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Subject: Re: Mephisto Miami handheld chess computer - I bought it!

Author: Steven Schwartz

Date: 17:21:48 10/14/98

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On October 14, 1998 at 20:00:17, Heiko Mikala wrote:

>
>On October 13, 1998 at 18:57:53, Heiko Mikala wrote:
>
>>The Miami seems to have it all... should I simply be happy and buy it?!? ;-)
>
>I bought it...and I'm happy! :-)
>
>Just in case anyone is interested:
>
>It really seems to be the same computer as the old Kasparov Travel Champion
>and GK2000. It does have exactly the same features, which includes:
>
>- Two different playing styles: selective and brute force
>- Four opening book choices: active, passive, tournament book and all
>  book moves (and you can turn the opening book off)
>- 64 levels, including tournament time controls, blitz, analysis (infinite) and
>  solving mate up to mate in 8 moves
>- And, which is really great for such a low-priced product, it has a program-
>  mable LCD display, which can display up to 4 moves of the current principal
>  variation, the current evaluation score, nodes/second, the current search
>  depth and information about the time for both sides.
>
>I'm not 100% sure, if the engine is the same as in KTC and GK2000, but I
>guess it is. I only compared two positions on my GK2000 and the Miami until
>now, and the results were exactly the same. If it is the same engine, then it's
>maybe worth to mention that this engine was written by the Fritz programmer
>Frans Morsch (as most of the new Saitek engines).
>
>Well, I've fallen in love again... ;-)
>
>...and, ehm, the Miami has beaten me in my first game against it...
>
>Greetings,
>
>Heiko.

Does the manual say anything about microprocessor and/or MHZ?
This might give us the clue we need.

Hmmmm.... "has beaten me" and "I've fallen in love" in the same sentence.
Almost sounds off-topic :-))))

- Steve



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