Author: Alastair Scott
Date: 13:49:16 11/29/03
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On November 29, 2003 at 12:46:06, Bob Bachman wrote: >I am considering purchasing a palm/pocket PC for the explicit purpose of >playing/studying chess while travelling. I have read the reviews and as far as >playing strength of the various programs on the two platforms goes, I have no >preference (they are all good). So I do not need advice there. > >I spend a significant amount of time not playing games but studying tactical or >endgame positions which exist in Chessbase databases I have on my PC. Now the >question, how easy is it to create a database with a substantial number of >postions from existing Chessbase databases (maybe a subset if space requires) >for the programs on the various platforms. A conversion to other formats is >acceptable. Can the various programs load these easily from a single database >file and effectively scroll through them as the postions are solved. One thing is obvious from this: you'll be looking at a PocketPC. PalmOS machines only support a conventional filesystem on expansion cards and, unless Messrs Lang or Théron have something up their sleeves, there is no PalmOS program which supports expansion cards. Alastair
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