Author: Steven Edwards
Date: 04:07:18 12/07/03
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On December 07, 2003 at 05:46:31, Frank Phillips wrote: >I would not I disagree that PDA's are better for chess, but (of course) you need >a computer to put the software in and perhaps (heaven forbid) even Windows. I have a Palm Tungsten T (a.k.a., m550). Programs can be loaded by: 1. Infrared beaming, 2. SDIO firmware cards, 3. Memory cards (same form factor as #2), 4. BlueTooth (wireless), 5. Modem D/L via wired connection, 6. Synchronization via connection to host PC. Only the last requires the use of a host PC. It is perhaps the most common, though, as commercial software is often distributed on CD-ROM media. The better CD-ROM handheld software installer distributions work on Linux, Macintosh, and MS Windows equally well. Only brain damaged CD-ROM distributions are limited to a particular host OS (usually MS Windows). I avoid these, of course. I also have a Compaq iPAQ PocketPC. I dumped the included Windows CE in favor of the Familiar Linux distribution, so I can run variants of Gnuchess, Crafty, and my own portable chess software. My Tungsten T gets used far more often that the more powerful PocketPC because the Palm is smaller than the iPAQ and its rechargeable batteries last much longer.
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