Computer Chess Club Archives


Search

Terms

Messages

Subject: Re: DGT board

Author: Terry McCracken

Date: 07:05:51 05/23/03

Go up one level in this thread


On May 22, 2003 at 13:04:06, Nick Wilson wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I just bought one of these after having used my Tasc R30 for many years.
>The board is fantastic - larger than I imaginged (I assumed it'd be the same as
>the R30 board, but its much larger). The peices too are nice and weighty.
>
>No LEDS though - personally, I'd prefer to have them, but I can live with Fritz
>speaking its moves. If very subtle LEDs were used in the strip around the edge
>fo the board, then play would be possible without looking at or listening to the
>PC.
>
>I do have one problem though - I'm currently using Fritz 6 (while I wait for
>Junior 8). Fritz 6 doesn't wait for me to move the opponents peice on the board
>before starting my clock. Whilst this isn't a big problem, it does mean any
>blitz game is out of the question, unless I tack on a human time increment for
>each move.
>
>The R30 would pause both clocks while waiting for you to move his peice, and I
>think this is best.
>
>Does anyone know if later versions of Fritz or Junoir will pause the clock while
>waiting for the DGT board to show the computers move has been entered?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Nick

I have a better idea, as I like the board with no LEDs; Why not have one more
peripheral device, an LCD screen showing the moves on the board?

No annoying LEDs or Voice!

Terry



This page took 0 seconds to execute

Last modified: Thu, 15 Apr 21 08:11:13 -0700

Current Computer Chess Club Forums at Talkchess. This site by Sean Mintz.