Author: steven blincoe
Date: 16:01:57 05/19/03
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On May 19, 2003 at 13:58:22, Nick Wilson wrote: >On May 19, 2003 at 03:52:41, Trefor Deane wrote: > >>Would that patent/copyright infringement be anything to do with the DGT Board? >> >>Trefor. > >Yes, I believe so. as far as i know they discounted making the Tasc because of poor customer demand by the late 1990's,very few people were still willing to pay nearly $2000 for a dedicated chess computer, that could be easily beaten by a $35 PC chess playing program there could have been no patent infringement on the Tasc R30 unit itself possibly there was with the SB(Smart board)but if the demand were high enough i am certain Tasc could have manufactured a different board to be used with the R30 Dedicated unit itself or came to an agreement with Chessbase for the DGT board rights the bottom line is..the Tasc R30-R40 was discontinued, due to a waning customer interest, brought on by the ever growing dominance of PC CHESS playing programs Steve
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