18:32, bryan whitby wrote:

>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



I have visited your site several times already. And I regret that you have not
added PalmOS chess programs to your gallery.



    Christophe



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