Author: Mike Byrne
Date: 15:20:58 07/31/03
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On July 31, 2003 at 17:51:43, MARK J ANDREOLI wrote: >How strong is this "rocket in your pocket" and > >what is the best palm to buy to use this little DEVIL > >signed "or are you just happy to see me?" :-) For starters - do not buy a "Palm" brand palm - or else you will never play thii pocket rocket. There are two kinds of Palm, those that run the Plam OS (like a Palm) and those that run Microsoft Pocket PC - like an Ipaq or Axiom. Right now - Pocket Fritz 2 is the strongest playing program on a handheld. They only run on Pocket PC. Search for "Pocket PC". There are quite a few devices that have this OS. That could change if Tiger gets converted to native arm OS for a Palm. Tiger is the strongest engine for a Palm. Search for "Palm OS". There are also quite a few devices that also run Palm OS. They are both excellent. The Pocket PC suits my needs better -but I had Palm for a while and loved it. Chess Tiger for the Palm is flawless, as well as Chess Genius. Tiger is at least 100 points stronger than Genius IMO. Fritz 2 (It a Shredder engine) is also excellent, but it does cost almost $50. For about half the money, Pocket Grandmaster is a better deal. It comes with 3 different engines, one nearly as strong Fritz 2 (Ruffian) and two others SOS and Gromit. It also handles variations better in pgn files. The Pocket PC engines were noticably stronger than the 68030x Palm using the Tiger and Genius software. I have not tried Tiger on the newer faster Palm , thus cannot express an opinion for the faster Palms. Of course, if you're like me, you just get them all.
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