Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 15:48:17 03/03/03
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On March 02, 2003 at 22:21:37, Mike Byrne wrote:
>On March 02, 2003 at 21:15:40, Dale J Minter wrote:
>
>>Here on ICD the new Sapphire is listed as operating at 16Mhz while the Diamond
>>is listed as 20mhz. Isn't it the same computer but different format?. The Novag
>>web site indirectly states that they both operate at 25Mhz! What is the deal?
>>Anyone have the straight scoop on these?
>
>
>This is still phantom ware. To my knowledge , nobody but perhaps a few select
>insiders have even seen anything more than prototype. It was announced over
>two years ago now and with the Palms and Pocket PC's - they have missed their
>opportunity.
Exactly. This product is dead before its birth.
> With the hardware it was going to run on, it can not possibly be
>as strong as to what they are claiming.
I do not know what they claim, but I know this:
135 Chess Tiger 14.9 Palm m515 16MB 42MHz 2101 69 -74 100 39% 2180
152 Sapphire II 2009 34 -32 464 63% 1918
156 Novag Sapphire H8 10 MHz 1991 22 -22 1034 47% 2012
>If it does comes out, I would trust the Novag site as being more correct. After
>all, they are the manufacturer.
If it's about elo figures, I would advice to not trust their site at all.
From experience. :)
Christophe
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